Finally! The 13 year wait is over!!! Nintendo has brought back a masterpiece!
This game is what 2D shooters are all about. The gameplay is so fantastic, and the level design is amazing, considering that graphics have evolved over 13 years. This game made the Metroid franchise, and helped make sure it stuck around, even though we waited almost 10 years to get more Metroid. The boss fights are amazing, and the weapons are really useful (anyone still waiting for the x-ray scope to return to 2D Metroid games?). What made this game for me was the fact that it just wasn't a shooter, but it was an adventure game, too.
I never played Super Metroid until it came out on the Wii VC (again, I went with Sonic, not Mario back then), but it was well worth the wait. If you got the 800 points, why are you still reading? Go on the shop channel, buy Super Metroid, and play your brains out. Then, you can go thank Nintendo for releasing a true gem in the SNES lifetime.