Well this week's recommendation belongs on the NES or should I say the Famicom Disc System. The things is it was originally released on the FDS and after a year got a port to the NES on August 1987 even though I was not their for launch I later played this through a copy an aunt purchased and was one of the first games I remember finishing all on my own without any help. Some of the cool features this game had was like Zelda and the future Kid Icurus it had a save option for resume through a password system which basically worked on a battery inside the cartridge (only in FDS).
The graphics in this game were probably the least liked among fans because they were a little bland but I thought they played well to the games story and actually scared me. Like all games at the time this was 2D which some say it is part of the magic of Metroid and sighted as one of the primary reasons Metroid Prime is not liked by all or at least to the extent of it's predecessors. In any case it works well in this game and is all filled with mazes to get you lost in your quest to destroy the mother brain.
The gameplay was very intuitive in this game and is really were the game excelled making it very adaptable to the NES controller. Part of the fun in this was the variable endings to it I think 3 depending on your completion speed which actually gave it some replay value, and although I never realized till the late 90's until I actually achieved this feet, as it turns out if you complete the game in less than 1 hour the final scene would feature a bikini Samus Aran which is at the time ranked as must see VG moments (how sad and to think I had a girlfriend at the time makes it worse).
Sound was also worth a note and featured stereo mode in the menu which was a rarity at the time and part of the update for the FDS. The music itself was pretty good and has also been used in Metroid Prime obviously evolved however. The music was also famous enough to be played at the videogames musical concert if anyone remembers which all show how nostalgic the track really was and effective in surrounding you with the world.
Overall this game was worth the port and ought to be played by fans of either the handheld or console predecessors. I recommend you also try to finish it in 1 hour for the special ending LOL "I'll look for pics". For those of you whom don't want to wait for a VC copy good news if you already have a Metroid Fusion on the GBA a Link Cable and Metroid Prime, just do the transfer and it will automatically be unlocked on your GC and will save to your memory card.
A cool thing about this game for me especially is I have a duplicate of the original unopened and still mint with the plastic coating covering the box, I wonder how much it will go for on EBay not that I would part with it.. Anyway hope you guys enjoy these recommendations and even though I want to add pictures for some reason pics are not working so if anyone is interested you can find them in my blog since I can keep editing without any problems.
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