Metroid: Zero Mission is an action-adventure video game produced by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance handheld console. These are a portion of the Metroid series, an enhanced remake of the original Metroid game designed to "retell the story of Samus' original mission". Rather a more titles in the series, it features intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran as the streaming video player-controlled independent character.

Zero Mission was developed by Nintendo's internal team, Nintendo R&D1, under the direction of Yoshio Sakamoto. A game was freed in February 9, 2004 in North America, and in May 27, 2004 in Japan.

General mechanics
As a remaking of Metroid, virtually all players might recognize Zero Missions general layout when existence super similar to the original. Nonetheless, several freshly things, areas, & minibosses stand been added besides as an completely newly region touching a prevent of the game. At first sight, it appears to become the linear game, forcing the streaming video player to get certawithin things in the certain the correct sequence. Yet, careful exploration of the environment allow the streaming video player to forget about the big a portion of this ordering. This system has been termed sequence breaking and makes it possible, whenever super hard, to finish a game collecting single 9% of the things. Progress may be redeemed just within certain rooms, known as, fittingly, "Save Rooms", & marked on the added within-game map using an S'.

Metroids
A appearance of Metroids themselves in this game is similar to the original Metroid. Metroids pop up simply around Tourian, the den of the original final emboss, Mother Brain.

Items and objects
Numbers of powerups & things produce reappearances from either former games in the series, by using similar utilizes & results. A core things from either a franchise (a Varia Suit and Gravity Suit, the Morph Ball, the Morph Ball bombs, Missiles, and various Beams) are present inside the equivalent form when in more 2D installments. A Hi-Jump Boots and Spring Ball come now 1 item, when are a Wave and Spazer Beams. A sole freshly item is the Power Grip, which allows Samus to grab shelf & pull herself higher using one hand, an ability that she experienced innately within Metroid Fusion. A Wall Jump technique is usable in this game, however it may be utilized in one wall repeatedly to benefit height. A Shinespark technique, which debuted in Super Metroid, is also present.

Music and graphics
Virtually all of the music around Zero Mission consists of orchestral arrangements of Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka's soundtrack from the original Metroid. A game likewise borrows tracks from either Super Metroid, and two or three pieces come entirely fresh to the series. Zero Mission's soundtrack was by Minako Hamano and Kenji Yamamoto, who too composed music for Extremely Metroid.

A graphics come additional colorful & vibrant than victims inside Metroid Fusion & Extr Metroid. a style resembling that of hand-drawn comic book panels pervades the punt's backgrounds, too when a cinematic cutscenes that come out infrequently throughout a story. Stamp enemies come big & easily-animated, & Samus herself moves fluidly by owning the subtle motion trail result. Alpha blending is also utilized extensively; unintelligible foreground elements which obscure hidden areas may smoothly dissolve when a streaming video player finds a entrance.

Extras
The feature unique to Zero Mission, Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2 is a ability to unlock extrthe features, like an emulatiin of the original NES Metroid, & a healthy end line text, by completing the game on different difficulty levels. Applying the GameCube to Game Boy Advance link cable, this game can return Metroid Fusion, & 100% ending images from either Fusion (including a Japanese endings from either more difficulties) is available for see on the Zero Mission cartridge. Likewise, there is a gallery in which completely endings unlocked may be viewed.

Inconsistencies with Metroid
Metroid: Zero Mission contains the total of definite or even perceived retcons to the Metroid storyline. Number 1 & first come a differences in the appearance of areas shared directly by owning Extr Metroid. These include a vicinity of original Brinstar where a streaming video player begins this game, the escape shaft & Mother Brain's chamber around Tourian, and various areas within Crateria.

Therein game, Kraid is nearly when big when around Extremely Metroid. Additionally, this game contains there are no decoy "Fake Kraid," which occurs as departure from either the short however celebrated tradition.

Zero Mission establishes as a fact in a series that the Chozo once lived on Zebes & that Samus was raised there as a tyke. These details experienced never been explicitly mentioned inside games themselves prior to, however got been revealed inside various more materials, like a manual for Metroid Prime and the Nintendo Power comic series.

Due to a placement of the Space Pirate Mother Ship within Zebes, fans stand speculated that these are arranged to become the Wrecked Ship depicted in Extremely Metroid. Notwithstanding, Zero Mission director Yoshio Sakamoto has dismissed this possibility, saying that them ships come separate.