With the North American Virtual Console release of this GBA game finally past, we gathered a few staffers who haven't previously reviewed this to share their thoughts. So at this point, it's pretty well established that we generally love the crap out of this game. When Zero Mission first launched on Virtual Console in Japan, Danny Bivens also reviewed it for us, giving the game a 9.5 as well, saying "Metroid: Zero Mission is the definitive game in the 2D Metroid series." And when the game launched in Europe, James Charlton reviewed it and also gave it a 9.5. However, from the day it launched, Zero Mission was showered with acclaim, especially by our original reviewer Jonathan Metts in February 2004, who gave it a 9.5 and said very bluntly "the first Metroid is now the best." He summed it up with a little more description by saying "Zero Mission will expertly massage every '' nerve in your brain and throw all kinds of surprises at veteran players." We were still years away from the great Metroidvania indie game renaissance. Zero Mission seemingly flew under the radar at the time: the DS was due out later in the year and 3D games were very much in vogue. The most recent one of those was Metroid: Zero Mission - a 2004 Game Boy Advance remake of the original 1986 NES game.
After a fruitful period in the early 2000s, the Metroid series has quieted down, especially the classic 2D entries.
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