Metroid: Zero Mission
A complete remake of the original 1986 Metroid, rebuilt with Fusion's engine to include modern controls, expanded story sequences, and a new post-game chapter revealing Samus' Zero Suit origins. Serves as the canonical starting point of the Metroid timeline.
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Story
Metroid Story chronology Main series in bold , remakes in parentheses Metroid manga series Metroid ( Zero Mission ) Metroid Prime Metroid Prime Hunters Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Metroid Prime: Federation Force Metroid II: Return of Samus ( Samus Returns ) Super Metroid Metroid: Other M Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Metroid Fusion Metroid Dread v t e Space Pirates attack a Galactic Federation-owned space research vessel and seize samples of Metroid creatures. Dangerous floating organisms, Metroids can latch on to any organism and drain its life energy to kill it. The Space Pirates plan to replicate Metroids by exposing them to beta rays and use the Metroids as biological weapons to destroy all living beings that oppose them. While searching for the stolen Metroids, the Galactic Federation locates the Space Pirates' base of operations on the planet Zebes.
The Federation assaults the planet, but the Pirates resist, forcing the Federation to retreat. As a last resort, the Federation decides to send a lone bounty hunter to penetrate the Pirates' base and destroy Mother Brain , the mechanical life-form that controls the Space Pirates' fortress and its defenses. Considered the greatest of all bounty hunters, Samus Aran is chosen for the mission. Samus lands on the surface of Zebes and explores the planet, traveling through the planet's caverns.
She comes across Kraid, an ally of the Space Pirates, and Ridley , the Space Pirates' commander, and defeats them both. Samus finds and destroys Mother Brain. While Samus leaves the planet in her ship, it is attacked by Space Pirates, causing it to crash back onto Zebes, near the Space Pirate Mothership. With both her ship and Power Suit destroyed, Samus infiltrates the Mothership, leading her to Chozodia, where a Chozo Statue offers her a trial.
Upon passing the trial, Samus is rewarded with a new fully upgraded Power Suit. Continuing to explore the Mothership, Samus reaches the Mecha Ridley, a robot built in the likeness of Ridley. After defeating it, Samus escapes the planet using one of the Space Pirate's shuttles, while the Mothership self-destructs.
Gameplay Systems
Metroid: Zero Mission takes place on Planet Zebes, a large, open-ended world with areas connected by doors and elevators. The player controls Samus Aran as she travels through the planet's caverns and environments, hunting Space Pirates. Along the way, the player collects power-ups that enhance Samus's armor and weaponry, as well as grant her special abilities. These abilities allow Samus to access previously inaccessible areas, so that the game can be played linearly or non-linearly.
For example, the player may come across caverns that bypass certain sections, a method termed sequence breaking . To save their progress, players can enter either Save Rooms or Samus's ship on Crateria. As a remake of Metroid , Metroid: Zero Mission ' s layout bears a resemblance to the original, and various powerups and items make reappearances from previous games in the series, with similar uses, effects, and appearances, but it adds items, areas, and mini-bosses , as well as a new area named Chozodia. Zero Mission is the first Metroid game to include a sequence in which the player controls Samus without her Power Suit.
In this sequence, Samus is more vulnerable to damage, must crawl through ducts on her hands and knees without her Morph Ball mode, and her only weapon is a weak pistol that briefly stuns enemies. Samus retains all energy tanks she acquired previously. Completing the game unlocks an emulated version of the original Metroid . Zero Mission allows players to unlock the Metroid Fusion picture gallery by linking between Zero Mission and Fusion cartridges via the Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable .
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About Metroid: Zero Mission
Metroid: Zero Mission is a classic video game released for the Game Boy Advance on January 1, 2004. Developed by Nintendo and published by Nintendo, this title has become a beloved entry in the retro gaming library.
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