Metroid Fusion 2002

Is it still worth playing?

Nintendo R&D1's 2002 side scrolling action adventure for the Game Boy Advance, with platform jumping, shooting and puzzles in a large world connected by elevators. Together with Metroid Prime it marked the series' return after an eight year hiatus. It is mission based and more linear than earlier Metroid games, with Navigation Rooms telling you where to go. Samus absorbs X Parasites to restore health, missiles and bombs, and her lost abilities return gradually, alongside new ones such as ledge grabbing and climbing walls and ceilings. The station is a threat of its own. A clone of her, the SA-X, stalks her through it, an AI named ADAM gives guidance, and each boss uses one of her former power ups against her. A mission based layout with a pursuer always close still keeps its six hours moving today.