Metroid (game)

Metroid is the first game of the Metroid series, both chronologically, and in release order. It was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986.

Story

In the year 2000 of the history of the cosmos, representatives from the many different planets in the galaxy established a congress called the Galactic Federation, and an age of prosperity began. A successful exchange of cultures and civilization resulted, and thousands of interstellar spaceships ferried back and forth between planets, but Space Pirates also appeared to attack the spaceships.

The Federation Bureau created the Galactic Federation Police, but the attacks of the Space Pirates were strong, and it was difficult to catch them in the vastness of space. To counter the attacks of the Space Pirates, the Galactic Federation called together courageous warriors, granting them large bounties for capture of Space Pirates. These space bounty hunters became known as "space hunters".

In the year 20X5 of the history of the cosmos, Space Pirates attacked a deep-space research spaceship, seizing a capsule containing an unknown life-form recently discovered on Planet SR388. Though in a state of suspended animation, the life form could be reactivated, and multiplied, when exposed to beta rays for 24 hours. This unknown life-form, suspected as the cause of SR388's destroyed civilization, was named Metroid by the Federation researchers.

Fearing that the Space Pirates intend to multiply Metroid and use it as a weapon, the Galactic Federation Police launched an assult on Planet Zebes, the Space Pirate headquarters where the Metroid is being held. Zebes is a natural fortress, and resistence of the Space Pirates was too strong. As the attacks on the planet fail, preparations made to multiply the Metroid.

As a last resort, the Federation Police hire a space hunter to infiltrate Zebes, stop the plans to multiply the Metroid, and destroy Mother Brain, the leader of the Space Pirate operation on Zebes.

The Federation Police hire Samus Aran, considered the greatest of all space hunters. The victor of many prior missions, Samus is surgically strengthened by robotics, to the point of having superpowers. Samus' Power Suit causes even the Space Pirates to fear, as it is capable of absorbing an enemy's power.

The interior of Zebes is a dangerous maze, with enemy Space Pirates lurking around every corner. With time running out, can Samus destroy the Metroid and save the Galaxy?

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