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Metroid
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Metroid is an action platformer and adventure shooter developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Playtronic and Nintendo. The game supports single-player mode and has been released on platforms including the Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, and Wii U. It is rated Everyone by the ESRB.
Initial releases occurred in 1986, with subsequent versions appearing in 1987 and 1988. The title has sold 2,730,000 units. Critical reception includes a Metacritic score of 58, a RAWG rating of 3.65, and an IGDB user rating of 71 based on 237 ratings. Critic ratings on IGDB stand at 60 from one review.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
Metacritic 58- Released
- 1986-08-06
- User rating
- 3.65 / 5
- Genres
- Platformer, Action
- Platforms
- Game Boy Advance, NES
- ESRB
- Everyone
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Game details · IGDB
It's you against the evil Mother Brain in the thrilling battle of Metroid! You're inside the fortress planet Zebes. The planet of endless secret passageways where the Metroid are multiplying. Left alone the Metroid are harmless. But in the wrong hands they could destroy the galaxy. It's up to you to prevent the Mother Brain that controls Zebes from using the Metroid for evil purposes. But that won't be easy. You'll have to use your spacesuit to absorb valuable energy for your search to gain the use of power items like the Ice Beam, Wave Beam, High Jump Boots and Varia. If you survive, it wi…
- Released
- 1987
- Genres
- Shooter, Platform, Adventure
- Platforms
- Arcade, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Metroid
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1
- Publisher
- Playtronic, Nintendo
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- Metroidvania
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Q8093
- Series
- Metroid
- Director
- Yoshio Sakamoto
- Composer
- Hirokazu Tanaka
- Producer
- Gunpei Yokoi
- Developer
- Nintendo Research & Development 1
- Platform
- Famicom Disk System
- Game mode
- single-player video game
Show 9 more facts
- title
- メトロイド
- characters
- Samus Aran
- publication date
- 1987-08-00
- distributed by
- Nintendo eShop
- input device
- gamepad
- units sold
- 2730000
- set in environment
- fictional planet
- derivative work
- Metroid: Zero Mission
- Commons category
- Metroid (video game)
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