The original Metroid did not a have a map. Super Mario Bros helped the player telling them the game is not over yet. Princess is in another castle. Just post Atari era and some games were super short and no standards set yet in game design. Some little kids thought beating a game was the first level in something like Ghosts N Goblins or Castlevania. Super Metroid helps the player giving them a map. Assisting the player. Metroid Prime have a tutorial. 7th gen of consoles had their own yellow paint feature that is still standard now. Button prompts. Press X/A whatever icon over anything of interest in the area. Mario 64 didn't have that to open a door. Resident Evil didn't for items and yet every game does now. So if you cry about yellow paint. Were you crying about these back then? No? Then shut the fuck up.
Bite my shiny metal cockpit!
