


Super Metroid received critical acclaim, and is considered by critics as one of the greatest video games of all time.

The game was the largest SNES game at the time of its release, as it was distributed on a 24-megabit cartridge. Super Metroid was directed and written by Yoshio Sakamoto, and produced by Makoto Kano with Gunpei Yokoi serving as general manager. Taking place after the events of Metroid II: Return of Samus and set on the planet Zebes, the story follows bounty hunter Samus Aran as she attempts to retrieve a stolen Metroid from the Space Pirates. The gameplay of Super Metroid focuses on exploration, and its progression revolves around the search for power-ups that are used to reach previously inaccessible areas. It became available as a Virtual Console title for the Wii console in 2007, and for the Wii U in 2013. The third game in the Metroid series, it was released in Japan on March 19, 1994, in North America on April 18, 1994, and in Europe and Australia on July 28, 1994. Super Metroid is a 1994 action-adventure game published by Nintendo, developed by its R&D1 division, and programmed by Intelligent Systems for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
