Metroid: Zero Mission

Metroid: Zero Mission is a single-player action platformer game. Pirates have transported parasitic organisms known as Metroids to the planet Zebes and fortified their strongholds there. The Galactic Federation dispatches the bounty hunter Samus Aran to infiltrate the surface, sabotage the Space Pirate operation, and eliminate the threat at its source. Her objective is to penetrate the subterranean networks beneath Brinstar, Norfair, and other regions, gather the equipment needed to survive, and reach the central biocomputer that oversees the pirates’ defenses.

The game retells Samus’s first mission, Metroid, and expands it with new areas, encounters, and story scenes presented with in-engine cutscenes and optional lore points. Navigation follows a hub-and-spoke layout across interconnected side-view zones. Map stations reveal regional layouts, save rooms record progress, and recharge stations restore missiles and energy. Hidden passages, destructible blocks, and environmental clues encourage repeated traversal as new abilities permit access to previously sealed routes.