Metroid: Samus Returns - Overview Trailer

Metroid: Samus Returns - Overview Trailer is the official reveal trailer for Metroid: Samus Returns. Revealed on August 25, 2017, it came in three versions, each one tailored to America, Europe, and Japan. The trailer is nearly 4 and a half minutes long, with the specific time varying between versions. In the Japanese version, it also featured the infamous quote Metroid... Omoroido! that debuted in Metroid II: Return of Samus, the game Samus Returns acted as a remake of.

The trailer begins with a narrator noting SR388 and it being infamous for the discovery of the Metroids. As he is mentioning this, a view of space and SR388 is shown with accompanying text as well as a Metroid larval form.

It then shows the narrator explaining with accompanying text about their origins and video that the Metroids are hostile by nature and capable of draining someone's life forms, and strictly stating that they are not to be underestimated. It then mentioned that they sent a task force to investigate, and after failure, they asked a bounty hunter to take care of the job, before admitting they got a legend, as clips show Samus taking her ship over to SR388 and then landing and then the title screen.

The trailer itself then shows various gameplay clips, including a brief depiction of the Omega Metroid fighting Samus, and supplied commentary on some of the new features for the game. These includes brief coverage of the Morph Ball, Ice Beam, Grapple Beam, and Space Jump, as well as in depth coverage of the Melee Counter, Aeion Abilities (including the Scan Pulse, Lightning Armor, Beam Burst, and Phase Drift), with the ending also teasing a new enemy.

The American version covers the Special Edition and its contents, as well as Amiibo compatability and its effects (namely, Reserve Tanks for the three Samus amiibo, and a Metroid counter for the Metroid amiibo, as well as the unlocking of the Sound Test, Concept Gallery for both Metroid II: Return of Samus and Samus Returns, and Fusion Mode for specific amiibos.). The European version simply covers the Amiibo compatability, and the Japanese version covers its version of the Special Edition, the Amiibo compatability, and the message "Metroid... Omoroido!"