Metroid.com

Metroid.com The current, Other M website

Created October 3, 1998 Founder Nintendo URL http://metroid.com/#/home

Metroid.com is the Nintendo-owned website used to advertise the most current Metroid games. The site changes dynamically as new games are released, and it has been changing depending on the most current game. Nintendo has been using websites to advertise Metroid games since Metroid II: Return of Samus, apparent by their still-standing but code-wise depreciated Japanese website. Metroid.com has been used as a hub site for other Metroid sites, especially near the 2002 revival and Metroid: Zero Mission release, where Zero Mission, Fusion, and Prime had their own websites. These websites were all heavily flash-based.

Current State

Currently, visiting Metroid.com will result in Metroid: Other M's website. In this Other M state and previous states, the site is heavily based on video, pictures, and other visual interface. Rather than being heavily text-based and directly revealing information, Metroid.com displays visuals that reveal little about the story plot.

Upon visiting the site, a small trailer for Other M will be played. This is followed by a menu that shows different features showing information on the game's features. Metroid.com shows info on the story, characters, controls, abilities, stages and media in Other M. Additionally, the site links to an "Iwata Asks" section where an interview video with producers can be viewed. Furthermore, there is also a link to Metroid and Super Metroid available for the Virtual Console.

The Prime Trilogy website

The Trilogy page in the Metroid website is still available through http://metroid.com/primetrilogy/#/home. This page remains, not surprisingly, exactly the same since Trilogy's release. The website contains information on each game within the series and various other trailers for the game.

Trivia

• Up until the August nearing Other M's release in 2010, official websites for older Metroid games still existed on the web in English. For whatever reason, Nintendo of America has taken down websites for Metroid games released earlier than Metroid Prime: Trilogy.