In Metroid 2, you control Samus Aran in her quest to rid the planet SR388 of the. Metroid II: Return of Samus Game Boy Front Cover. 1 more add promo images. As of 2007, this is only Metroid game to feature all six stages of a Metroid's.

During Nintendo’s E3 2017 Tree House event, the games company unveiled Metroid: Samus Returns for the Nintendo 3DS. The game will be hitting store shelves and the Nintendo 3DS E-Shop on September 15, 2017, and is being developed by MercurySteam.Nintendo’s E3 2017 Direct had already surprised fans with the announcement of Metroid Prime 4, for the Nintendo, however, it seems Nintendo is trying to appease fan, by playing catch up to the long dormant franchise by announcing yet another Metroid title, this time for the Nintendo 3DS. Samus Returns, from the trailer shown during the Tree House event, appears to be a remake of the 1991 GameBoy Classic: Metroid II: Return of Samus, which was a direct sequel to the original Metroid for the NES.The new title sees the return of the 2D gameplay style that the old school Metroid games innovated with back in the days of the original Nintendo and Super Nintendo.

The new title looks as though it will be using a 2.5D approach to game design, capitalising on the 3DS’s hardware capabilities while still maintaining that classic ‘Metroidvania’ feel that the series is renowned for. Metroid II: The Return of Samus tasked players with exploring the titular Metroid’s home planet, code-named SR88, with the sole task of eradicating every last Metroid spawn that resided on the strange planet.The trailer for the upcoming Metroid: Samus Returns, seems to feature various evolutionary stages of the Metroid species, from the classic, Facehugger inspired Metroid larvae to the Alpha, Gamma and Zeta stages of the alien creature. Additionally, the trailer showed Samus using her Grapple Beam upgrade, an add-on for her arm cannon that allows her to traverse large gaps and other environmental pitfalls. Interestingly enough, the grapple upgrade was something that was absent from the original GameBoy title, meaning if Samus Returns on 3DS is indeed a remake, expect it to expand on the original and change things up once it launches on Nintendo’s handheld.

Contents Plotas seen in Metroid II: Return of Samus.After the events of and the, where put a stop to numerous operations intending to use the newly discovered for evil purposes and defeated born from, the called its members to an urgent conference. After serious consideration, they reached a conclusion: the extremely dangerous Metroids must be rendered extinct, which would ensure the creatures would never again give rise to chaos similar to those seen in the past. The Federation first sent a research team to the Metroid homeworld, to investigate the presence of any remaining Metroids. When contact with the research team's base and ship were lost, two additional teams were sent, first a search and rescue party then a, but one after the other, they too were not heard from again.Realizing the threat that the species still pose, the Galactic Federation sends on a to land on and destroy all Metroid organisms. With her experience in past events with Metroids, the Galactic Federation is certain she will succeed.Arriving, Samus lands her near the only entrance to the planet's underground areas. She exits her ship and begins the difficult trek through the planet's dark network of caves and ruins.The as seen in Metroid II: Return of Samus.One by one, Samus hunts down and destroys each Metroid on the planet.

As she does so, she takes note of the steady mutation that each goes through. She discovers Metroids in stages of growth from the small jellyfish-like state into massive, hovering lizard-like beasts.As Samus travels deeper and deeper, the planet rumbles at intervals and the acid drains, revealing a massive complex of ruins. Finally, after several harrowing battles with massive, she uncovers a small ruined laboratory-like structure with mature floating in the breeze. With their destruction, only one Metroid remains: the massive and deadly.

Samus fights a final battle before finally defeating the monster, and the rumbles as the Queen crumbles to dust.Returning to her gunship, Samus comes across a. The egg hatches and before her eyes a small floats out of the broken shell and begins to chirp at her. The Metroid, upon seeing Samus, believes her to be its mother. Samus, despite being ordered to exterminate the Metroids, spares its life. The two continue towards the surface, and the Metroid hatchling helps Samus escape the caverns by eating otherwise indestructible. Samus and the young Metroid board the gunship, ending the game.On board the gunship, Samus places the Metroid in so that it cannot cause any harm to the ship.

Noting the immense scientific opportunity that the captured hatchling poses, she departs and heads to to deliver her groundbreaking find — a domesticated, baby Metroid.The events of follow almost immediately afterward.GameplayGameplay is similar to other 2D Metroid games. However, Metroid II is more linear in the sense that advancement through the levels is not strictly controlled by item acquisition as in the other games, but by killing a certain number of Metroids in the area. Once they are destroyed, an earthquake occurs and SR388's drains to a lower level, allowing Samus to travel deeper through its maze-like tunnels.

Throughout the planet indicate that Samus is in close proximity to a Metroid.Like Metroid, Metroid II contains no in-game map. Where it differs, however, is the map being made of multiple, discontinuous sections that produce a 'scene fade' effect when crossing (similar to riding elevators in other games). These sections do not fit together in a flat, 2-D pattern, making the 2-D space of the map 'twisted'.

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It is the first game of the Metroid series to do so. Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Zero Mission later use this method, even while retaining an in-game map. Also unique to the game is the, which displays the number of Metroids left on the planet. It is also the first in the series to utilize, located in various points around the planet.Metroid II is also the first Metroid game in which Samus can kneel or shoot downward in midair. These actions were not possible in the original Metroid.Miscellaneous informationA commercial poster for Metroid II: Return of Samus from. AreasNote: These area names come from the official guide in. The areas are named Surface and Area 1 through Area 8 (respectively) in the official remake,.

Main article:The life cycle as seen in the 1991 game. The name 'Mature' is no longer used to describe the second form.Metroid II: Return of Samus, and are the only Metroid games that show the assumed natural evolution of the Metroids, but the former two titles are the only ones where Samus battles them. The stages of a Metroid is in the following order (excluding ):. (not battled).The more powerful Metroids are found further into the game, with the being the final boss.DevelopmentMetroid II marked a 'new high point' for handheld game consoles, with graphics that were almost as good as the 8-bit graphics in games for the. The game was the first in the series to feature a battery backup to allow players to continue their games from a previously saved point. Metroid II was designed by Nintendo R&D1 and produced by; they both also worked on the previous Metroid game.

Metroid II was released as the second game of the series, but it is chronologically the sixth in the overall story. The game features enhancements from its predecessor that include easier controls which allow Samus to crouch while firing at the same time, and jump while shooting straight down to attack anything below her.The Game Boy's black and white graphics limited the detail in each area of the game and forced changes to Samus' appearance, which would later be used for the rest of the series. In the original Metroid on the NES, Samus' suit would change color to show the difference between Samus's Power and Varia Suits. However, without color on the Game Boy, the two suits appeared the same.

This forced the developers to create a visual indicator for players to determine which suit Samus was wearing. They updated her Varia Suit, adding round, bulky metal shoulders that have been a part of the suit in every game in the series since then. Even though the game cartridge for Metroid II has six times less memory than its predecessor on the Nintendo Entertainment System, the game allowed players to save their progress for the first time in the series.

To save the game, players would step on save modules, which have appeared in every Metroid game since. Metroid II and Metroid Fusion are the only games in the entire series to show the natural life cycle of the Metroids. Because of the Game Boy's small screen, the developers made Samus's model bigger compared to her surroundings, to give more detail in her appearance using limited graphics capabilities.

While improving Samus's design, the changes also made the environments feel 'cramped'. ReceptionMetroid II is more linear than most games in the franchise, as most areas are blocked off until a certain number of are killed. It was well-received nonetheless — gave it a 4.5/5 and most gaming magazines and websites such as IGN and Nintendo Life have a similar opinion.In spite of this, some critics and gamers consider it among the weakest titles of the series, compared to. The main criticisms were directed at the repetitive 39 Metroid boss battles and similar-looking areas combined with the lack of an in-game making navigation difficult. Much of the music was also deemed as forgettable and/or unmelodic, except for the theme.Prior to the release of Metroid: Samus Returns, Metroid II was often viewed merely as a connection between the first and third released titles and as an expansion on Metroid morphology. Still, it was later repackaged in a gold colored box along with the official emblem, showing it was a commercial success.Color version and remakesof claimed that the color-palette needs of Metroid II were taken into account in the design of the hardware, but was not aware of plans to release a colorized version of the game. A DX Metroid II never surfaced.Like all original Game Boy games, the Metroid II cartridge is compatible with the accessory for the, manually remapping the color scheme to a maximum of four different colors.

Additionally, the accessory for the automatically colorizes the game, but not true full color, as it is still limited to the same colorization techniques of the GBC and.According to artist, in 2009:“I've always thought it’d be awesome to remake Metroid 2. A group of us at Retro even discussed doing it as a side project at one point.

Nothing ever came of it, though I still think it’d be fun to remake it as a 3D sidescroller.„—On August 6, 2016, a fan remake of Metroid II, called, was released for free online. The game, which was unsanctioned by, was quickly pulled offline after a DMCA takedown request, but is still available through torrents. The following year, an official remake was revealed at E3 2017 and was released on September 15, 2017. It is believed that Nintendo took down AM2R to prevent unofficial competition at launch.created concept art of an for, although there is no evidence that the creature was planned to be featured in the game. Danny Richardon's concept artwork.Virtual ConsoleMetroid II was re-released for.

Rather than include a new color palette, it instead features the option to turn the screen from black and white to green monochromes, which emulates the Game Boy's monochrome display. In addition to the in-game save feature, it also has a 'Restore Point' function, which allows players to save the state of their game.A download code for Metroid II on the is included in the Legacy Edition of its remake,.An earlier digital release was considered alongside other Game Boy titles in a 2006 patent for a Nintendo branded cellular phone. Trivia.

Oddly enough, Samus' mission on SR388 featured only a total of 48 or 51 Metroids in Metroid II: Return of Samus and Metroid: Samus Returns respectively, despite the planet being the species' homeworld. Metroid II: Return of Samus lacks many staple Metroid elements. It does not have a at any point in the game, including the sequence after its final boss battle. Metroid II is also the only game in the series not to feature any as well as neither nor. Metroid II is also the only non-spinoff game to not feature the theme, the theme, or the of the first game in any capacity.

All three of these songs were included in Samus Returns. Until, Metroid II had never had any of its own music remixed in a future game or feature remixed music (apart from the ).

Until the, Metroid II was the only Metroid game not playable on a current-gen console in some form, excluding emulators. The second most recent console that was capable of playing it was the. Metroid II was released for the 3DS on September 28, 2011 in Japan, and November 24th of the same year internationally. With a total of 39 boss battles and, Metroid II: Return of Samus used to have the highest number of boss battles of any game in the. It was later eclipsed by its remake, Metroid: Samus Returns, which adds 1 Metroid, the and. The lack of color in Metroid II had long-term effects on Samus' appearance.

In, the was a different color from the normal, but the same shape. In Metroid II, the Varia Suit had to have a different shape to distinguish the Suits because there was no color. Thus, the Varia Suit gained the extra armor plating and bulky, round shoulder pads that have become its most recognizable traits. In addition, rather than Samus' Arm Cannon and Visor changing color when Missiles were activated or deactivated, the end of the Arm Cannon tip moved outward and back to show that the 'missile hatch' was open. These graphical changes have been used in all Metroid games since Metroid II, including the remake of the first game,. With regards to the Power Suit's appearance, the official in-universe explanation is that the Varia Suit with bulky shoulder pads is a, which Samus receives after losing her original Power Suit when her crashes.

The has suggested color palettes to use throughout the game if playing with a. It was given out with issues of around the time of the Super Game Boy's release.

Certain aspects of this game are similar to the movie. Both involve the female protagonists (Ellen Ripley/Samus) travelling to the homeworld of the alien specimens (LV-426/SR388) to exterminate them, both depict a final battle with the queen of the creatures (Queen Alien/Queen Metroid), and both depict the female protagonists bonding with a child (in Ripley's case, it is a colonist nicknamed 'Newt' while in Samus' case it is the ). The narrator in the US TV for Return of Samus erroneously states that one Metroid survived ' and is rapidly multiplying. In actuality, Samus eradicated a completely different strain of Metroids on while leaving the ones on SR388 untouched.

Additionally, Metroids do not multiply unless they are exposed to; they reproduce exclusively through a laying. The instruction manual of the game notably has several spelling mistakes in the descriptions for the enemies and. Additionally, the instruction manual states that Samus has an that allows her to see in the dark. This is untrue, however, as there are many occasions where Samus cannot see in the dark, including a pitch-black area in the ruins of. It is possible that it was a scrapped item.Gallery For concept art, see.