This Special Edition of Metroid: Samus Returns Looks Like a Game Boy Cartridge

This Special Edition of Metroid: Samus Returns Looks Like a Game Boy Cartridge

Surprising everyone at this year’s E3 event, Metroid: Samus Returns was revealed by Nintendo as a new Nintendo 3DS title launching later this year. The new game is a re-imagining of the Game Boy classic Metroid II: Return of Samus featuring updates to both gameplay and visuals. A recently announced Legacy Edition will bundle Samus Returns with a soundtrack CD of the sci-fi game’s atmospheric music. The European version of this package features a few additional goodies, but significantly plays up the adventure’s Game Boy origins as the game’s SteelBook case is shaped like a Game Boy cartridge.

This Special Edition of Metroid: Samus Returns Looks Like a Game Boy Cartridge

While supplies last, fans will also be able to purchase the Legacy Edition of the game which includes a physical version of the game, a Metroid II: Samus Returns download code for Nintendo 3DS, an old-style SteelBook, the Samus Archive sound-selection CD featuring 25 tracks from across the Metroid series, a gold ‘S’ Mark pin, a Morph Ball 3D keyring and a 40-page artbook.”

Metroid: Samus Returns will mark a return of the 2D platforming series innovated back in the 80’s and 90’s. Developer MercurySteam seems to have taken great care to stay true to the original game’s roots, a sentiment made more evident by the nolstalgarific Legacy Edition. The new Metroid adventure has been set for a September 15th, 2017 release, but pre-orders for the “Game Boy case” edition have not gone live yet. We’ll let you know here at Don’t Feed the Gamers as soon as anything changes.

Are you wowed by the Legacy Edition, or will you settle with getting the Game-Boyless version? Are you more excited for Metroid Prime 4 on the Nintendo Switch? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to follow DFTG on Twitter to be informed of the latest gaming and entertainment news 24 hours a day!

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Phone-browsing Wikipedia in one hand and clutching his trusty controller in the other, the legendary Eric Hall spreads his wealth of knowledge as a writer for Don't Feed the Gamers. Be sure to catch his biweekly "Throwback Thursday" segment for a nostalgic look at trivia from the past.

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