Metroid: Other M
A part of the Metroid series, it features gameplay in both first- and third-person perspectives, and is the first installment of the franchise to feature melee attacks which could only be executed when an…
Metroid: Other M is an adventure developed by D-Rockets, released 31 August 2010 on Wii U and Wii. The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.
What Metroid: Other M is
Metroid: Other M is an adventure game developed by D-Rockets and released in 2010. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Wii.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the fictional chronology of the Metroid series, Other M is set between the events of Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. The story follows bounty hunter Samus Aran, who investigates a derelict space station along with a Galactic Federation platoon, which includes her former commanding officer, Adam Malkovich.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Metroid series
Metroid: Other M is the 30th of 50 entries we hold in the Metroid series. It arrived a year after Metroid Prime: Trilogy. The next entry was Nintendo Land in 2012. Its critic score of 78 is 4 points below the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Super Metroid at 100.
How it was received
Metroid: Other M holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 80 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 8 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Metroid: Other M launched on 31 August 2010, within three weeks of Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Metroid: Other M yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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