Super Metroid (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Super Metroid" in English language version.

Last modified: 06:08:32, 3 September 2026 (UTC)

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allgame.com (Global: 1,762^nd place; English: 1,007^th place)

Marriott, Scott Alan. "Super Metroid – Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on February 16, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Marc; Spy. "Super Metroid". Consoles + (in French). pp. 100–103. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
Humphreys, Andrew (July 1994). "Super Metroid". Hyper. No. 8. pp. 32–35. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
"Super Metroid". MANIAC (in German). July 1994. pp. 50–51. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
"Super Metroid". Nintendo Magazine System Super Metroid Special Feature. No. 12. June 1994. pp. 6–12. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
"Super Metroid". Player One (in French). No. 44. pp. 64–67. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
Frank (June 1994). "Super Metroid". Total!. No. 30. pp. 26–27. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
"Supe Metroid". Games World. No. 2. August 1994. p. 15. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
Jay (August 1994). "Super Metroid". Super Action. No. 24. pp. 18–20. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
Keith; Damian; Ryan (July 1994). "Super Metroid". Super Gamer. No. 4. pp. 34–39. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
"Top 100 SNES Games". Total! (43): 42. July 1995.
"Top 100 Video Games". Flux (4): 31. April 1995.

arstechnica.com (Global: 473^rd place; English: 338^th place)

Webster, Andrew (July 14, 2010). "Masterpiece: Super Metroid". Ars Technica. Condé Nast Digital. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.

cbr.com (Global: 329^th place; English: 202^nd place)

Walton, Dante (April 1, 2022). "10 Rom Hacks That Make It Hard To Go Back To The Original Game". CBR. Archived from the original on January 19, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024.

complex.com (Global: 439^th place; English: 258^th place)

Knight, Rich (April 30, 2018). "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time". Complex. Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2022.

escapistmagazine.com (Global: 2,427^th place; English: 1,473^rd place)

Varney, Allen (March 6, 2007). "The Escapist: Searching for Gunpei Yokoi". The Escapist. Defy Media. p. 3. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

famitsu.com (Global: 400^th place; English: 647^th place)

スーパーメトロイドまとめ [スーパーファミコン]. Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

gamasutra.com (Global: 1,096^th place; English: 889^th place)

Nutt, Christian (April 23, 2010). "The Elegance Of Metroid: Yoshio Sakamoto Speaks (Article page 2 of 3)". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
Harris, John (September 26, 2007). "Game Design Essentials: 20 Open World Games". Gamasutra. p. 5. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
Nutt, Christian (April 23, 2010). "The Elegance Of Metroid: Yoshio Sakamoto Speaks". Gamasutra. United Business Media LLC. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
Mustard, Donald (August 28, 2009). "Making Shadow Complex: Donald Mustard Speaks". Gamasutra (Interview). Interviewed by Christian Nutt. UBM plc. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2009. Mustard: Super Metroid, to me, is the pinnacle of 2D game design, and there's no reason we shouldn't be pushing that pinnacle forward and see what else we can do with it.
Earl, Victoria (July 24, 2013). "Why Super Metroid's Hacking Community is Still Going Strong". Gamasutra. UBM plc. p. 4. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

gamedeveloper.com (Global: 1,552^nd place; English: 783^rd place)

Nutt, Christian (February 13, 2015). "The undying allure of the Metroidvania". Gamasutra. UBM plc. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

gamehistory.org (Global: 5,912^th place; English: 2,725^th place)

archive.gamehistory.org

Semrad, Ed; Carpenter, Danyon; Manuel, Al; Sushi-X (June 1994). "Review Crew". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Vol. 7, no. 6. Sendai Publishing. p. 28. ISSN 1058-918X – via Video Game History Foundation.

gameinformer.com (Global: 523^rd place; English: 349^th place)

Juba, Joe (July 31, 2013). "Moments: Super Metroid's Hyper Beam". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
"Legacy Review Archives". Game Informer. Archived from the original on December 14, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
Cork, Jeff (November 16, 2009). "Game Informer's Top 100 Games Of All Time (Circa Issue 100)". Game Informer. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2020.

gamepro.com (Global: 2,335^th place; English: 1,374^th place)

Mike, Major (July 11, 2006). "15 Retro Games for the Wii You Must Play". GamePro. Archived from the original on October 16, 2008. Retrieved January 5, 2009.

gamers.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Top 100 Games of All Time". Electronic Gaming Monthly. 2003. Archived from the original on June 11, 2003. Retrieved January 5, 2009.

gamespot.com (Global: 115^th place; English: 92^nd place)

"When Two Tribes Go to War: A History of Video Game Controversy". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. March 7, 2004. Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
"Super Metroid Release Summary". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
Provo, Frank (August 27, 2007). "Super Metroid Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2009.

gamespy.com (Global: 1,101^st place; English: 694^th place)

archive.gamespy.com

Padilla, Raymond (November 12, 2002). "The Road to Metroid Prime". GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 17, 2004. Retrieved October 5, 2012.

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"Metroid Prime Bundle Announced". GameSpy. August 4, 2004. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2010.

gamesradar.com (Global: 378^th place; English: 265^th place)

Robinson, Andy (October 23, 2007). "The History of Metroid". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
Aversa, Jillian (October 23, 2007). "Game music of the day: Super Metroid". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on May 17, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
Jones, Darran (December 30, 2024). "30 years on, developers reflect on Super Metroid's impact: 'Like Zelda and Mario, there is almost nothing else out there like it in tone. Still to this day, even'". GamesRadar+. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
Robinson, Andy (October 16, 2007). "The History of Metroid - page 4". gamesradar. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
GamesRadar staff (April 17, 2012). "Best Super Nintendo games of all time". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2013.

gamestm.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Yoshio Sakamoto discusses Metroid 64, Metroid Dread and the 3DS". GamesTM. September 14, 2010. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2013.

ghostarchive.org (Global: 64^th place; English: 28^th place)

Metroid Retrospective, Part 2 (video). GameTrailers. Defy Media. Event occurs at 0:18–5:40. Archived from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2016.

ign.com (Global: 48^th place; English: 38^th place)

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Thomas, Lucas M. (August 20, 2007). "Super Metroid Review". IGN. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
McLaughlin, Rus (August 24, 2007). "IGN Presents The History of Metroid". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
George, Richard. "Top 100 SNES Games: Super Metroid". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
McLaughlin, Rus (August 24, 2007). "IGN Presents The History of Metroid". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
"Game Boy Inventor Dies in Car Crash". IGN. Ziff Davis. October 7, 1997. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
"Metroid Prime Roundtable QA". IGN. Ziff Davis. November 15, 2002. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2008.
Harris, Craig (August 22, 2002). "Metroid Fusion Hands-on". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2009.

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"IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time". IGN. 2003. Archived from the original on July 20, 2005. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
"IGN's Top 100 Games". IGN. 2005. Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
"IGN Top 100 Games 2007: Super Metroid". IGN. 2007. Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
"Readers' Choice 2006: The Top 100 Games Ever". IGN. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2009.

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"Readers' Picks Top 99 Games: 20-11". IGN. 2005. Archived from the original on April 29, 2005. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

jeuxvideo.com (Global: 1,243^rd place; English: 2,462^nd place)

Anagund (June 18, 2009). "Super Metroid". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

kotaku.com (Global: 460^th place; English: 318^th place)

Wong, Kevin (December 19, 2014). "The Opening Sequence to Super Metroid is a Masterpiece". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.

kultboy.com (Global: 9,961^st place; English: low place)

"HiTech-Lady mischt Monster auf". Aktueller Software Markt (in German). October 1994. Archived from the original on July 24, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
"Super Metroid". Video Games (in German). June 1994. pp. 100–101. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

metacritic.com (Global: 51^st place; English: 44^th place)

"Every Nintendo Franchise Ranked Worst to Best". Metacritic. Archived from the original on August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.

metroid-database.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Ape Inc., Nintendo (April 1, 1994). "Interview: あのときサムスは裸だったスーパーメトロイド製作秘話". 任天堂公式ガイドブックスーパーメトロイド― ガイド. Another Side Secret of 'Super Metroid'. ワンダーライフスペシャル (in Japanese). Shogakukan. pp. 90–95. ISBN 9784091024749. (Translation by Metroid Database. Archived 2010-05-20 at the Wayback Machine).

mtv.com (Global: 130^th place; English: 102^nd place)

Totilo, Stephen (June 14, 2005). "For Some Gamers, Merely Finishing A Game Isn't Enough". MTV News. Viacom International. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2009.

music4games.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

M4G Staff (October 5, 2007). "Interview with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Sound Team at Retro Studios and Composer Kenji Yamamoto". music4games. Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

next-gen.biz (Global: 6,904^th place; English: 4,539^th place)

"Super Metroid Review". Edge. June 1994. Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2021.

nintendo.co.jp (Global: 1,122^nd place; English: 1,381^st place)

"ニンテンドウパワー概要". www.nintendo.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 18, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
"書き換えソフト一覧". www.nintendo.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
"VC スーパーメトロイド" (in Japanese). Nintendo. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

nintendo.co.uk (Global: 6,230^th place; English: 4,398^th place)

"Virtual Console: Super Metroid". Nintendo of Europe. Retrieved February 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

nintendo.com (Global: 1,357^th place; English: 1,183^rd place)

Sakamoto, Yoshio; Yamamoto, Kenji (2017). "Super Metroid Developer Interview" (transcript). Interviewed by Akinori Sao. Kyoto, Japan: Nintendo. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.

nintendolife.com (Global: 799^th place; English: 465^th place)

Green, Andy (January 26, 2013). "Nintendo Reveals Specific Dates For Wii U Virtual Console Trial Campaign". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
"Super Metroid Review". August 20, 2007. Archived from the original on March 29, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
McFerran, Damien (June 13, 2017). "Metroid Prime 4 Confirmed For Nintendo Switch, But Retro Studios Isn't Involved". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2019.

nintendoworldreport.com (Global: 2,340^th place; English: 1,271^st place)

Rodriguez, Steven (August 21, 2007). "Virtual Console Recommendations: Virtual Console Mondays: August 20, 2007". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
Lindemann, Jon (August 10, 2007). "Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Preview On Wii Shop Channel". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
Lake, Max (August 26, 2002). "Metroid Fusion". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2009.

officialnintendomagazine.co.uk (Global: 7,446^th place; English: 4,854^th place)

East, Tom (February 24, 2009). "100 Best Nintendo Games: Part 4". Official Nintendo Magazine. Future plc. Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2022.

pcmag.com (Global: 1,442^nd place; English: 915^th place)

Edwards, Benj (February 3, 2012). "10 Classic Video Game Hacks Everyone Should Play". PC Magazine. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

play-asia.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Famitsu staff (December 25, 2025). "Issue No 1927". Famitsu (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 6, 2026.

polygon.com (Global: 215^th place; English: 150^th place)

Sarkar, Samit (March 3, 2016). "Nintendo bringing SNES games to Virtual Console on New Nintendo 3DS (update)". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.

retrocdn.net (Global: 2,469^th place; English: 1,207^th place)

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rnac.ne.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

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rollingstone.com (Global: 57^th place; English: 39^th place)

Mielke, James (November 23, 2016). "'Castlevania' Creator Koji Igarashi: 'I Don't Feel That I'm a Big Deal'". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media LLC. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017. [Koji Igarashi's] work inspired an entire genre that's partially named in honor of his work — the "Metroidvania", which is a reference to the sprawling, contiguous design sensibilities that define Symphony of the Night and Nintendo's Super Metroid.

seattletimes.com (Global: 449^th place; English: 222^nd place)

archive.seattletimes.com

Kent, Steven L. (May 5, 1994). "Inside Moves -- When You Have To Come Inside, You Can Jam With The NBA, Play Ball With Ken Griffey Jr. Or Fight Evil Metroids With The Hot, New Video Games". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2009. Super Metroid incorporates 24 megabits of memory – a Super NES record – to create six very large worlds.

segaretro.org (Global: 9,243^rd place; English: 6,093^rd place)

Ahmet, Deniz (July 1994). "Super Metroid". Computer and Video Games. No. 152. pp. 64–65. Archived from the original on August 17, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
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shinesparkers.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

Famitsu staff (December 25, 2025). "Issue No 1927". Famitsu (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 6, 2026.

smashbros.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Sakurai, Masahiro (January 25, 2008). "Masterpieces". Smash Bros. Dojo!!. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2013.

squareenixmusic.com (Global: 9,240^th place; English: 5,997^th place)

"Super Metroid Sound in Action". Square Enix Music Online. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2015.

thegamer.com (Global: 1,573^rd place; English: 924^th place)

Quick, William Antonio (June 23, 2021). "Every Metroid Game In Chronological Order". TheGamer. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

theverge.com (Global: 208^th place; English: 158^th place)

Gartenberg, Chaim (September 5, 2019). "Super Nintendo games now available on the Switch". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.

timeextension.com (Global: 8,223^rd place; English: 4,148^th place)

McFerran, Damien (October 7, 2023). "This Awesome ROM Hack Turns Super Metroid Into An Entirely New Game". Time Extension. Archived from the original on March 3, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024.

usatoday.com (Global: 55^th place; English: 36^th place)

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Snider, Mike (September 2, 2010). "Q&A: 'Metroid: Other M' director Yoshio Sakamoto". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2010.

usgamer.net (Global: 2,795^th place; English: 1,761^st place)

Parish, Jeremy (February 13, 2014). "Daily Classic: 7 Reasons Super Metroid was an SNES Masterpiece". USGamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
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vg247.com (Global: 1,238^th place; English: 898^th place)

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vintagecomputing.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Webster, Andrew (July 14, 2010). "Masterpiece: Super Metroid". Ars Technica. Condé Nast Digital. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
Parish, Jeremy (February 13, 2014). "Daily Classic: 7 Reasons Super Metroid was an SNES Masterpiece". USGamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
Juba, Joe (July 31, 2013). "Moments: Super Metroid's Hyper Beam". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on November 16, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
Wong, Kevin (December 19, 2014). "The Opening Sequence to Super Metroid is a Masterpiece". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
Nutt, Christian (April 23, 2010). "The Elegance Of Metroid: Yoshio Sakamoto Speaks (Article page 2 of 3)". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
Harris, John (September 26, 2007). "Game Design Essentials: 20 Open World Games". Gamasutra. p. 5. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
Ape Inc., Nintendo (April 1, 1994). "Interview: あのときサムスは裸だったスーパーメトロイド製作秘話". 任天堂公式ガイドブックスーパーメトロイド― ガイド. Another Side Secret of 'Super Metroid'. ワンダーライフスペシャル (in Japanese). Shogakukan. pp. 90–95. ISBN 9784091024749. (Translation by Metroid Database. Archived 2010-05-20 at the Wayback Machine).
Robinson, Andy (October 23, 2007). "The History of Metroid". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
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Aversa, Jillian (October 23, 2007). "Game music of the day: Super Metroid". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on May 17, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
Sakamoto, Yoshio; Yamamoto, Kenji (2017). "Super Metroid Developer Interview" (transcript). Interviewed by Akinori Sao. Kyoto, Japan: Nintendo. Archived from the original on September 21, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
M4G Staff (October 5, 2007). "Interview with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Sound Team at Retro Studios and Composer Kenji Yamamoto". music4games. Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
"Super Metroid Sound in Action". Square Enix Music Online. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
スーパーメトロイドまとめ [スーパーファミコン]. Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
"Super Metroid Release Summary". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
Kent, Steven L. (May 5, 1994). "Inside Moves -- When You Have To Come Inside, You Can Jam With The NBA, Play Ball With Ken Griffey Jr. Or Fight Evil Metroids With The Hot, New Video Games". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2009. Super Metroid incorporates 24 megabits of memory – a Super NES record – to create six very large worlds.
"ニンテンドウパワー概要". www.nintendo.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 18, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
"書き換えソフト一覧". www.nintendo.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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