What is Metroid (video game)?
{{Infobox VG |title=Metroid |image= Metroid-Logo.png |caption= |developer=[[Nintendo Research & Development 1|Nintendo R&D1]] |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |designer=[[Gunpei Yokoi]] (producer)<br />[[Yoshio Sakamoto]] (director) |engine= |released='''NES'''{{vgrelease|JP|August 6, 1986}}{{vgrelease|NA|August 1987}}{{vgrelease|PAL|January 15, 1988}}<br />'''Virtual Console'''{{vgrelease|EU|July 20, 2007}}{{vgrelease|NA|August 13, 2007}} |genre=[[Action-adventure game|Action-adventure]] |modes=[[Single-player]] |platforms=[[Famicom Disk System]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]] }} {{nihongo|'''''Metroid'''''|メトロイド|''Metoroido''}} is an [[action-adventure game|action-adventure]] [[video game]] made by [[Nintendo]]. It was first released in [[Japan]] on the [[Famicom Disk System]] on August 6, 1986. In 1987 and 1988, it was released in [[Europe]] and [[North America]] on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. Years later, it was released for the [[Wii]]. ''Metroid'' is the first game in the [[Metroid (series)|''Metroid'' series]] and stars the character [[Samus Aran]]. She later appears in all of the later games. ==Gameplay== ''Metroid'' was one of the first non-linear video games. This means that it did not force players to play through the game in one way. Players could explore and go to all of the areas in whatever order they wished. The basic gameplay is a mix of adventure, [[platform game|platform]] [[shooter]], and action. The player controls the main character Samus while exploring the game's cave-like environment. Because Samus starts only with a weak attack and a short jump, players must find [[power-up]]s to make the attack and jump stronger, in order to get to new areas of the game. While there are many different small enemies that players meet, there are also large [[Boss (video games)|bosses]] who must be killed in order to reach the last level of the game. {{Metroid series}} {{video-game-stub}} [[Category:1986 video games]] [[Category:Metroid]] [[Categor