Super Metroid
Super Metroid (スーパーメトロイド Sūpā Metoroido), also known as Metroid 3, is an action-adventure video game and the third game in the Metroid series. It was designed by Nintendo Research & Development 1, programmed by Intelligent Systems, and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It was released on the Virtual Console for all territories at 20th anniversary of the North American Metroid release.
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Developer(s) | Nintendo Research and Development 1, Intelligent Systems |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Series | Metroid |
Platform(s) | Virtual Console, SNES |
Release date(s) | SNES JP March 19, 1994 NA April 18, 1994 EU/AUS July 28, 1994 Virtual Console JP September 20, 2007 NA August 20, 2007 EU/AUS October 12, 2007 |
Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Input methods | GameCube Controller, Classic Controller |
Compatibility | 5 Perfect |
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See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
Super Metroid continues the same style of gameplay as its predecessor, but with radical improvements. Samus still explores an open world non-linear environment, finding powerups to open more areas and proceed through the game. But Super Metroid enhances this with a map system, a complex introduction technique, a proper save system, more energy tanks, and other gameplay tweaks; fixing all of the main problems of the original while expanding it's strength. It was released with universal critical acclaim, but due to poor timing of its release it had unimpressive sales. Nintendo sat on the franchise for eight years, till the release of Metroid Prime on the GameCube.
Problems that may occur with any Super NES title on Dolphin are listed below.
Glitched Sound
Sound is glitched in the OpenAL backend. Use XAudio2 to prevent this. Fixed in 5.0-798.
Problems
Configuration
This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Super Metroid since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This title has been tested on the environments listed below:
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
3.0 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.7GHz | nVidia GeForce GTX 275 | Highly inconsistent framerate, bounces between double speed and normal speed depending on what's on screen. Adjusting the framerate options does not fix it, neither does any option I've tried. Plus, the framerate fluctuations result in all kinds of audio distortions. Saves do not stay after closing Dolphin (global issue). I.E. it's a mess. But it runs at least. | MaJoR |
3.5-268 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.7GHz | nVidia GeForce GTX 275 | Same as before. | MaJoR |