This was on sale for $3.49 in the eShop, so I bought it. I played it start to finish over the last couple days on the Wii U, getting every upgrade, and I really enjoyed it. I hadn't played it this way since I was about 10 years old back in the 80's. There is so much here that paved the way for other games, with its upgrades, open world, and atmosphere. I still have a blast running through rooms blowing things away with the wave beam and screw attack, Samus seemed invincible even then when she's fully upgraded. There are some annoyances, like the frame rate with lots of sprites on the screen, and the boss fights are not my favorite, especially Mother Brain. Super Metroid is a far better game, but I would hope an 8-years-later remake on much better hardware would be.

Metroid still holds up for the most part.

Yeah it really does.

Metroid ends up being my vacation game (I've got the GBA version). I'm still terrible at it and the "save system" makes dieing a punishing experience, but the core mechanics hold up just as well today as the Metroidvanias that exist today.

I gotta say, after Zero Mission I can't go back to the original.

OG Metroid's lack of map is a little too intimidating for me, but it also doesn't surprise me that it still sort of holds up.

Same here. Zero Mission is one of my favorite Metroids. I hold it in higher regard than Super Metroid, for all the craziness that paints me with. It just elevates the original game's concept in so many ways.

I've never played this game. I know, I'm a monster.

I've been meaning to go back and pick up some classic NES games to play through and this is one of them.

I played for a couple hours without a map and was getting lost, as usual. Then I looked up a map online as I was trying to do a 100% run and didn't remember where everything was. Many of the rooms look the same, so I didn't feel bad about it. It's plenty challenging anyway.

I have no nostalgia for the NES Metroid but I love Zero Mission.

I never played the original, and going back after Super is a little hard. This might be on my list of things to do at some point, but I'm not sure I can get into it in the same way.