The creature Metroid is a small, cell-like creature that can siphon the life energy out of any organism. It has 4 different stages: The first and most familar stage, Alpha, then three others: Beta, Zeta, and Omega. In Metroid Prime, two other forms were introduced: one kind had a long tentacle that it could use to attack you from afar, and the other split into two when you shot it, providing for quite a frustrating experience.
In the chronology of the fictional universe in which the Metroid games are set, the correct order for the games is as follows:
The music of the first game was composed by Hirokazu 'Hip' Tanaka.
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