Metroid Fusion Review

Open wide! Here comes the blue aeroplane!

Ah, the gravity monster. Come for the lack of gravity, stay for the melting faces!

The SA-X. A true challenge to beat.

Ah Metroid Fusion. Us GBA lovers got treated to a whole new Metroid adventure! This game is fantastic. Great story, beautifully rendered spaceship, action packed boss battles and one of the best GBA soundtracks. However, the game falters in two aspects; length, and the linear design.

Metroid Fusion revolves around the X virus, which has infested the ship. The best aspect of this is the SA-X, a mutant clone of you. The parts where you are forced to hide while your evil clone eerily paces around are about as intense as you will see on the medium. Other boss battles are just as excellent, especially the ultra fast monster, and Ripley returns, with his strange, melting faces. The soundtrack is incredibly atmospheric; you won't find better!

The game, however, is reasonably short. It won't take longer than eight hours to complete. There is a tiny bit of backtracking, in order to acquire missile tanks and power bombs etc, but this is hard to do in some spots due to the linear design, which forces you to keep on the designated track. Nonetheless, Metroid is a blast of quality storytelling and bizarre, frightening and hilariously deformed aliens. This is worth the price of admission!