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Metroid

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Description

source: wikidata1986 action-adventure shooter video game

source: wikipedia_enMetroid is a 1986 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. The first installment in the Metroid series, it was originally released in Japan for the Family Computer Disk System in August 1986. North America received a release in August 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment System, with the European release following in January 1988. Set on the planet Zebes, the story follows Samus Aran as she attempts to retrieve the predatory Metroid organisms that were stolen by Space Pirates, who plan to replicate the Metroids by exposing them to beta rays and then use them as biological weapons to destroy Samus and all who oppose them. The game was developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1 (Nintendo R&D1) and Intelligent Systems. It was produced by Gunpei Yokoi, directed by Satoru Okada and Masao Yamamoto, and scored by Hirokazu Tanaka. It pioneered the Metroidvania genre, focusing on exploration and searching for power-ups used to reach previously inaccessible areas. Its varied endings for fast completion times made it an early popular title for speedrunning. It was also lauded for being one of the first video games to showcase a female protagonist. Metroid was both a critic

source: wikipedia_ja『メトロイド』(Metroid)は、1986年8月6日に任天堂から発売されたファミリーコンピュータ ディスクシステム用アクションゲーム。『メトロイドシリーズ』の1作目。

Metadata

First release1986-08-01
Categorymain_game
PlatformGame Boy Advance

External IDs

wikidataQ2530723
mobygames7303
igdb362779

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