Metroid: Zero Mission

I wonder what they would call a prequel?

Metroid: Zero Mission, the remake of the original game. Besides better graphics and enhanced music they added a little bit of story-telling via cutscenes and put up an extra challenge after the end of the original game. Also, better controls and a map system, the best improvement ever for the original.

Challenge in the old days was to start the map so it didn't went of the paper

Basically the story is that the space pirates lead by Mother Brain has taken newly discovered metroids and plan to use them as biological weapons so the federation sends out their best bounty hunter, Samus Aran to stop the plan. We also learns that Samus grew up on Zebes (as the planet is called) when she was being under the protection of the Chozo, a mythical and ancient birdlike race of aliens that have travelled all around the galaxy and furthered civilisations everywhere and left their mark, ruins and artefacts for others to find. If I remember my lore correctly Mother Brain is actually a "security computer" created by the Chozo that aligned itself with the space pirates and either killed or drove of the Chozos from Zebes. So you have a bit of a grudge against them, doesn't help that Ridley, the leader of the space pirates killed your parents so the Chozo had to take care of her. Oh, big spoiler, Samus is actually a girl. Maybe in 1986 that was considered huge, not so much today. Still, it could have shocked someone.

I found out by reading this comic, now Kevin is the Game Master right? So haven't he finished Metroid to get the secret ending or what's the deal?

So it is pretty straight-forward. I played it on the Wii U, but I bought the original release back in 2004 for the GBA. It wasn't the first time I tried to play the original game though since it was unlocked as a feature on the first Metroid Prime. It's also released here by playing through the game once so I can always try that. But playing that feels rather archaic. No map so you either memorise or download from the internet (who's so stupid to write your own? I mean, yeah it makes for a better experience and immersion in travelling the desolate corridors of this alien world, but come on), you don't start full heath and have to grind to get more of it. Same goes for missiles. But I've actually finished it old style... twice, all so I could get the ending screen with Samus without the suit.

She's a brunette?