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Played this on a road trip, about 70 hours of driving total that summer.
Game entry
Metroid: Zero Mission
2004 · Metroidvania, Action-adventure, Platformer, Shoot 'em up · Game Boy Advance, Wii U · Nintendo
Metroid: Zero Mission is ranked no. 410 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,719 and 62% of duels won. Of the 7 duels that pitted it against Hollow Knight, it has won 1 and lost 6. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 12 out of 95 (Metroidvania).
World rank
no. 410
ELO score
1,719
Wins
62%
Duels played
260
About Metroid: Zero Mission
The full story of Samus Aran's first mission finally unfolds...
The first Metroid game just scratched the surface of the cataclysmic events on planet Zebes, and at long last the rest of the tale has come to light. Experience the first of Samus's legendary adventures through all-new cut-scenes and action sequences as the bounty hunter races through the deeps toward her showdown with the leader of the Space Pirates. But will the end of Mother Brain really mean the end of the story...?
Completion of the game unlocks an emulated version of the original Metroid game. Zero Mission also allow players to unlock the Metroid Fusion picture gallery by linking between Zero Mission and Fusion cartridges via the Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,719 ELO points over the last 170 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Hollow Knight 14% 7 duels played · 110 points behind
- against Dark Souls II 50% 6 duels played · 8 points behind
- against Batman: Arkham City 33% 6 duels played · 109 points behind
- against Metroid Prime 20% 5 duels played · 24 points behind
- against Donkey Kong 64 33% 3 duels played · 95 points ahead
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Around this spot
The games Metroid: Zero Mission sits between in the world ranking.
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The standing
Where Metroid: Zero Mission ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Metroid: Zero Mission stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 12 out of 95 (Metroidvania).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 410 | 5,046 |
| Metroidvania | 12 | 95 |
| 2000s | 121 | 1,308 |
| 2004 | 16 | 137 |
The community
The debate
15 comments
yleannon
Played this on a road trip, about 70 hours of driving total that summer.
RetroSamurai
Replying to DavidRider
¿Y no será justo lo contrario, que lo estamos subestimando por comparar con juegos que salieron mucho después
DavidRider
Tal vez me equivoco, pero no sé si ese cariño de infancia pesa demasiado en el ranking, ¿no les parece?
Antonette_77
Still tight, still fun, still deserves its spot.
NovaOwl
It nails the pacing better than most, though the back half leans hard on backtracking that some people love and some don't.
CosmoHunter49
I remember renting this back when it came out and staying up way too late chasing that ending, and comparing it now to something like Hollow Knight just feels unfair, they're not even trying to do the same thing.
NovaRider
Funny how it keeps landing against Samus Returns in these duels, like the site itself can't decide which version of the same story it prefers.
Donato_1990
Compared to Metroid Prime the controls are tighter and faster, but the exploration loop feels thinner once you strip the atmosphere away.