in which order are the Metroid games played?

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cheesecake said:

Mr Khan said:
The order they released or the in-universe chronological order?

The former goes Metroid - Return of Samus - Super - Prime/Fusion - Echoes/Zero Mission - Prime Hunters - Corruption - Other M.

The latter goes Metroid/Zero Mission - Prime - Echoes - Prime Hunters - Corruption - Return of Samus - Super - Other M - Fusion.

now I'm confused. does Prime Hunters come after or before Echoes.

Avoid prime hunters. Metroid other m and fusion look like masterpieces compared to that awful game. I don't know if it ties into the universe at all. If it does i think it's around the same time as Prime 3. The characters in it are amazing, the gameplay is not metroid, it's not even good. Metroid 2 Is the very best of the worst. Its actually really amazing for exploration. And a lot of the staples from the series originated in metroid 2. Other m is good to. Fusion is meh.