Since 1986 the Metroid series has gone from 2D to 3D (and back to 2D) and to consoles and portables, with plenty of Samus appearances and cameos in other games along the way. It’s responsible for ...

Maseylia: Echoes of the Past channels Metroid Prime and Hollow Knight in a 3D Metroidvania built on exploration and ...

Samus Aran kneels on one knee in front of her spaceship in "Metroid Prime 4: Beyond" (2025) - Nintendo Nintendo's "Metroid" franchise has been a staple for the company since 1986, putting out sci-fi ...

Drew Swanson is a Features Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Being a gamer all his life and enjoying everything from ARPGs like Diablo to JRPGs like Pokemon and Persona, ...

When I was a kid, Super Metroid was everything. Weaned on Nintendo’s haunting, Alien-inspired side-scroller, I spent countless hours watching my father trudge through the depths of the planet Zebes as ...

Nathan is a lifelong gamer, harkening back to a misspent youth blasting Kirby Superstar and Super Mario All-Stars on his bedroom floor. Some of us are that old. This began a long-term love affair with ...

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a game that needs little introduction. Nintendo fans are all too aware of this much-delayed, restarted, and enigmatic next chapter in Metroid's FPS spin-off series, which ...

Scott Baird is a contributor with over a decade's experience writing about video games, along with board games and tabletop RPGs. Scott has previously worked for Dexerto, Cracked, Dorkly, and Gamepur.

'Super Metroid' redefined and created the modern 2D adventure game.

It should be noted that trademarks are renewed all the time by companies, and it does not necessarily mean that anything new is happening; Eternal Darkness fans can attest to the fact that Nintendo ...

Geoff (He/Him) is a Contributor from Canada. He has been playing games since he walked into a random apartment with a super nintendo as a child with Super Mario World already inserted. Geoff has ...

We're ranking the highs and lows of Nintendo's venerable sci-fi series to find the best Metroid games of all time.