She's battled baddies on nearly every Nintendo system, cleaned house in the Super Smash Bros. series, and recently blasted off for heroic adventures on the GameCube (Metroid Prime) and the Game Boy Advance (Metroid Fusion). Now, Samus Aran returns to her roots and relives the story that started it all--revealing for the first time full details of her meeting with the Metroids. The plotline will be familiar to longtime fans of the Metroid series, but the challenges are new, the power-ups are plentiful (taken from several games in the series), and the graphics and sound are supercharged. Plus, if you thought that the original Metroid had a surprise ending, wait until you get past the Mother Brain in Metroid: Zero Mission. A new twist provides a deeper adventure than ever before. Sent to Zebes to investigate rumors of a deadly alien species, Samus meets her match in the form of the mysterious Metroids--energy-sapping creatures that emerge from an oversized cerebrum beneath the planet's surface. Samus isn't the only traveler searching for the Metroids. A band of space pirates has touched down to extract the curious creatures and use them as weapons. Samus must thwart the pirates, but they are wily and will prove to be more trouble than Samus expects. Metroid is back for your Game Boy Advance!