

She takes out the Mecha Ridley, destroys the Metroids, along with the Mother Ship, and then escapes.Īt the time of the original in 1986, the story continued in Metroid II: Return of Samus. Samus then passes the Ruins Test and is rewarded with a new Power Suit, which she uses to complete her mission on Zebes. It is then revealed that Samus was raised by the Chozo on Zebes as a child after her parents were killed by space pirates. Samus then explores the planet and discovers the ruins of Chozodia, which used to be the home of the Chozo. She crashes back on the planet Zebes, this time, without her Power Suit, leaving Samus in a sticky predicament - helpless. After defeating these deadly foes, along with Ridley, a dragon-like creature that earns its place as a formidable opponent, Samus is attacked as she attempts to escape the planet. Samus’ goal is to defeat the space pirates, the Metroids that have been captured, and Mother Brain, an A.I. To prevent this from happening, the Galactic Federation Police sends bounty hunter Samus Aran to Zebes, the planet on which the space pirates live. Here, a lifeform known as the Metroids are discovered by space pirates who intend to capture the creatures to use them as weapons. The story begins on the planet SR388 during the year 20X5. For the purposes of this list, we’ll primarily be covering Zero Mission since it’s a remake and features more story elements than the original. Kicking off our list are the original Metroid (NES) and Metroid Zero Mission (GBA), which is a remake of the first game.

New Metroid Dread trailer dives into the game’s backstory.If you’d rather play the series to experience the story yourself, come back here after you’ve done so. Samus & Piano features music from the original Metroid for NES, the Super Nintendo’s Super Metroid, the Metroid Prime trilogy for GameCube and Wii, and the handheld GameBoy titles Metroid II: Return of Samus and Metroid Fusion.Spoiler alert: In order to recap the series’ story in detail, we will be spoiling most games in the series here. Inspired by his 2021 lofi hip hop album Samus & Chill, sound engineer and multi-instrumentalist Tune in with Chewie is revisiting the soundtrack of Metroid with a series of melancholic piano arrangements.

Samus & Piano is the second album to be released under GameChops’ new Unplugged imprint, which reimagines famous videogame themes as acoustic instrumental tracks.
