Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Game Boy Advance cartridge
- Box with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Game Boy Advance
Metroid: Zero Mission
Metroid: Zero Mission is a 2004 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is a remake of the original Metroid (1986), with updated visuals and gameplay.
ShooterPlatformAdventure
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 4.6 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Metroid: Zero Mission is a 2004 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. It is a remake of the original Metroid (1986), with updated visuals and gameplay.
Like other Metroid games, the player controls the bounty hunter Samus Aran. Samus travels to the planet Zebes after learning that the Space Pirates are experimenting with Metroids, hostile parasitic creatures, which they plan to use to take over the universe. The gameplay focuses on exploration, with the player searching for power-ups to reach previously inaccessible areas. The remake adds items, additional areas, mini-bosses, difficulty levels and a rewritten story that explores Samus's past.
Zero Mission received praise for its new content, graphics, gameplay and improvements over the original, but criticism for its short length. Nintendo Power named it one of the best Nintendo games. It was named the best Game Boy Advance game by GameSpot and the ninth-best by IGN.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
[Longplay] GBA - Metroid Zero Mission [100%] (4K, 60FPS), xRavenXP. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Shooter, Platform, Adventure
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1
- Publisher
- Nintendo, iQue
- Series
- Metroid
- Platforms
- Wii U, Game Boy Advance
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- ACB
- PG
- ESRB
- E
- PEGI
- 7
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy Advance | North America | 2004-02-09 |
| Game Boy Advance | Australia | 2004-03-19 |
| Game Boy Advance | Europe / PAL | 2004-04-08 |
| Game Boy Advance | Japan | 2004-05-27 |
| Game Boy Advance | China | 2005-06-15 |
Editions
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
DLC
No DLC. Game Boy Advance games had no downloadable content.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single player only, with no online features. The cartridge runs on any Game Boy Advance, and the game is on Nintendo Switch Online.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Game Boy Advance cartridge |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 14 January 2016 On the Wii U Virtual Console. Later in the Game Boy Advance library of Nintendo Switch Online on 18 June 2024. |
| In the store to buy today | No The Wii U shop has closed. Playable with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes Wii U Virtual Console purchases can still be downloaded again. The Nintendo Switch Online version needs an active membership. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist Single player only. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist No DLC. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale Metacritic Game Boy Advance 89 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale Famitsu 34 40 Game Informer 9.5 10 IGN 9 10 GameSpot 8.5 10 Nintendo World Report 9.5 10
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Nintendo R&D1 Publisher Nintendo Director Yoshio Sakamoto Producer Takehiro Izushi Designers Takehiko Hosokawa, Masani Ueda, Ryuichi Nakada Artist Hiroji Kiyotake Writer Yoshio Sakamoto Composers Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano
Notes for collectors
- A remake of the first Metroid (1986), retelling Samus's mission on Zebes.
- Adds a new final chapter after Mother Brain, played as Samus in her Zero Suit.
- Finishing it unlocks the original NES Metroid, playable on the cartridge.
- Linking it to Metroid Fusion by Game Link Cable unlocks the Fusion picture gallery.
- Sold over 439,000 copies in the United States and 69,000 in Japan by February 2005.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Nintendo R&D1
- Director
- Yoshio Sakamoto
- Released
- 2004-02-09
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 4.6 hours
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