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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. 381 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,736 and 62% of duels won.

World rank

no. 381

ELO score

1,736

Wins

62%

Duels played

226

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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 1,736 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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The games Metroid: Zero Mission sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 378 Untitled Goose Game 1,737
  2. 379 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1,736
  3. 380 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 1,736
  4. 381 Metroid: Zero Mission 1,736
  5. 382 Beyond Good & Evil 1,736
  6. 383 Lies of P 1,736
  7. 384 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 1,735

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  1. 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?

  2. 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.

  3. QuestLegend2

    I keep coming back to this one every couple years, honestly, and I still think it does something the newer entries just don't bother with anymore, that tight economical design where every room teaches you something before it kills you, no filler, no padding, just a perfectly measured little adventure that respects your time.

    Crit_Becker

    Fair point about Hollow Knight though, that one built a whole world out of atmosphere alone.

  4. VinylMaster

    Is it really still holding its ground against what's come out since? Feels generous.

  5. emile73

    On en parlait déjà à l'époque comme d'un remake réussi, et honnêtement je trouve que ce classement lui rend justice.

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