Month of Metroid

Because quite a lot of Metroid games have been released in August in various years, the tradition has lead to the creation of the term month of Metroid. This term was first used in the weeks prior to the American release of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and before that, the Virtual Console re-releases of Metroid and Super Metroid.

Metroid games released in August

 * Metroid (August 6, 1986 in Japan, and August 1987 in North America, re-released for Virtual Console August 13, 2007)
 * Metroid II: Return of Samus (August 26, 1991 in North America)
 * Super Metroid (re-released for Virtual Console August 20, 2007)
 * Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Preview (August 10, 2007 in North America)
 * Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (August 27, 2007 in North America)
 * Metroid Prime Trilogy (August 24, 2009 in North America)
 * Metroid: Other M (August 31, 2010, delayed from June 27, 2010)