 Box art for Metroid. |
Developer(s): Nintendo EAD | ||||
| Publisher(s): Nintendo | |||||
6 August 1986 (FDS) |
15 August 1987 |
15 January 1988 | |||
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Metroid was the first installment of the Metroid series, first appearing on both the NES and the FDS at the same time.
Releases[]
The game was first released in Japan in August 1986, with an American launch a year later and a European launch several months later, in January 1988.
The game would not return until 18 years later, being remade for the GBA in late 2004 and early 2005. Then, after 3 years, it was launched for Virtual Console for Wii, followed, after a 3 year wait, by a 3DS Ambassidor Title, Metroid, launched in late 2011.