A must have Virtual Console game because it's simply the greatest game in history.
Now, the real part of the game begins. You land on planet Zebes, and your exploration begins. This game is very much based on exploration, but the controls and physics aren't so frustrating unlike the original Metroid. You can try bombing everything to see if there's a secret passage. The game flow moves however you want it to. It's still slightly restricted because there are times when you know you hit a dead end because the blocks there require an item you don't have. There are a huge amount of upgrades. They can be beams, jumps, missles, even an X-ray Visor. The Speed Booster is the best Metroid upgrade ever.
The graphics are beautiful. They really pushed the power of the SNES. While it may not be quite the caliber of Star Fox, still it's pretty dang good. All the areas feel just like an alien world. From the underwater world of Maridia to the flaming areas of Norfair,everything looks like what it's supposed to represent. The bosses such as Kraid were very detailed. The glowing red eyes on Kraid and Ridley in the beginning were nice.
The music, like in all Metroid games is very memorable and fitting to the environments. The Norfair music is just the kind of music I would expect in a fiery cavern. The Maridia music made me think of being underwater, and the boss battle music was very frightening, like it should be. All the familiar Metroid jingles are hear, such as getting an item. The sound effects, such as all the lava bubbling noises were realistic especially for the 16 bit era. I was even suprised by the quality of the narrating voice at the beginning (which I've heard is Dano from NOA's voice).
You can almost go as far to say it's pretty much perfect. If you haven't downloaded this game yet, it's worth the 800 Wii points. Heck, I'd pay 2000 Wii Points for it.
The focus of this game is exploration. No one or nothing tells you what to do. It's just you on your own. You can get items to advance through rooms you thought were dead ends before. The object of the game is to defeat all the main bosses and defeat the Mother Brain. The beauty of this game though is, there are a million ways to do this. You can also customize the controls and Samus to your likings. You can turn on and off power ups such as beams, suits, and even your much needed Morph Ball. This game is very long also, at least for first timers (like me). I've been playing it almost non stop and still have yet to beat other main bosses than Kraid.
Like I said before, my best game of all time. You should definitely download it, even it you've played it before. Nothing has changed from the SNES version, I promise you won't be disappointed.
Buy this game, NOW!
Graphics: 10
Gameplay: 10
Sound: 10
Value: 10
Overall: 10