Metroid at 40: happy birthday to Samus Aran, gaming’s greatest badass and my personal heroine
Summary
Metroid, first released in Japan in 1986, is a video game featuring Samus Aran, a woman astronaut who explores a hostile alien planet. The game is famous for its large interconnected map and a surprise reveal that the hero is a woman, a rare choice for video games at the time.Key Facts
- Metroid was released in Japan in 1986 and later in North America and Europe.
- The game involves a lone astronaut exploring a large alien structure filled with upgrades.
- The main character, Samus Aran, is revealed to be a woman only at the end of the game.
- This reveal was aimed primarily at a young male audience, which was the main market for video games then.
- Samus is a skilled and determined bounty hunter who works alone in space.
- The game’s design and story influenced many future video games and helped popularize a genre of exploration games.
- Samus’s character challenges early video game norms by being both powerful and female.
- Despite the revealing costume, Samus is shown as a strong and capable protagonist throughout the game.
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