Wikitroid:Featured article queue/Week 32, 2007

Super Metroid was developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Nintendo for the SNES in 1994. Super Metroid is the third installment in the Metroid series. With its 24-megabit cartridge size, it was the largest game available for the console at the time of its release. Like most 2D Metroid games, the world has a non-linear design and features many hidden areas, making exploration a central concept of the game. It is considered one of the greatest games in the video game industry and one of the most popular games in the Metroid series. The storyline deals with Samus Aran giving the infant Metroid she found on SR388 to Ceres Space Colony. As she is leaving in her gunship, the station sends a distress signal. Upon exploring the station, she finds dead bodies and eventually finds Ridley holding the infant Metroid. Ridley escapes from the station and heads to Zebes with Samus following him. On the planet, she finds Space Pirates operations once again. She learns that Kraid, Ridley, and Mother Brain have all been resuscitated despite being killed by her on her last mission on the planet. As Samus battles Mother Brain, the infant Metroid saves her life and does so again indirectly in Metroid Fusion. (more...) Recently featured: Metroid II: Return of Samus — Metroid — Samus Aran