Metroid (series)

 The Metroid Franchise 

= The Metroid Games =

The Metroid series began in 1986 on the NES console with the name Metroid, and proceeded to have sequels on various major gaming systems such as the Super NES/SNES (Super Metroid),Game Boy (Metroid 2 Return of Samus), Game Boy Advance (Metroid Fusion, Metroid Zero Mission), and GameCube (Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2 Echoes). An upcoming game, Metroid Prime Hunters, will be released on the Nintendo DS handheld, touchscreen system. The third Metroid Prime game will most likely be released on Nintendo's upcoming console the **Nintendo Revolution**.

= Important Story/Plot Elements =

Each Each Metroid game recounts and tells of the bounty hunter Samus Aran's missions and encounters with the deadly and disturbing Metroid creatures. Along these missions she also has run-ins with the Zebesian Space Pirate creatures, A deadly viral organism named 'X', and the powerful creature 'Ridley'. The Metroid games run solely on the genre of Adventure and Exploration.

= Settings and Characters =

The one playable and main character of the Metroid franchise is Samus Aran, female bounty hunter under the Galactic Federation. Characters and races whose names have frequently been mentioned in Samus' missions are the Chozo and Space Pirates. In Metroid Prime you start off the game as Samus, on Space Pirate Frigate Orpheon.