Guessed by @UnderwaterFunktown
Honestly, I still can't believe they went from dated-ass Metroid 1 and experimental Metroid 2 to... this.
What the hell is this game, man. Super Metroid is so sick. It became 30 years old this year and it still absolutely kicks ass. Sure it shows its age here and there, but for the most part this is a timeless masterpiece and feels as awesome to play whether it's your first time or your hundredth. I've played it over and over and over, admittedly, at a certain point even trying to do speedruns (they were never any good, mind you), and also playing a bunch of randomizers and cool ROM hacks people made of it. As much as the Metroid franchise has a large fanbase, there's also a whole sub-culture around just Super Metroid, and it's so cool.
I don't really have much else to say about it though. This is the best Metroid game, period. And that's saying a lot given how many masterpieces this series has had. Super Metroid in my opinion is the kind of game everyone should play, even if it's very much not for everyone.
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