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“Metroid Fusion” is celebrating its 20th anniversary. A story-driven work where you can’t forget the fear of being chased by a Samus impersonator. It can be played on Nintendo Switch in the near future[Pa ddiwrnod yw hi heddiw? ]| Famitsu.com for the latest gaming and entertainment information

First appearance of Samus in a fusion suit

On February 14, 2003 (Heisei 15), the Game Boy Advance software “metroid fusion]was released. Today marks the 20th anniversary of its release.

“Metroid Fusion” is an action game released by Nintendo. Released on March 19, 1994 for the Super Famicom “advanced metroidAs this was the first sequel in about nine years since ”, the fans at the time must have been very upset. Since it was released on the same day as the Game Boy Advance SP, some people must have bought it as a set.

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The present “Metroid]featuring the side-view “2D Metroid” and the first-person adventure “3D Metroid” “a metroid primeseries, but this work belongs to the previous category. However, “Metroid Prime” had not yet been released when this work was released (the release date is February 28, 2003, which is very close).

There is no numbering in the title notation, but since “METROID 4” was displayed in the opening demo at the beginning, it was a mechanism that made it clear that this was the fourth numbered work. By the way, “METROID 5” was released on October 8, 2021.Metroid Horror‘. It’s the first all-new 2D work in about 19 years since Metroid Fusion, so it’s fresh in my mind that it became a hot topic.

The main character of this work is, of course, Samus Aran, a talented bounty hunter. The yellow and red power suit can be said to be his trademark, but in “Metroid Fusion” that appearance has changed significantly. It has become a slim and blue “fusion suit”. This is the result of administering a vaccine made from Metroid cells to Samus’ body, which was devoured by the parasitic life form “X”, even though it was meant to save her life. I wonder if it was.

The stage of the game is the BIOLOGICAL Astrobiology Laboratory. When Samus goes to the scene to investigate a sudden explosion accident, she finds a Parasitic Lifeform X figure, which specializes in camouflage. The overall story is that Samus explores a wide area and tries to eliminate X while awakening his lost abilities. Unlike the previous series, the scenario side has been super powered. It was impressive that I was able to enjoy a story with a sense of urgency, just like in a panic sci-fi movie.

There are many horror elements, and the scariest part is probably that Samus “SA-X” is in the strongest state where X mimics you over and over again. It’s frustrating that the chasing SA-X is wearing the more familiar Samus power suit, and it’s scary because it’s a murderous MAX. I think there are a lot of people who say that being victimized is “a bit of trauma”. The system around here is being taken over by the “Metroid Dread” above, and you can experience the fear of being chased by “EMMI” there.

In addition, the playability has been thoroughly improved, and the system has been changed to guide the user to the next destination while securing the search elements, so that the user is no longer lose sight of the purpose. Perhaps because the number of explanations in the text has increased dramatically, you can choose between “adults (with kanji)” and “children (hiragana)” for the in-game text. Furthermore, I was honestly surprised that you can choose the difficulty level from Easy or Normal.

Good news here. Until now, the barriers to playing this work were a little high, but in the “Nintendo Direct 2.9” presented early in the morning of February 9, 2023, the additional package Nintendo Switch Online + will contain a Game Boy Advance title was published, and it turns out that this work “Metroid Fusion” is among the titles to be added in the future.

It will still take some time, but being able to play on the Nintendo Switch will be very useful. I would like you to play this work by all means to the Akatsuki delivered. again,”main metroid remastered]is also available for download (the package version is scheduled to be released on March 3, 2023). At the moment, this is also the latest work in the series, so it would be nice to check it out.

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