Earlier this year, Shinesparkers put together a poll to discover our readers favourite Metroid game. The results of the poll are now in! 705 votes were cast for 14 Metroid games between the original Metroid and Metroid: Samus Returns. Without further ado, here are the results!
Please note: At the time of gathering votes for the poll, Metroid Dread and Metroid Prime 4 had not released, so they were not included in our poll. The Metroid Prime Trilogy was included because we felt that it offered a different enough experience compared to its original versions (e.g. control, quality of life improvements, etc)
14th Place – Metroid Prime: Federation Force (Nintendo 3DS, 2016) – 1 vote
13th Place – Metroid (Famicom Disk System, 1986) – 2 votes
Joint 11th Place – Metroid: Other M (Nintendo Wii, 2010) – 4 votes
Joint 11th Place – Metroid Prime Pinball (Nintendo DS, 2005) – 4 votes
Joint 9th Place – Metroid Prime Hunters (Nintendo DS, 2006) – 5 votes
Joint 9th Place – Metroid II: Return of Samus (Game Boy, 1991) – 5 votes
8th Place – Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo Wii, 2007) – 17 votes
7th Place – Metroid: Samus Returns (Nintendo 3DS, 2017) – 18 votes
6th Place – Metroid Prime Trilogy (Nintendo Wii, 2009) – 75 votes
5th Place – Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo GameCube, 2004) – 84 votes
4th Place – Metroid Zero Mission (Nintendo Game Boy Advance, 2004) – 96 votes
3rd Place – Metroid Prime (Nintendo GameCube, 2002) – 107 votes
2nd Place – Metroid Fusion (Nintendo Game Boy Advance, 2002) – 132 votes
1st Place – Super Metroid (Super Nintendo, 1994) – 155 votes
A huge thank you to everyone who voted. If your favourite game didn’t win, or if it didn’t receive the amount of votes you thought it might, please don’t be disheartened. This poll isn’t the final say on what is and isn’t the greatest Metroid title, and every video game made is a miracle, and each one should be celebrated.