List of Metroid media

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Boxes of the Metroid games, plus a Samus bobblehead figurine, and a T-shirt in its package.
Packaging for all Metroid games released prior to Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

soundtracks
have also been released.

The series revolves around

first-person perspective,[1] while Other M is a third-person shooter with the ability to switch to first-person view.[2] Metroid is one of Nintendo's most successful franchises, with over 17 million copies sold by September 2012.[3] The games have received varying levels of critical acclaim.[1][4]

Video games

Metroid series

Title Details
PAL: January 15, 1988[6]
 Release years by system:
1986 – Famicom Disk System[5]
1987 – Nintendo Entertainment System[5]
2004 – Game Boy Advance[7]
2007 – Wii Virtual Console[8]
2012 – 3DS Virtual Console[9]
2016 – NES Classic Edition
2018 – Nintendo Switch
Notes:
PAL
: May 21, 1992
 Release years by system:
1991 – Game Boy[12]
2011 – 3DS Virtual Console[15]
2023 – Nintendo Switch
Notes:
  • First handheld Metroid title.
  • A special color palette used for the game was added to the Game Boy Color hardware.[16]
  • Nintendo considered a remake for the Game Boy Advance.[1]
  • Remade for the
    3DS as Metroid: Samus Returns
    .
PAL
: July 28, 1994
 Release years by system:
1994 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System[17]
2007 – Wii Virtual Console[8]
2013 – Wii U Virtual Console[8]
2016 – 3DS Virtual Console (New Nintendo 3DS model only)
2017 – Super NES Classic Edition
2019 – Nintendo Switch
Notes:
PAL: November 22, 2002
  • JP
    • : February 14, 2003
    		 Release years by system:
    2002 – Game Boy Advance[19]
    2011 – 3DS Virtual Console[20][21]
    2014 – Wii U Virtual Console[22]
    2023 – Nintendo Switch
    Notes:
    PAL: April 8, 2004
  • JP
    • : May 27, 2004
    		 Release years by system:
    2004 – Game Boy Advance[24]
    Notes:
    • Remake of Metroid, with improved graphics, new gameplay features and additional content.
    • Includes the original game as an unlockable extra.[25]
    PAL
    : September 3, 2010
    		 Release years by system:
    2010 – Wii[26]
    Notes:
    Metroid: Samus Returns

    Original release date(s):[27][28]
    • WW: September 15, 2017
    		 Release years by system:
    2017 – Nintendo 3DS
    Notes:
    • Remake of Metroid II: Return of Samus.
    Metroid Dread

    Original release date:[29]
    • WW: October 8, 2021
    		 Release years by system:
    2021 – Nintendo Switch
    Notes:
    • The first Metroid game for the Nintendo Switch.

    Metroid Prime series

    Title Details
    PAL
    : March 21, 2003
    		 Release years by system:
    2002 – GameCube[30]
    2009 – Wii[31]
    Notes:
    Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

    Original release date(s):[34]
    • NA: November 15, 2004
    • EU: November 26, 2004
    • AU: December 2, 2004
    • JP: May 26, 2005
    		 Release years by system:
    2004 – GameCube[34]
    2009 – Wii[31]
    Notes:
    Metroid Prime Pinball

    Original release date(s):[39]
    • NA: October 24, 2005
    • AU: December 1, 2005
    • JP: January 19, 2006
    • EU: June 22, 2007
    		 Release years by system:
    2005 – Nintendo DS[39]
    Notes:
    • Remake of Metroid Prime in pinball form.[40]
    • Bundled along with the
      Nintendo DS Rumble Pak.[41]
    Metroid Prime Hunters

    Original release date(s):[42]
    • NA: March 20, 2006
    • EU: May 5, 2006
    • AU: May 25, 2006
    • JP: June 1, 2006
    		 Release years by system:
    2006 – Nintendo DS[42]
    Notes:
    PAL: October 26, 2007
  • AU: November 8, 2007
  • JP
    • : March 6, 2008
    		 Release years by system:
    2007 – Wii[46]
    Notes:
    • The first Metroid game for the Wii.
    • First game in the series to include a preview accessible online via a console.[47]
    Metroid Prime: Trilogy

    Original release date(s):[48]
    • NA: August 24, 2009
    • EU: September 4, 2009
    • AU: October 15, 2009
    		 Release years by system:
    2009 – Wii[49]
    Notes:
    • Contains Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2 and Metroid Prime 3, all with Wii Remote controls.[50]
    Metroid Prime: Federation Force

    Original release date(s):
    • NA: August 19, 2016
    • JP: August 25, 2016
    • EU: September 2, 2016
    • AU: September 3, 2016
    		 Release years by system:
    2016 – Nintendo 3DS[51]
    Notes:
    • The first Metroid game for the Nintendo 3DS.
    • Contains a game titled Metroid Prime: Blast Ball, a soccer-themed multiplayer minigame.[52]
    Metroid Prime Remastered

    Original release date(s):
    • WW: February 8, 2023
    		 Release years by system:
    2023 – Nintendo Switch
    Notes:
    • Remastered version of Metroid Prime.
    • Contains the original GameCube and gyroscopic control schemes as well as a standard dual-stick control scheme.[53]
    Metroid Prime 4

    Original release date(s):
    • WW: TBA
    		 Release years by system:
    – Nintendo Switch[54]

    Soundtracks

    Title Release date Length Label
    Super Metroid – Sound in Action June 22, 1994[55] 58:49 Sony Records
    Notes:
    Metroid Prime & Fusion Original Soundtracks June 18, 2003[58] 2:12:00
    Scitron
    Notes:
    • Two-CD set; each disc contains the soundtrack of one of the games.
    • Kenji Yamamoto and Kouichi Kyuma.[59]
    • Metroid Fusion music composed by Minako Hamano and Akira Fujiwara.[60]

    Printed media

    Comic books

    Game Company Publisher Release date
    Metroid Valiant Comics Nintendo Comics System, issue #2 July 1990[61]
    Notes:
    • Consists of three short stories across one issue, themed after, but not directly adapting the game:[62]
      • The Coming of a Hero (2 pages), by George Caragonne, James Brock, Bob Layton, Jade, Kathryn Bolinger.
      • Metroid (1 page), by George Caragonne, Mickey Ritter, Jan Harpes, Jade.
      • Deceit Du Jour (10 pages), by Mark McClellan and Bill Vallely, Vince Mielcarek, Bob Layton, Jade, Joe Q and The Gradations.
    Super Metroid Nintendo Nintendo Power, issues #57–61 February–May 1994[63]
    Notes:
    • Five-part adaptation of the game by Benimaru Itoh.[64]
    Metroid Prime Dreamwave Productions Nintendo Power, issues #164–166 January–March 2003
    Notes:
    • Two-part adaptation of game.[65]
    • Written by Kato Li (script), Sigmund Torre (art, with one page by
      Pat Lee
      ), Gary Yeung and Alan Wang (colors).

    Manga

    Game Publisher Release date
    Metroid Wanpakku Comics 1986
    Notes:
    • 195 page Manga/Strategy Guide, released only in Japan.[66]
    Super Metroid Shounen Oh Game Comic, issue #1 August 1994
    Notes:
    • 18-page adaptation, consisting of comedic strips with four panels.[67]
    Metroid Monthly Magazine Z November 2003[68]–May 2004[69]
    Notes:
    • Two-volume manga, tells the backstory of Samus Aran up to the events of Metroid.
    • Written by Kouji Tazawa (script) and Kenji Ishikawa (art).[68][69]
    • The first two chapters of Volume 1 received an online version with color and sound effects.[70][71]
    Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
    Comic Bom Bom
         		July 2005–January 2006
    Notes:
    • Adaptation of the game, released across seven issues of the magazine.[72]
    • Written by Hisashi Matsumoto.
    Samus and Joey
    Comic Bom Bom
    Notes:
    • 5-part manga involving the adventures of Samus Aran and a boy called Joey from a frontier planet.[73]

    Notes

    1. ^ Japanese: メトロイド, Hepburn: Metoroido
    2. ^ Japanese: メトロイドプライム2: ダークエコーズ, Hepburn: Metoroido Puraimu Tsū: Dāku Ekōzu

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