Everything from the visuals, sounds and music is excellent from the ground up.
User Rating: 9.5 | Metroid: Zero Mission GBA
Metroid Zero Mission is a great remake of the classic 1986 version of Metroid on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Everything from the visuals, sounds and music is excellent from the ground up. Even though Zero Mission has the same storyline as the original Metroid some parts of the 1st half and the whole 2nd half of the game really stands out on its own. The question that many of the players, including myself, have been pondering during the young years of the Metroid series and that is "Where did Samus go after she got on the elevator during the escape?" This question is finally answered in this remake with the extension of the escape route to her ship. Instead of having to start from the beginning the second time through in the original version, you begin the untold part of Samus's tail on Zebes in Chozodia without her suit on and with her energy pistol. She later goes on to defeat Ridley's robotic form and eventually destroys the mother ship where the real Ridley was on when he landed on Zebes. The visuals of Zero Mission is terrific in every aspect. The terrain in each region has been made over remarkably well and the backdrop is what makes Zero Mission stand out in the visual perspective. Samus got a great makeover in this game and she appears much more sharper in detail, in color and in depth than in the original. That is just one of the many aspects of the game that Nintendo wanted to do to attract the next generation of gamers on the Game Boy Advance. The sounds have been dramatically improved in Zero Mission. Instead of having to hear just MIDI-rendered type sounds, players can now enjoy the thrill of hearing Ridley and Kraid shriek, a metroid floating around and many others to name a few. What makes Zero Mission even better than the original is the music. The music is richer and livelier with an orchestral feel to it. This aspect adds to the suspense in every twist and turn of the game. Overall, Nintendo has done a spectacular job of putting together a great remake in 2004. This will probably be a stepping stone towards remaking all of their earlier Metroid games for the future generations of Nintendo fans.
