Wikitroid:Featured article queue/Month 04, 2011

In the eight months leading up to Metroid's 25th anniversary, we're featuring the eight oldest Metroid games each month from newest to oldest, culminating with the original Metroid game in August!



Metroid: Zero Mission (メトロイドゼロミッション, Metoroido Zero Misshon) is a remake of Metroid, making it chronologically the first game in the Metroid series and replacing Metroid in the canon. It was designed to "retell the story of Samus Aran's original mission". Zero Mission was developed by Nintendo's internal team, Nintendo Research & Development 1, under the direction of Yoshio Sakamoto. Zero Mission features a slightly different plot than Metroid with the addition of new areas. (continue reading)