Metroid Fusion – Consumer Guide

According to ESRB, this game contains: Violence

Parents have little to worry about with Metroid Fusion. Sex, drugs and profanity are not an issue, and while much of the game revolves around shooting various life forms, the targets are always malevolent aliens, and the deaths are not graphic or exploitative.

Fans of the Metroid series will likely find Metroid Fusion to be a mixed bag. The Metroid atmosphere and controls are intact, but the open-ended exploratory nature of the first three games has been replaced by rigidly controlled missions.

Casual gamers should get a kick out of Metroid Fusion because it's a well-crafted game with beautiful graphics and an in-game "chaperone" to prevent the player from getting lost. It can easily be completed in under six hours.

Female gamers will appreciate the amount of personality that Samus Aran demonstrates in this game. For the first time, she actually communicates and shares her feelings with the gamer, demonstrating that she is an assertive and level-headed heroine. Samus has certainly come a long way from her green-haired, bathing-suit wearing beginnings.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing gamers will not have any problems. No puzzles are audio-based, and the plot is presented entirely as text.