Whichever order you choose to play the Metroid games in, you might find yourself wanting to skip to the best games in the franchise rather than wading through every single title on the list.
METROID PRIME 4 RELEASE DATE DOWNLOAD
Metroid Dread - available as a digital download ( £49.99 from Nintendo) or physical Nintendo Switch cartridge ( £48.75 from Amazon).Metroid: Samus Returns - available as a digital download ( £39.99 from Nintendo) or physical 3DS cartridge ( £59.99 from Amazon).Metroid Prime: Federation Force - available as a digital download ( £34.99 from Nintendo) or physical 3DS cartridge ( £8 from CeX).Metroid: Other M - available on Wii U ( £17.99 from Nintendo) or physical Wii disc ( £3.50 from CeX).Metroid Prime Hunters - available on Wii U Virtual Console ( £8.99 from Nintendo).Metroid Prime Pinball - available on physical DS cartridge ( £28 from CeX).Metroid: Zero Mission - available on Wii U Virtual console ( £6.29 from Nintendo) or physical Game Boy Advance cartridge ( £90 from CeX).Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2 and Metroid Prime 3 - available on Wii as the Metroid Prime Trilogy ( £17.99 from Nintendo).Metroid Fusion - available on Wii Virtual console ( £6.29 from Nintendo) or physical Game Boy Advance cartridge.Super Metroid - available on Nintendo Switch Online's SNES library ( £13.99 for a year from CD Keys) or physical SNES cartridge ( £45 from CeX).Metroid II: Return of Samus - available on 3DS Virtual Console ( £3.59 from Nintendo) or physical Game Boy cartridge ( £10 from CeX).Metroid - available on Nintendo Switch Online's NES library ( £13.99 for a year from CD Keys) or physical NES cartridge ( £35 from CeX).Nintendo's various digital services provide some help, but you'll need to dust off some older hardware if you really want to play through everything.Īt the time of writing, these are the main options to think about when it comes to buying/playing all the Metroid games: Sadly, a lot of the classic Metroid games are not available on the Nintendo Switch, so you might struggle to find the game you want to play before or after Metroid Dread. We'll add it to this order when we find out more.īy entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. Note: we'd assume that the in-development Metroid Prime 4 will slot into the story between Corruption and Federation Force, but not much has actually been said about the game as of yet. Metroid II: Return of Samus (or its 3DS remake, Metroid: Samus Returns).Metroid (or its Game Boy Advance remake, Metroid: Zero Mission).Starting at the beginning of Samus' journey, this is the Metroid story order we'd recommend: And you can also pick and choose between a couple of games at certain points, because some of the more recent games are remakes of the old ones. Plus, if you're playing for the story alone, you don't need to worry about spin-off titles like Metroid Prime Pinball. The first-person Metroid Prime subfranchise is actually quite early in Samus' story, for example, despite those games being relatively recent releases. The list looks a bit different when you put the Metroid Games in story order, according to the overarching narrative of the games and how they all slot together. Nintendo Metroid games in chronological story order Metroid Prime 4 (release date TBC, Nintendo Switch).Metroid: Samus Returns (2017, Nintendo 3DS).Metroid Prime: Federation Force (2016, Nintendo 3DS).Metroid Prime: Trilogy (2009, Wii - compiles Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2 and Metroid Prime 3).Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007, Wii).Metroid Prime Hunters (2006, Nintendo DS).Metroid Prime Pinball (2005, Nintendo DS).Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2002, GameCube).Metroid: Zero Mission (2004, Game Boy Advance).Metroid Fusion (2002, Game Boy Advance).Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991, Game Boy).
If that's what you fancy doing, this is the order you'll need to work to: If you want to play through the exact experience that Metroid fans have enjoyed over the last few decades, you might want to play the Metroid games in order of their original release dates.
But if you're dedicated to playing through the Metroid games in some sort of sensible order, below we'll break down your two main options - the release date order and the chronological story order.
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