It opens up with Samus talking about her past (via text on-screen, after the opening sentence is spoken), and going through the games storyline. The opening cut-scene for the game is absolutely excellent and it starts as soon as you finish setting options. If toggled on, you can manually cancel by hitting the Y Button) and some strange options that include a “moonwalk” ability, which allows you to shoot while walking backwards. Where you can change the default control scheme (which has the X Button as shoot and the A Button as jump), toggle how the game cancels your “select” weapons (if turned to auto it will turn them off each time you exit a room. ![]() The beginning of the game is even better, but before that come the option settings. The music starts out subdued and low with a very creepy feeling until it booms as the camera pans back from the hatchling and the words “Super Metroid” are splashed across the top. It shows the Metroid hatchling incased in it’s large test tube. It shows scenes of the desolate Ceres Research Facility, as the words “1994”, “Nintendo”, “Presents”, “Metroid 3” scroll across, in red letters on an all black background, between each scene. The intro to the game is very mysterious and easily ranks as one of the most engrossing, especially on the Super Nintendo. Of course those responsible for the crime are none other than Ridley, the Mother Brain’s top Space Pirate general, and his cohorts. Where Samus left it to be studied for mankind’s benefit, due to the unique properties of the Metroid’s that could be harnessed if properly studied. ![]() The storyline sees the titular heroine heading back to planet Zebes, where she fought Mother Brain in the original, after a baby Metroid hatchling (which followed her like a confused child at the end of Metroid 2) is stolen from a research facility. Also known as Metroid 3, it followed up the Game Boy entry in the series, Metroid II: Return of Samus. ![]() The game was the latest in Gunpei Yokoi’s sci-fi series and for many would be the series’ most revered moment. Super Metroid was released on the Super Nintendo in 1994.
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