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Super Metroid

Considered by many to be one of the greatest games of all time, Super Metroid is an action-adventure game originally released on the Super Nintendo in 1994. When the space pirate Ridley steals the last living Metroid in the galaxy, Samus heads to the planet Zebes to retrieve the Metroid and put a stop to her sworn enemy once and for all. 

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Super Metroid
Action-Adventure
Metroidvania
Released
April 18, 1994
ESRB
e
Developer(s)
Nintendo
Publisher(s)
Nintendo
Franchise
Metroid

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