Metroid Fusion

, also known as Metroid 4 and referred to as Metroid IV during production, is the fourth chronological entry in the 2D Metroid series and the first of two Metroid games released on the Game Boy Advance. It was released alongside Metroid Prime in 2002,Nintendo of America (NintendoAmerica). "Metroid Fusion arrived in North America in 2002 on Game Boy Advance. ¶ While on a mission on planet SR388, Samus is attacked by the X Parasite, a deadly creature capable of mimicking any organic creature. Samus must then defeat the SA-X, a fully powered mimic of herself." 18 August 2021 3:00 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1428069197301653505 eight years after Super Metroid.
The gameplay of Metroid Fusion is very different from other Metroid games as it is very linear; it also introduces a non-playable cybernetic entity called Adam who provides Samus with specific objectives, thus making Sequence Breaking and free exploration nearly impossible until the endgame.
Players who were qualified as 3DS "ambassadors" received a free downloadable copy of Metroid Fusion as well as several other Game Boy Advance games. The game was subsequently released as a Virtual Console title for the Wii U on April 3, 2014. It was re-released through Nintendo Switch Online on March 8th, 2023, an evening before the previously announced date.Nintendo of America (NintendoAmerica). "Search out the X! Experience classic Metroid game play as Samus Aran explores the secret passages of a massive research station teeming with hostile life forms! Metroid Fusion is now available on #NintendoSwitch for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members!" 8 March 2023 8:00 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1633633709764276225
A sequel, Metroid Dread, was released on October 8, 2021, more than nineteen years after Fusion. Sales of Fusion on Wii U increased after the announcement of Dread to the point where it was the second Best Selling game on the Nintendo eShop in June 2021.Darren. Shinesparkers. "Metroid tops Wii U eShop best sellers." June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021. https://shinesparkers.net/metroid-tops-wii-u-eshop-best-sellers/ It became the number one seller during the week of Dread's release.Shinesparkers (Shinesparkers). "An update from the eShop sales chart in the United Kingdom as it stands, on 11th October 2021. ¶ SWITCH: #1 Metroid Dread ¶ WII U: #1 Metroid Fusion #2 Metroid Zero Mission #7 Metroid Prime Trilogy #9 Super Metroid ¶ 3DS: #3 Metroid: Samus Returns" 11 October 2021 8:02 a.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/Shinesparkers/status/1447533111408041987
==Plot==
This game's events follow those of Metroid: Other M.
The game begins with Samus Aran acting as a bodyguard for the Biologic's research team on planet SR388. Eventually, a Hornoad confronts them and is killed by Samus. However, as it dies, a globular yellow organism emerges and enters Samus's body.
Feeling no initial effects, Samus continues escorting the researchers and completes the assignment. On the way back to the laboratory, however, Samus loses consciousness, and her Gunship crashes into an asteroid belt. The ship's emergency systems automatically ejected Samus's escape pod, saving her from the crash, but her Gunship is completely destroyed. Samus is quickly attended to by a medical crew, who discover that the creature that entered her body on SR388 was actually a parasitic organism that they soon named X.
The medical crew is forced to surgically remove large portions of Samus's infected Power Suit, though it cannot be completely removed since it has become so tightly integrated with her body. However, the X cannot be removed from her central nervous system, and she is given less than a one-percent chance of survival.
Metroids are the only known predator of the X; however, since Samus destroyed all the Metroids on SR388 in a previous mission, the X were able to resurface and multiply unchecked. Seeing this as the key to curing her, doctors propose using a Metroid cell from Samus' dead baby Metroid to make an anti-X vaccine. Apparently, the Federation had managed to preserve a cell culture from the infant that saved Samus while she was on Zebes a second time. The serum is prepared and injected without delay, completely eradicating the X from her body. Furthermore, Samus gains an ability that she would later use to her advantage: She can no longer be harmed by normal X and can even absorb them to replenish her health and ammunition. However, she also inherits the Metroids' vulnerability to cold.
Upon recovering, Samus is sent to investigate an explosion on the Biologic Space Laboratories research station, where the specimens from SR388 and the infected pieces of her Power Suit are being held. Once she arrives at the station, Samus immediately heads to the Quarantine Bay, where she encounters and kills a Hornoad that has been infected by an X Parasite. Samus speaks with her new Starship's computer (whom she has named "Adam", as it reminds her of a former CO) and learns that the specimens brought back by the field team have become infected by the X. The computer also reveals that the X can use the DNA of its prey to create a perfect copy, meaning any organic life on the station may also be infected.
As she continues to explore the station, Samus discovers that the X have used the infected portions of her Power Suit to create a copy of Samus herself, dubbed the SA-X. Since the SA-X arose from Samus's fully-upgraded Power Suit, it has all of her powered-up abilities, as evidenced by it using a Power Bomb to escape the Quarantine Bay.Nintendo of America (NintendoAmerica). "In Metroid Fusion, Samus explores the Biologic Space Laboratories station, where the X, a parasitic life form that can take over organic creatures, is running loose. She faces her greatest threat yet here, the SA-X, a fully powered mimic of Samus. http://ninten.do/6012neAco" 20 July 2021 2:00 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1417544888913178625 By exploding the bomb, the SA-X also destroyed the capsules holding the X specimens, releasing them all into the station.
The X eventually identify Samus as a major threat to their species as a whole and make numerous attempts to kill her, including intercepting Federation suit data to prevent her from regaining her strength and threatening to destroy the entire station. All their attempts are thwarted, while Samus continues to absorb stronger X to regain her power-ups. Meanwhile, the computer is secretly contacted by a mysterious Federation official, asking if Samus suspects anything and instructs the computer to monitor her closely.
Well into her investigation of the station, Samus stumbles upon the facility's Restricted Laboratory. Here, she finds dozens of infant Metroids and several more Metroids in various stages of maturity, all in stasis; these were the results of a cloning project of which Samus was not previously aware. Shortly after Samus discovers them, the SA-X attempts to destroy its predators, but its plan backfires: the Metroids break free and the emergency fail-safes are activated as a result. Samus barely escapes before the lab locks down completely and is jettisoned from the station, exploding over SR388.
After the incident at the Restricted Lab, Samus speaks with her ship's computer, who is angry about the discovery and subsequent destruction of the Metroids. The computer explains that the Federation had been secretly working on a Metroid breeding program, for "peaceful applications". The computer reveals that the station's SRX environment, a replica of the SR388 ecosystem, was ideal for raising Alpha, Gamma, Zeta, and even Omega Metroids. The research uncovered techniques for rapid growth, allowing an infant to grow into an Omega Metroid in mere days. Unfortunately, the SA-X had been tracking Samus down and followed her to the lab's location. Much to Samus's surprise, the computer also mentions that the SA-X has been reproducing asexually and there are no fewer than 10 aboard the station.
Later, the computer tells Samus that she has caused enough damage and instructs her to leave the rest of the investigation to the Federation. Apparently, the Federation has taken an interest in the X and SA-X and believe that this life-form has endless applications. Samus, having seen the SA-X's destructive capabilities firsthand, is strongly against this. She is convinced that the X will overwhelm the Federation troops as soon as they land, absorbing their powers and knowledge in the process. If this happens, they could easily spread throughout the galaxy and "galactic civilization will end".
As an alternative, Samus decides to activate the station's self-destruct mechanism in order to destroy the X, risking her own life in the process. However, her ship's computer has locked Samus in a Navigation Room, as the Federation has ordered it to keep her confined until their arrival. Desperate, Samus yells at the computer: "Don't let them do this. Can't you see what will happen, Adam?" Puzzled at the use of the name, the computer inquires as to who this Adam was. Samus reveals that he had been her previous commanding officer and had died saving her life. Apparently moved by Samus's revelation, the computer agrees with the plan, and suggests that if Samus were to alter the station's orbit, then she might be able to include the planet in the explosion, thus ensuring the destruction of the X on planet SR388 as well as those on the station. At this point, Samus realizes that her ship's computer truly is Adam Malkovich, whose personality had been uploaded to a computer prior to his death.
Samus hurries to the Operations Room, where she is confronted by another SA-X. She manages to defeat it, but its Core-X escapes before she can absorb it. Ignoring its escape, Samus initiates the self-destruct sequence and hurries back to her ship. However, she finds the docking bay in ruins and her Starship gone. Before she can react to the situation, an Omega Metroid appears, apparently having escaped from the Restricted Laboratory before its destruction and grown to full size in record time. Samus possesses no weapon capable of damaging the Metroid, and a single swipe of its claw reduces her energy reserves to one unit. As the Omega Metroid prepares to finish her off, the SA-X returns, and attacks the Metroid with its Ice Beam, injuring it. However, the Metroid quickly defeats the SA-X, which was weakened from its fight with Samus. This time, the Core-X hovers over Samus, allowing her to absorb it, obtaining the "Omega Suit" and Ice Beam (though it was initially said to have also reverted her back to her pre-vaccine DNA,Metroid Zero Mission Official Site Development Room, as translated by Metroid Database Metroid: Dread seemingly retcons this, since Samus still possessing Metroid DNA is a major plot point). Using her regained abilities, Samus fights and kills the Omega Metroid after a fierce struggle. After the battle, Samus's Starship reenters the bay, having been piloted by the computer, Adam, and the same Etecoons and Dachoras she saved on the previous mission to Zebes and later on the Habitation Deck.
As Samus leaves the station, it is shown crashing into SR388, destroying both the station and the planet, seemingly ridding the universe of the X forever.Nintendo UK (NintendoUK). "In Metroid Fusion, a new threat emerges: the X parasite. After recovering from X-related injuries, Samus faces the SA-X (an X mimic of herself at full strength) and succeeds at destroying the X for good. #MetroidDread" 12 August 2021 8:03 a.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1425789954244939780
Reflecting on her actions, Samus doubts people will understand why she destroyed the X, nor will they realize the danger that was barely averted. Samus believes she will be held responsible for defying the Federation, but Adam comforts her, telling her: "Do not worry. One of them will understand. One of them must." A final reflection, Samus goes on to say: "We are all bound by our experiences. They are the limits of our consciousness. But in the end, the human soul will ever reach for the truth... This is what Adam taught me."
The events of Metroid Dread soon follow afterward.
===Mistranslation===
In the Japanese version of Metroid Fusion, there are mentions of an "old Federation Army"A mistranslation from Fusion has finally exploded in the Metroid fandom's face after being a ticking time bomb for 19 years. : Metroid (reddit.com) that were responsible for Nightmare as well as other conspiracies within the Biologic Space Laboratories research station. The English version's localization however omits any mention of this old Federation Army, implying that the Federation as a whole backed the conspiracy, resulting in confusion among players as to why Samus continued to work with them in Metroid Dread.
==Development==
Metroid Fusion was developed by the same team that made Wario Land 4 at R&D1. This was their first Metroid game. Sakamoto recalled writing an explanation of the level design on paper and showing it to each designer so they could gain a grasp on the series' gameplay.Jarop. "Metroid Dread dev on taking the series to HD, E.M.M.I.’s design, much more". Nintendo Everything (originally published in Famitsu, translated from Japanese). January 30, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
Fusion began development when Metroid Prime was announced at Space World 2000 to more acclaim than expected. This led Nintendo to create Fusion as a companion game to launch on the same day as Prime. Before this, they had not realized how much more popular Metroid was in the West than in Japan.DidYouKnowGaming? "Metroid Prime Devs Share Secrets (EXCLUSIVE)". YouTube. April 17, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2022. (starts at 13:26)
==Gameplay==
As mentioned before, Metroid Fusion is much more linear than other games in the series. The Starship's computer gives Samus objectives throughout the game, and its ability to lock and unlock doors depending on the objective renders exploration outside of the objective's immediate area nearly impossible. This dictates the sequence of acquiring power-ups, defeating enemies, and reaching certain areas. Therefore, the only exploration that can be done at a given time is limited almost exclusively to secret rooms along the way to each objective.
The environments in Fusion also change throughout the game in much more radical ways (making the gameplay less predictable, compensating for the linearity) than in other games in the series. For example, some corridors become permanently blocked by explosions, parts of the research station are completely destroyed, and new creatures appear in previously explored areas. Some gameplay elements differ significantly as well, including disabling mid-air Bomb Jumping and other methods commonly used to perform Sequence Breaking.
Some new gameplay mechanics have been added since Super Metroid to make up for the disabled ones, though. For instance, Samus is able to grab on to ledges, which would later become the Power Grip upgrade in Metroid: Zero Mission. In place of the Grapple Beam, Samus can now climb special ladders and "monkey bars" to span large heights and gaps.
Samus spends most of the game being stalked by the SA-X, who appears unexpectedly in various locations. Due to Samus having the Metroid vaccine, she is very susceptible to the SA-X's Ice Beam—each hit costs more than an entire Energy Tank; once she is frozen, the SA-X will hit Samus with a Super Missile, damaging her even more. As a result, until the final battle with the SA-X, the only thing the player can do when the SA-X shows up is to run and hide.
Much of the gameplay also involves Samus downloading data as a method of obtaining power-ups. Since she is using the Fusion Suit, most of her equipment has been rendered unavailable, requiring Federation hardware teams to design new versions of the upgrades and transmit them to Data Rooms on the station. The power-ups that Samus does not obtain in this way are acquired by absorbing the Core-X left behind by defeated bosses.
Almost all of the creatures in the game are actually X Parasites mimicking other lifeforms. Creatures are usually reduced to floating X cells when they are destroyed, and Samus can absorb these to replenish her lost energy and Missile Ammo. However, if Samus does not absorb them, they can re-form into new enemies or disappear entirely. Some monsters can also absorb additional X Parasites, evolving into newer, more powerful forms.
The graphics are very similar to Super Metroid and are rendered in 2D. However, the overall graphics and animations are a little more stylized. The game is a side-scroller, so, like the rest of the 2D Metroid games, all of the action is displayed from a side-on angle. Metroid: Zero Mission uses a highly modified version of the Fusion game engine.
The Japanese version of Metroid Fusion allows players to choose between three difficulty settings for their game file, a feature that is not seen in other versions. Easy and Normal Mode are available from the start: while the latter is the setting used in American and European copies of the game, the former's setting allows the player to absorb more life and ammunition from free-floating X Parasites, lowers the damage dealt by enemies, and simplifies most of the bosses. Hard Mode is unlocked after beating the game once on the regular difficulty, and allows the player to absorb much less life and ammunition from free-floating X's, as well as limiting the amount of additional Energy, Missiles and Power Bombs given by their respective Tanks (50 Energy per Tank instead of 100, 2 Missiles per Tank instead of 5 and 1 Power Bomb per Tank instead of 2, the same as Metroid: Zero Mission's Hard Mode.)
Owners of both Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion can unlock new features in Metroid Prime using the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable. If the player completes Metroid Prime, Samus's Fusion Suit can be unlocked for use in Prime; if the player completes Metroid Fusion, depending on the game version, an emulated version of either the original FDS version or the NES port of Metroid can be unlocked. There is also a bonus to be had by linking to Metroid: Zero Mission — the entire Fusion gallery of post-ending pictures is unlocked in Zero Mission, including the extra ending images from the Japanese version of Fusion which chronicle Samus's early years, as well as some additional concept art.
==Equipment==
Samus begins the game with little equipment. Since her Power Suit had to be removed and replaced with the Fusion Suit, almost all of her abilities were lost. She must retrieve them through either downloading the data from Data Rooms scattered throughout the station, or by absorbing Core-X .
The Jump Ball and High Jump abilities are combined into one item, like in Metroid: Zero Mission. Her regular orange Power Suit is replaced by the organic-looking yellow and blue Fusion Suit. Each missile upgrade stacks instead of being a separate kind of weapon. As a result, any kind of Missile — normal, Super, Ice, or Diffusion — will only ever use up one of Samus's total ammo count. The same stacking method applies to beams: if Samus obtains a new beam, they all apply at once and need not be switched. Power Bombs also have a blast radius that takes up the whole screen and reveals the presence of unusual blocks, making up for the absence of the X-Ray Scope.
==Reception==
Metroid Fusion was critically acclaimed. The main criticisms came from the game's linear nature in contrast to previous titles, and from the depiction of Samus. The Metascore for the game on Metacritic is 92/100.
==Nintendo eShop==
Released Worldwide on April 3, 2014.
Metroid Fusion (Wii U, $7.99): Your mission: Eradicate the X parasites and the mutants they infect. Power up with the Fusion Suit to annihilate your enemies in this action-packed side-scroller set on an isolated research station. Along the way, you'll find game-changing items like the Space Jump as you lose yourself in the blissful solitude of this eerily engrossing adventure.
Metroid Fusion (€6.99/ £6.29) offers classic bounty hunter, gun-toting action but with an added twist: hero Samus Aran has been attacked by a deadly parasite! Cured by Metroid DNA, Samus is bestowed with unique new powers, and sets out on a quest to hunt down and face the mysterious 'SA-X'. Metroid Fusion combines an engaging original story with intense platform action in classic Metroid series style.
Metroid Fusion (Nintendo) - €6.99/£6.29
While on a mission to the Metroids' home planet, bounty hunter Samus Aran is attacked by a deadly parasite. Cured by Metroid DNA, Samus is bestowed with unique new powers from her old adversary, but must face a new enemy: the 'X' parasite. Metroid Fusion blends a captivating original story with intense platform action and exploration in the classic Metroid mould.
Metroid Fusion - April is a month to remember with classic games launching each week! Experience classic Metroid game play as Samus explores the secret passages of a massive research station teeming with hostile life forms. Master moves such as clinging to ledges, leaping to high ladders and firing new weapons like Diffusion Missiles. Along the way, collect iconic power-ups like the Morph Ball, Screw Attack and Wave Beam. All these skills will be useful when you encounter the SA-X, an unstoppable "dark" version of Samus who is on the loose and could be just around the corner.
==Pre-release==
*2001 Video #1
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==Official data==
===Metroid.nintendo.com===
;2002 (Game Boy Advance™)
:"While assisting a field research team on planet SR388, Samus is brought into contact with an unknown parasitic lifeform—later named “X”—which causes her to lose consciousness. Infected parts of her suit are cut away, and a vaccine using a cell culture from the Metroid hatchling is quickly prepared and administered. The infection ceases instantly.
:After waking, Samus learns an explosion has rocked the Biologic Space Laboratories station—where the infected suit parts are being held. The X are loose, one of which is a mimic of Samus at her full power.
:Now immune to the X parasite, Samus battles through the B.S.L. station and discovers a Federation-run Metroid breeding program. In the end, Samus crashes the B.S.L. station onto the surface of SR388, eradicating the X and Metroid alike."
==Trivia==
*Metroid Fusion is the one of the two Metroid games (the other being Metroid Dread) that can be completed with 0% of the items (only the capacity upgrades count towards the percentage, not the power-ups themselves). Previously, the minimum was thought to be 1%, as a capacity upgrade in PYR was thought impossible to avoid. With near frame-perfect timing, however, it is possible to take a different route, as shown here. This feat was accomplished on an original cartridge on 2013-08-06. This was originally thought to be impossible without the means of a tool-assisted speedrun program on emulators http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-rPlaGwu98 (26 minutes and 50 seconds into the video).
*Fusion and Prime are the only two Metroid games to have the Missile upgrade obtained before the Morph Ball. In all the other games (except for Metroid: Samus Returns, and Metroid: Dread in which Samus only has the Missiles in the beginning), Samus already possesses the Morph Ball or it is the first power-up to be obtained. Fusion is also the only game where the Plasma Beam is acquired before the Wave and Ice Beams.
*Fusion is the first Metroid game that does not have any Map Stations separate from other machines (discounting Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus, which have no map system at all). Metroid Prime Hunters, Metroid: Other M, and Metroid: Samus Returns would follow. Navigation Rooms double as Map Stations in this game as the map for the area is automatically downloaded when Samus first enters the sector.
*Fusion and Dread are the only instances in which Samus is very weak in cold temperatures, because of her Metroid DNA. In the Prime series, ice attacks could freeze her for a second, but they did not severely damage her, and in Prime skipping the Varia Suit proves the Phendrana Drifts harmless to Samus (unlike the Magmoor Caverns she must go through to get there).
*Samus takes significantly more damage in Metroid Fusion than in other Metroid games, especially before she acquires any suit upgrades. This not only demonstrates her weakened state, but is offset by the game also having the most Energy Tanks (20), which itself is a result of power-ups not factoring into the item percentage.
*After defeating the Omega Metroid and retreating to her Starship, regardless of the amount of time left on the countdown timer, SR388 can be seen once her ship begins to pull out of the station.
*The final escape for Metroid Fusion is strikingly similar to the escape scene in the film Aliens. Both involve the main characters stranded without escape from a building/station that is about to self-destruct, and just at the last moment, their spaceships re-dock at the landing site to rescue them from the impending explosion. Seeing how the series was inspired by the Alien franchise, it's safe to say that this may have been the inspiration for the final escape in the game. Also the final battle between the Omega Metroid and Samus is similar to the final battle between Ripley and the Queen alien from the movie.
**Additionally, the Federation's corruption resembles the actions of the Weyland-Yutani corp. throughout the Alien franchise as it also had lied to the main protagonist, Ellen Ripley, about its intentions with the Xenomorphs.
**Certain aspects of the game are similar to the movie Alien Resurrection. The main character has DNA of the antagonist alien species (Ripley has Alien DNA and Samus has Metroid DNA), members of the normally hostile alien species don't attack the main character due to their perception that the main character is one of them, and both "companies" resurrect the franchise's previously extinct primary alien species.
*In Sector 4, Samus can utilize a series of Shinesparks to (temporarily) skip the Diffusion Missiles and witness a hidden conversation in one of the few Sequence Breaks of the game.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N025nnrcGrc
*Samus's sprite contains an odd glitch for all suits worn except the default Fusion Suit. In-game, whenever Samus faces right, her left hand's fingers holding the Arm Cannon appears blue, the same as the standard Fusion Suit's coloration. Although this oddity only applies to Samus's sprites when grounded and holding the Arm Cannon, at anytime when Samus faces right and activates the Arm Cannon's Missile configuration, her right shoulder will oddly change color to the standard Fusion Suit's blue. 
*The Metroid Fusion instruction manual revealed that Metroids were actually created by the Chozo to prevent the spread of the X Parasite and that the word "Metroid" roughly translates to "ultimate warrior" in the Chozo language.
**This is further implied by the Chozo Memories in Metroid: Samus Returns.
**This is also stated at the beginning of Metroid: Dread
*The game's American commercial names a location called the "Metroid Fusion Bio-Lab".
*In one of the game's cutscenes, the docking bay doors have "B.S.L Space Laboratory." This, when expanded, gives the seemingly redundant name, "Biologic Space Laboratories Space Laboratory".
*Metroid Fusion has the same number of bosses as Metroid: Other M, with a total of thirteen.
*Metroid: Other M shares many similarities with Metroid Fusion; for example, both games have secret Metroid breeding facilities, both of which are destroyed shortly after being ejected from the main space station. Also, both games are the only games where Samus has a direct commanding officer: Adam (who later reappears in Metroid Dread). Finally, the B.S.L might be considered a reproduction of the BOTTLE SHIP, seeing as they served similar purposes (though the B.S.L. had more environments and its goal was not to create bioweapons).
*Samus occasionally references a mission she disliked because she was constantly ordered around throughout it. Many consider this mission to be Metroid: Other M, although it was likely originally a reference to her time with the Federation Police Force, since Other M was released a long time after Fusion.
*An eight page manga of the game was released as part of Samus & Joey volume 1. It was titled Metroid Fusion Special Edition: Rebirth of Samus.
*The Japanese version of Fusion features Adult and Child Modes that use kanji or hiragana text, to make it easier or harder for children to read.
**The latter mode's endings are also the first source to imply that Ridley had been involved in the Space Pirate raid at K-2L. While Samus's backstory of the K-2L raid had been given as early as the Super Metroid comic from Nintendo Power, it never indicated that Ridley had previously been involved.
*After their pitch for an original Metroid game on the Wii U was rejected, MercurySteam pitched a remake of Metroid Fusion to Nintendo. Yoshio Sakamoto was impressed by their pitch, and while he did not want them to remake Fusion, he partnered with them to develop Metroid: Samus Returns, a remake of Metroid II: Return of Samus, for the Nintendo 3DS.https://psv4.userapi.com/c816339/u50977380/docs/079008a3f9c3/Game_Informer__September_2017.pdf?extra=Tl10Tbdu4zPIuauKc-XS_79lN9noFcQg7BHWzXsTzT5qI86SJQEEgKHYXuUOwWYBpPPtAPe4q71kFlreekhgsrHon_djDxDENUfBSjgWbw The secret ending of that game features an X Parasite infecting a Hornoad, leading into Fusion. Additionally, a harder difficulty mode featuring the Fusion Suit (fusion mode) is unlockable via amiibo. MercurySteam later partnered with Nintendo again to develop Metroid Dread, the sequel to Fusion.
:*Coincidentally, MercurySteam was founded in the same year that Fusion was originally released, 2002.Enric Álvarez (Enric_Alvarez). "I'd like to share something: It's 19 years from Metroid Fusion. But you know what also happened 19 years ago? We stablished MercurySteam and I can't help but freak out at the coincidence and not having realized about it until right now 😅" 2 October 2021 1:18 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/Enric_Alvarez/status/1444351015873126408
==Gallery==
:For artwork, see Metroid Fusion/Gallery.
===Box scans===
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Metroid Fusion French print ad.jpg|French variant of the ad.Time Extension (timeextension64). "French print ad for Metroid Fusion on the Game Boy Advance" 17 January 2023 4:56 p.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/timeextension64/status/1615468069459042306The French text reads: "You have no idea what awaits you in Metroid: Fusion, a completely new adventure for Samus Aran. Only the best will see the end. ¶ Metroid: Fusion. Be on your guard." (Source of translation)
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===Other===
Metroid Fusion E3-2002 title.png|The original Title Screen seen at E3-2002.
Metroid Fusion Debug Menu.png|A debug menu for Metroid Fusion, which is activated with an IPS patch or Action Replay cheat codes. The menu is used for equipping weapons, quick saving and changing in-game events.
Fusion Main Menu Background Screen.png|The background image of the Main Menu. A readout image displaying Sector 1 (SRX) and most of the B.S.L. layout.
NSO MF promo image.png|Nintendo UK (NintendoUK). "Experience classic 2D Metroid gameplay, as Samus Aran explores a massive research station in pursuit of the X Parasite! Metroid Fusion is now available on #NintendoSwitch for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members!" 9 March 2023 5:00 a.m. Tweet. https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1633769599371030528
Classic Games Postcard Set 1.png|Classic Games Postcard Set available through My Nintendo for 450 Platinum Points in 2024.
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My Nintendo classic postcards IG story.jpg|Instagram story for the postcards.
Classic Games Metroid Fusion Postcard 1.jpg|The postcard itself.
Classic Games Metroid Fusion Postcard 2.jpg|The back.
==Notes==
==References==
==See also==
*List of bosses in Metroid Fusion
*List of items in Metroid Fusion
*List of creatures on Metroid Fusion
*List of rooms in Metroid Fusion
*List of objectives in Metroid Fusion
*Metroid Fusion/Transcript
*Fusion Suit
*Fusion Suit Mechanics
*Metroid Fusion/Gallery
*Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
*Metroid Fusion: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
*Nintendo Official Guide Book for Metroid Fusion
*Metroid Fusion/Credits
*Metroid IV teaser
*Nintendo eShop - Metroid Fusion on the Wii U Virtual Console
*Metroid Fusion - Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online
*Metroid Official Site
*Yasuo Inoue
==External links==
*Gallery of merchandise
*Wikipedia article
*Title at Moby Games
*Title at Gamefaqs
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