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Hard but fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Here is some data and some static and other information about this game from the mid 1990s area during the last years that supernintendo was in business before It was replace with the nintendo 64 for in between 1996 and discontinue around 2002 maybe earlier. It's popularity was also short lived. You can beat this game with only 109 shoit is if you find and use the plasma a lot on the bosses the special weapon given to you by the metroid that was captured which ironcially scarfices its self to heal you restore your health if you make it to the final boss fight against mother brain. Unfortunately ike at ridely the first time when he can't be defeated mother brained iniaties a self desctruct seqeunce upon here defeat you have about 3 minutes to get out of all the chamber on to your ship and off the planet or your toast. The original metriod in the mid 1980s was a big hit creating several sequels and prequels including metroid Prim I and Metroid Prim II. The first game is actuallu metroid prime for gamecube. Also Samus depisite the characters brod shoulders look is actually a girl. If you die in the game super metrioid her armor dissapeares and she appears naked for a few second then you must reloaded the game from the last save point used .Which this player on you tube that posted this run neglected to use thank good he always healed inbetween bose fights picked up enough spare energy packets to beat all the bosses except for the two sub bosses in about and hour the world speed recorded for this game. Also if you want to know Ridly, and Kraid where destroyed before Super Metriod in Metriod II return of Samus for either gameboy or game gear Ridly, and Krad were also boss in that game also but were somehow were clone or recreated. In between this game and the prequel Metriod II return of Samus. Got to I hope this information was helpful and interesting.

Really tight game for super NES, could use a little work

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Super Metroid is absolutely one of the best games ever made for Super Nintendo. The graphics are astounding on the system for a side to side motion game, and has many different moves and weapons, with very little violence,which makes it suitable for younger kids.
The controls are great, but it's quite hard to bounce off walls and accend higher, and unlike Metroid Fusion on GBA there are no directions what so ever to tell you where to go, so it took me a while to find my way around in the game. But there is no doubt that this is an excellent game, but I suggest purchasing it at a local game store.

Best game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is hands-down one of the best games made ever for any console. Buy this game!

One of the most classic platformer games and perhaps one of the greatest games ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I could ask every I see at school if they ever played Super Metroid and out of the 20,000+ students there, I'd estimate maybe 1/500 have played this amazing game. Despite the imense popularity of the Metroid series in the gaming world, Samaus Aran's exploits are unfortunately not well-known outside of geek gatherings. So I say to you, oh one-who-hath-never-played-Metroid. YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO PLAY THIS GAME IMMEDIATELY IF YOU VALUE ANYTHING THAT IS FUN!!!! Buying this game would probably be the most sound advice I'd give to anyone who wants a game that a.) anyone can play and beat, and b.) it is fun as hell.

As for official stuff:
1. Great Graphics (for SNES)
2. Huge areas!
3. Great power-ups
4. Challenging, but not overstressful.
5. Great replay value (go back and find all the items, beat the game in three hours).
6. Rich enviorments and atmosphere.
7. Great soundtrack.
8. Kill a giant brain.
9. Easy controls.
10. EVERY ELSE IS DOING IT!!

I LOVE THIS GAME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: August 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks. I love it! The graphics are friggin' amazing, the music is awesome, and there is a like a hundred upgrades! Get this game now! You won't regret it!

Best Metroid EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Super Metroid is an awesome game, with brilliant graphics, a jaw dropping soundtrack,and a huge world to explore. Super Metroid also has a ton of weapons and especially energy tanks,etc. This game blows the original Metroid out of the water!! In fact, I will go as far to say this is the best Metroid ever!(Metroid Prime is good to though, a close second). Super Metroid stands out as one of the best games for the Super Nintendo!

This is the greatest game on the snes tied with Zelda

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well I was always a fan of Metroid and always will be. I can play this game and know the next room before I enter. I know were to wall jump and g an item before get your exposed to. I even found every thing under a 2 hour time frame. I would like to call myself a Metriod master.

Many people don't know, and always are saying this game is to easy. Well I have found a more difficult rout through this game and not many people know of it. Or may know one else knows. You can beat Kraid after Riddley and go through the game without gettin the Varia suit. Its a though route until you get to the point of the game were you have enough power ups. But if you want to know just contact me at zediah.timmons@us.army.mil and I can give the simple instruction on how to play this game at whole new level. If your up for the challange and don't know this little setting and have the patince for the task then contact me. I also know even taking risk of getting upgrades to get them quicker and clearing the game in record timing.

But otherwise this is just a challange. A whole knew look at the game. So you won't be disappointed.

Metroid on the Super Nintendo

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It's unbelievable to me how many perfect or near-perfect scores Super Metroid has received from game players all across the internet. To this day, gamers STILL have the time of their lives running, blasting and spin attacking their way through each and every area of the planet to reach the final stage and face the evil Mother Brain.

Now, I'll be the first to admit that this game had me totally floored back in 1994 (which led to me spending an ENTIRE summer playing the game, much to my mother's displeasure) but I'm afraid over time I've began to notice a few small problems that make it very hard for me to give the game a perfect grade. Keep in mind I think Super Metroid is still, after all these years, one of the best adventure/shooters ever made, but I can't give in to childhood memories and whip out a 5-star rating. Sorry! One problem is the challenge. This game is incredibly easy. I can't believe so many people find it difficult to progress through the game. Come on, those nasty space pirates you fight in the beginning part of the game only require ONE hit to defeat! It's funny how something so nasty-looking can be defeated so easily!

And the easiness doesn't stop there- throughout the game you encounter simple enemy after simple enemy. It's a shame, because one of the most important things about the Metroid series should be the challenge, and when you take that away you're left with a game that feels like it's intended for 5 year olds. I just wish it was like the original Metroid in that each enemy you walk up to requires a good four or five shots to completely destroy. Shooting and killing them with only one shot is ridiculous, especially when you consider that the weapon you're using to defeat them is just your regular blaster and not some kind of special upgrade. It also drives me crazy how every enemy you defeat seems to conveniently leave you a purple energy ball, and most of the time you will receive the BIG energy ball, and as you probably know the big ball is the one that recovers more of your health. Nintendo made the game so you can't lose, basically.

My only guess is that this "challenge" gamers frequently speak of is the difficulty in finding all the weapons and other important items because, to be fair, MANY of the weapons and items in Super Metroid are hidden quite well. Without a walkthrough it's easy to miss something, even if you walk past the same area a hundred times. This is where your weapons, such as the power bomb, come in handy. Many of the secret areas throughout the planet require a power bomb to break through sections of a wall, and some of these places are where you least expect, because many times there's no sign something is hidden.

I've heard other complaints about this game. Granted, they're not popular complaints (and only a small amount of people actually believe them). But I happen to be one of those people, and the complaint I'm speaking of is the lack of enemies throughout the planet. Many times you find yourself walking across boring empty areas, desperately searching for something to shoot. An example would be walking from the spaceship all the way to the Wrecked Ship area. On your way you only see a couple enemies around, and if you ask me there should be a LOT more. To be fair, again, this isn't a major complaint, but the more you play the game the more you notice things like this, and in the end you wish more weird-looking creatures or space pirates were around so you'd have something to shoot as you walk to the next area. I guess this is probably just me complaining about "never having enough". Well, tough. This is how I am, so you mine as well get used to it. :)

The graphics are phenomenal, which is one HUGE positive with Super Metroid. You've heard countless times someone refer to something as "unique" and you're probably getting sick and tired of it. Well, in this case, the graphics ARE totally unique, because I can't think of another game out there that shares the kind of graphics featured in this game. I can understand people who aren't comfortable with the music in Super Metroid and find it disturbing. Just imagine how freaky the music was for me back in 1994 when a game like this was the first of its kind!

Anyway, the one thing that makes this a must-own game and near classic is the long, gigantic maze of a planet you need to explore. Yes, despite the lack of challenge from the planet enemies (ALL of them) and the emptiness of much of the world, exploring each new room CAN be a lot of fun. You'll want to keep searching until you discover every little missile or energy tank available, and that is what a good adventure game should do.

One thing that IS hard is the wall jump technique, which has a tendency to baffle many people. You see, you have to jump near a wall and press certain buttons on the controller at just the right moment, and you will bounce off the wall (any wall) and repeatedly bounce in an upward direction. If your timing is off just a *little* you won't be able to make the move happen, and Samus will fall straight down (not that falling down kills you instantly, unless you land on spikes and stay there). Some gamers can't master the wall jump, while others become really good at it and think it's a nifty way to grab hard-to-reach items early in the game. I think if you practice enough eventually you WILL be good at it. It is tricky, though. But when you finally get the hang of it, you'll find out how useful it is. I should also mention that the wall jump technique is NOT a requirement (except in one area). It's just a trick to learn if you feel like it.

I can't think of anything else to talk about... oh wait, yes, those big ugly nasty bosses you have to fight are SO COOL! Kraid, as you've read by now, is a drastic improvement over his appearance in the original NES Metroid because now he takes up TWO SCREENS! Back in the day this was known as the coolest thing ever. Unfortunately, to bring back a complaint from early in my review, Kraid can be defeated by using only a few super missiles. Once again, this is making the game too darn EASY and Nintendo should have made Kraid, along with the rest of the bosses, harder to defeat. They should have made Kraid like in the original Metroid, where you were required to waste a LOT of regular missiles in order to defeat him. I love fighting that octopus-looking thing in the Wrecked Ship level. That thing is cool. Ridley is awesome and packs a mean punch. He's my favorite boss battle because it's all about power versus power. The Mother Brain is an absolute JOKE to fight. Even if you only manage to find 100 missles (there's 230 of them total) she's STILL a simple boss fight, and this includes BOTH her incarnations. Heck, in her second form when she changes into something bigger and badder, she's actually easier!
The different areas of the planet are beautifully designed, too. I especially think Norfair, even though it's creepy and covered in fire, is a cool looking area featuring some of the scariest looking monsters and the sweetest background graphics in the game. Maridia, the underwater stage, is another very nice looking place filled with fish and other creatures, some of which live in the sand. I'm a little disappointed Tourian has only 15 Metroids for you to freeze and destroy, which is unlike the original Metroid where you had to face 30 of them or so.

Even though it seems I am somewhat putting the game down, I think it's a wonderful, addicting game, and it comes very close to being one of the very best shooters ever. I believe if Nintendo had worked on the challenge I would have given the game a higher score. You should buy it.

Videogame perfection in the golden age of gaming.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: February 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Super Metroid: The overall best video game of all time.

Another SNES Masterpiece

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was checking up on old SNES games to buy off amazon and came across this game. It was going for $30 at the time and I was thinking there is no way I'm going to pay that much for this game. Luckily, someone on my bus was selling his old SNES games. I offered him $5 and I got it.

What he got was $5 to buy some more weed(cause he must have been smoking something to sell me this game for $5). I got one of the best Nintendo games of all time. It has an excellent story, excellent graphics and character models(by SNES standards), and the music is outstanding. Its by far the best soundtrack for any game(besides Donkey Kong Country). The game never gets old and it never ceases to amaze me how entertaining it is. I guess SNES games are like fine wine, they get better with age.

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