i dont know why everyone is complaining about this game! sure its not as snappy as zero mission, or as classic as the original, but for gods sake ITS A GAMEBOY GAME. FOR THE ORIGINAL GAME BOY. i have played every other 2d metroid game and this one, though not as good as fusion or super, still packs a punch. sure the music is extremely short and doesnt replay. sure the spider ball gets freaky to control when ur going around bends. but who cares. it is a classic nightmare game, almost like a 2d Doom. you are thrown into a labyrinthe world with no maps or guides and all you know is that there are 39 metroids to kill (i dont know how samus would no that) and you know that its gonna be scary as hell. your happily walking along when suddenly you see an empty metroid molt skin thing. the music gets all scary and you quickly switch to missiles, suddenly a zeta metroid appears out of nowhere and you let out a barrage of missile, jumping like crazy. the the victory counter goes down again and you know your 1/39th closer to getting of this hellhole.
i mean they could have made it 49 metroids, and more mutations, but i still think that it is an awesome game, especially sice most my gameboy games are too boring too play more than a couple of times (like tetris plus). plus i think that if all the metroid games were made for gameboy, this one would be the best by far.
anyway, if you dont have this game buy it now, dont rent it. buy it now
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