American Cover In 2016, the Metroid franchise was in a bad place. The series seemed all but killed off thanks to the poorly received Metroid: Other M for the Wii, and when Nintendo did bring it to the 3DS, it was as a squad based shooter, Metroid Prime: Federation Force, a game that almost no one actually wanted. While the fanmade Metroid II remake, AM2R, was hugely welcomed by fans, it was also taken at the request of Nintendo after a matter of days. It seemed like Nintendo was being the enemy here, after treating the series so poorly for so long, but what they didn’t know is that they were working on their own Metroid II remake, which was eventually released in 2017. With Retro Studios seemingly no longer involved with Metroid, Nintendo teamed up with MercurySteam, the Spanish studio that worked on the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow titles. However, the management structure was similar: the game was produced in Japan by Yoshio Sakamoto, and various aspects, including the soundtrack, were taken care of by the Japanese staff, while the rest of the game was handled by MercurySteam.

They were chosen due to their work on Mirror of Fate, the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow portable spin-off, which was only superficially a Metroid game, but apparently impressed Nintendo enough to give them the go ahead. They had originally pitched a remake of Metroid Fusion, but Sakamoto requested Metroid II, as it was the only game in the series he hadn’t worked on, and wanted to remold it in his own vision. And so, that became Metroid: Samus Returns (curiously missing a numeral and slightly changing the subtitle in a way that was familiar but still indicated something new). Perhaps this is because Samus Returns is less of a remake of Metroid II than a re-imagining of it. The basic concept is the same – explore SR388, kill lots of ever-evolving Metroids – but otherwise, so much has been added and changed it’s almost totally different, as a far more drastic take on the concept than Zero Mission was to the original Metroid.

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The most obvious change is the move to 2.5D, with a style similar to the Metroid Prime games. Despite the change in developers, it’s not only consistent but looks fantastic on the small screen. Samus’ arsenal and skillset has been expanded to include everything from Fusion and Zero Mission, barring a few changes and omissions. It does run at 30 FPS, so it lacks the smoothness that comes with 2D titles, but the control is so tight and the speed is so quick that it’s barely an issue. With this comes some tweaks to the controls.