Metroid Bucket List

A first-person Metroid on the DS, aimed with the stylus, with six rival hunters chasing the same relics.

Samus sent to exterminate the Metroids on their home planet, on a Game Boy screen with no map.

MercurySteam rebuild Metroid II on the 3DS, with a melee counter that changes every encounter.

Team Ninja give Samus a voice and a chain of command; the entry the series argues about.

Four marines in mechs instead of Samus; the co-op spin-off announced to an audibly unhappy room.

Samus stranded on Viewros with a psychic link to her ship; Retro Studios after an eight-year restart.

Light and dark Aether, and a doppelganger that steals your beams.

The 1986 original remade, plus an escape sequence without a suit.

Samus hunted by the SA-X on a research station; the tightest 2D Metroid.

Samus hunted by E.M.M.I. robots on ZDR; the 2D Metroid nineteen years late.

Samus with Wii pointer aiming across three planets; the trilogy ends.

Samus in first person on Tallon IV, scanning everything; Retro Studios' miracle.

Samus Aran on Zebes, and the reveal at the end; the first half of Metroidvania.

The atmospheric map, the wall jump and the baby Metroid; the SNES masterpiece.