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The Metroid series is a video game series that follows the adventures of Samus Aran as she goes throughout the universe defeating the Space Pirates. The Metroid series was created by Nintendo, and is still being produced today, with the latest released game being Metroid: Other M for the Wii.

Metroid Chronology

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c. 89:

• The Alimbics seal away Gorea.

590:

• The Chozo build their sanctuary of SkyTown on Planet Elysia under the direction of Ou-Qua

c. 600s:

• Power Suit architect Dryn introduces Morph Ball technology, including the Boost Ball and Spider Ball, to assist his fellow Chozo in the construction of SkyTown

639:

• The Chozo construct the Elysians to aid them on Elysia

1042:

• The Chozo Searcher detects a living planet several galaxies away
• The Chozo leave Elysia to find a new home among the stars

1242:

• The Elysians run low on supplies and enter hibernation in order to save energy and fuel

1042-2003:

• The Chozo encounter several starfaring cultures, including the Bryyonians, the Luminoth, and the Ylla, and exchange technology with them
• The Chozo discover star system FS-176 and settle on Zebes and colonize Tallon IV

2003:

• Inception of the Galactic Federation
• The Galactic Federation makes contact with Planet Earth
• Earth joins the Galactic Federation

c. 2010s:

• Space Pirates from Urtragia begin to plunder Federation ships
• The Federation Police is formed to defend against Pirate attacks

c. 2030s:

• The Chozo discover the presence of the X Parasites on SR388 and begin bio-engineering Metroids on Tallon IV to counteract them

2038:

• A massive stellar object impacts Tallon IV and Phazon begins to spread across the planet
• The prime Metroid is lost in the impact
• A meteor also collides with Aether, dividing the planet's unstable energy between two dimensions: Aether and Dark Aether

c. 2060s:

• Afloraltite discovered by human scientists onK-2L
• K-2L becomes the first “Terran Colony”
• The Chozo detect the spread of Phazon on Tallon IV and attempt to seal it away with the Impact Crater
• All Chozo indigenous to Tallon IV are corrupted by the Phazon and take on ghost-like forms

2067:

• Birth of Samus Aran to Rodney and Virginia Aran on K-2L

2070:

• The Space Pirates begin to aggressively raid the Federation's Fuel Gel mining sites
• Aurora Unit developed by the Galactic Federation as an organic network of supercomputers
• The Chozo make contact with K-2L in search of Afloraltite to assist them in their Metroid experiments
• Space Pirates detect Afloraltite on K-2L's surface and attack, decimating all life
• Old Bird of the Chozo finds that Samus is the only survivor of the K-2L massacre and brings her to Zebes
• Samus is infused with Chozo DNA to help her survive the harsh climate of Zebes

c. 2070s:

• Metroids are introduced to the environment of SR388 to keep the X Parasite population under control

2076:

• The Federation makes contact with SkyTown on Elysia
• The Treaty of Elysia is forged and Aurora Unit 217 is installed at SkyTown

2081:

• Samus receives a Chozo Power Suit and begins training to become a warrior
• Samus leaves Zebes and joins the Federation Police

2082:

• The Space Pirates have seized over 200 planets, and the Federation is considering the possibility of war
• Space Pirates take over Zebes with the assistance of Mother Brain
• Samus leaves the Police and becomes a Bounty Hunter
• The Federation discovers a cache of Fuel Gel on Planet Bryyo and establishes mining operations there

2085:

• Space Pirates plunder Metroids and bring them to Zebes
• Adam Malkovich enlists Samus to stop the Pirates' operations on Zebes and destroy the Metroids
• Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission take place
• The surviving Pirates split into two groups: one takes the surviving Metroids off-world in search of a new base, the other begins to rebuild the base on Zebes

2088:

• Samus intercepts a distress signal sent from Space Pirate Frigate Orpheon and decides to investigate
• Metroid Prime takes place

2089:

• The Federation receives a message about the "Ultimate Power" and calls on the Hunters to investigate
• Metroid Prime Hunters takes place
• Space Pirates detect the presence of Phazon on Aether and establish a mining base
• Dark Samus lands on Aether and begins absorbing Phazon
• Samus is dispatched to Aether to track down a missing Federation crew who crash-landed there
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes takes place
• The Federation begins to mine Phazon and develops the Phazon Enhancement Device from plans for similar Pirate weapons systems

2090:

• The Federation Aurora network is stricken by a Space Pirate Phazon virus and Samus and other Hunters are enlisted to investigate
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption takes place

2091:

• The Federation discovers more Metroids on SR388 and sends a team to study them, but none return alive
• Samus is recruited to eliminate the Metroids once and for all
• Metroid II: Return of Samus takes place
• Samus brings the recovered Metroid hatchling to Ceres Space Colony for investigation, but the Space Pirates track her ship and steal the infant
• Super Metroid takes place
• In secrecy a Galactic Federation scientist collects the DNA of Metroids from Samus' suit in order to propagate them as illegal bioweapons on the Bottle Ship.
• Samus intercepts a distress call from the Bottle Ship and goes in to investigate.
• Metroid: Other M takes place

2092:

• Samus accompanies the Biologic Space Laboratories research team to take samples from SR388 for study, but is infested by the X Parasites now running rampant in the wake of the Metroids' extinction
• Metroid Fusion takes place

NOTES:

• In this particular timeline, the year 20X5 is estimated to be 2085, which would mark the centennial of Metroid's conception, but may also be 2045, 2055, 2065, 2075, or 2095. The rest of the timeline should adjust -40, -30, -20, -10, or +10 years for each of the other possible dates respectively. (Based on the rumor that Admiral Dane was orphaned by Space Pirates as a child (speculated: preteen). The Space Pirates did not appear until after the founding of the Galactic Federation, and Admiral Dane appears to be at least 50 years old in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption; therefore the year 20X5 can be no earlier than 2045 (and of course no later than 2095). Of coarse it is also commonly assumed that 20X5 is '85, because that is the centenial of the year the game was under development.
• Dates placed "circa" (approximately) are estimated to fall within the year or decade given, but may fall any time after the preceding event and probably before the succeeding event.
• The assumption is made that Fuel Gel is the liquid form of Afloraltite due to the similar appearance of its crystalline form and the close coincidence of the Space Pirates' raids on Fuel Gel mining sites and the raid on K-2L, although both terms are used separately here for the sake of accuracy.

Metroid Games
2D Games	Metroid (Classic NES Series: Metroid) Zero Mission Metroid II: Return of Samus Samus Returns Super Metroid Metroid Fusion Metroid Dread
3D Games	Metroid Prime (NPC! · Remastered) Metroid Prime Pinball Metroid Prime Hunters (First Hunt) Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Bonus Disc · NPC!) Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Preview) Metroid Prime: Trilogy Metroid Prime: Federation Force Metroid: Other M Metroid Prime 4
Other Games	Metroid in Super Smash Bros. Metroid in Super Smash Bros. Melee Metroid in Super Smash Bros. Brawl Metroid in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Metroid in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate