

But the Prime series was inserted just before it, with several games serving as a prequel to Return of Samus first. 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. Metroid Dread has been in the works for 15 years.Metroid Dread is better when you know your series lore.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. Spoiler alert: In order to recap the series’ story in detail, we will be spoiling most games in the series here.
