Super Metroid (Nintendo Power comic)
From Wikitroid, the Metroid wiki
| This article is written from the Real Life point of view |
 |
- This article is aboout the Nintendo Power comic series. For the game, see Super Metroid. For the manga, Super Metroid (manga).
Super Metroid was a 5-issue comic series that ran in the Nintendo Power magazine. The comic was featured in volumes 57 to 61, each volume having a different issue. The comic introduces several characters and plot points that will find their way into later manga and games.
Contents |
[edit] Characters
- Samus Aran
- Infant Metroid
- Ridley
- Armstrong Houston
- Chairman Keaton
- Chief Hardy
- Space Pirates
- Old Bird
- Mother Brain
- The Hatchling
[edit] Plot
Similar to the plot of the Super Nintendo game, the comic chronicled Samus Aran's mission to Zebes to retrieve the Metroid hatchling stolen by the Space Pirate general, Ridley. However, the plot of the comic varies in several different ways from the game. For one, she is accompinied by Galactic Federation bounty hunter Armstrong Houston. The comic focuses much on the Federation elements, as it also chronicles the adventures of Galactic Federation Chairman Keaton and Federation Police Chief Hardy. After sustaining heavy wounds on Zebes, Samus visits a mysterious planet where she finds Old Bird, who uses a risky technique to fix her Power Suit. Also, Ridley escapes in the comic, the Metroid Hatchling is killed by Keaton and Hardy instead of the Mother Brain and Kraid is never mentioned. Also, while Ridley was killed in-game, the comic implies that he survived as he tries to flee, and the Mother Brain seems to be trying to convince the Super Metroid (in a failed manner) that she's its mother.
[edit] Trivia
- Nintendo Power Issue #58 states that what they came up with for Samus's appearance in this comic (because there was little to base it off of in-game) was "something between Princess Leia and Ripley from the Alien series."
