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Samus Returns is my favourite 2D Metroid game since Super Metroid, and feels the best to play of any of them, but it’s hard to evaluate on that front. A lot has changed since Metroid: Zero Mission was released in 2004, to the extent they’re not directly comparable, as it’s just been too long. In many ways this is the grand return we’ve been waiting for, a fantastic 2D Metroid that does most things right, but in others it’s a retread that’s throwing the 3DS a bone and aiming to appease long suffering fans, rather than dazzle them. Still, we’ve been asking for a glorious return of Samus and there’s no doubt she’s back.