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Game entry
Super Metroid
1994 · Metroidvania, Platformer, Shoot 'em up, Action-adventure · Super Nintendo, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U · Nintendo
GameForever voters place Super Metroid no. 31 in the world ranking, with 1,880 ELO points and 78% of wins across 702 duels settled. Of the 26 duels that pitted it against Batman: Arkham City, it has won 16 and lost 10. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 1 out of 69 (1994).
World rank
no. 31
ELO score
1,880
Wins
78%
Duels played
702
About Super Metroid
The Space Pirates, merciless agents of the evil Mother Brain, have stolen the last Metroid from a research station, and once again Mother Brain threatens the safety of the galaxy! Samus Aran must don her awesome array of high-tech weaponry to retrieve the deadly Metroid hidden deep within the cave-riddled planet Zebes. Super Metroid features excellent graphics, with a huge variety of enemies and worlds to explore. The side-view action will be familiar to many players, only now there are new weapons and items, including the Grappling Beam, which allows Samus to swing across large chasms, and the X-Ray Scope, which reveals secret passages.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,880 ELO points over the last 170 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Batman: Arkham City 62% 26 duels played · 52 points ahead
- against Hollow Knight 48% 23 duels played · 51 points ahead
- against Ori and the Blind Forest 68% 19 duels played · 53 points ahead
- against Metroid Prime 17% 12 duels played · 137 points ahead
- against Dead Cells 58% 12 duels played · 37 points ahead
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Around this spot
The games Super Metroid sits between in the world ranking.
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The standing
Where Super Metroid ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Super Metroid stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 1 out of 69 (1994).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 31 | 5,035 |
| Metroidvania | 3 | 95 |
| 1990s | 2 | 659 |
| 1994 | 1 | 69 |
The community
The debate
43 comments
raphael_rempel
Look, I know I'll get pushback, but honestly it just hasn't aged the way people claim
NovaAce2
Come on, this game basically invented half the genre we still argue about today, that alone should count for something.
Jacquet46
J'y ai touché bien après sa sortie, sans savoir qu'il avait posé les bases de tout ce qu'on citait autour de moi.
Cosmo_Corrales
Inventó el género, VALE, pero de ahí a que nadie lo supere hay un trecho largo.
DavidRider
Puede que tengas razón en lo histórico, aunque a mí me costó bastante entrar en el ritmo la primera vez que lo probé.
fatima_barragan
¿Y quién dice que no lo merece? Yo sigo votando por él en cada duelo sin remordimiento alguno.
FramePlayer
Put maybe 40 hours into this over the years, and it still handles better than half the platformers I bought last year.
IronKid2
Claro, 40 horas repartidas en años y ya es la prueba definitiva de que merece el número uno, qué análisis tan riguroso.
Frédéric_1997
Toujours ce même trio en tête alors qu'il stagne en dessous, je vois pas ce qui justifie autant de bruit.
ArcadeKnight
Solo le dediqué un fin de semana entero hace tiempo, entre otras cosas que tenía pendientes. Me bastó para entender por qué la gente lo defiende tanto, aunque no lo terminé del todo.
hamon_dominique
ÉNORME jeu. Un week-end ne suffit clairement pas à tout voir, mais ça suffit pour comprendre l'obsession des autres.