Evolution of Metroid Title Screens/Start Screens/MainMenu 1986-2021
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2021
- 00:00 - Metroid 1986
01:04 - Metroid 2 Return of Samus 1991
03:06 - Super Metroid 1994
04:31 - Metroid Prime 2002
07:06 - Metroid Fusion 2002
08:38 - Metroid Zero Mission 2004
09:56 - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 2004
12:01 - Metroid Prime Pinball 2005
12:58 - Metroid Prime Hunters 2006
13:19 - Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 2007
14:39 - Metroid Prime: Trilogy 2009
17:05 - Metroid: Other M 2010
17:43 - Metroid Prime: Federation Force 2016
18:46 - Metroid: Samus Returns 2017
21:08 - Metroid Dread 2021 - เกม
Metroid II Theme: Oh you thought I was done huh
Reminds me of Aliens
That's really how the game was too. "Oh, you thought you destroyed all 15 of them huh? Don't worry, I have another 85 for you."
Yeah, like who sat at the title screen long enough to hear that?
Me because it was such an amazing theme!
Me: Give me the keys Samus!
Samus: I'm not drunk, just buzzed. I can drive just fine.
Also Samus-- 7:51
LMAO
Samus: I'm not drunk, I'm just infected by a fucking space parasite
Samus: ...
Me: uhhhh samus??
Samus: *X begin to leak out of her suit*
Me: SAMUS WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO SAMUS
Samus: *literally unconscious and about to fucking die*
Me: HOLY SHIT SAMUS JUST MOVE THE SHIP ALREADY INTO THE MAIN SHIP WHAT THE FUCK-
This made me laugh so hard
Kinda wish Dread had an intro sequence and text that said "Metroid 5" like Super and Fusion had
its weird, cuz the trailer had it
Ye, one of the few things I wish were different about Dread.
It seems that some elements of the game were rushed.
Like the absence of volume control and the Credits scene which is rather lackluster.
@@daftcruz Dread? Rushed? Not at all.
@@ImDemonAlchemist I think some aspects of it were rushed.
The final areas are practically a boss rush and the credits are disappointing.
Combine that with the lack of extras and some scrapped bosses (such as Draygon who is present in the game but just in the environment), and you can easily see that it was rushed.
You know it's truly Metroid when you hear those iconic 6 tones.
@@thatonespooder1513lmao
Yea that’s typically what a theme does
As much as I love Prime’s title screen, Super Metroid just sets up the tone of the entire game in just a few screens. Dead bodies, the last Metroid in captivity, “Metroid 3”, the darker version of the original game’s theme.
It’s so cool.
The chirping of The Baby adds so much to it, too
@@sluttyMapleSyrup And Samus's breathing in her mask adds to the level of eeriness to it all. It's so atmospheric and really shows its Alien influence.
@@ndep93 what breathing?
@@novustalks7525 In the Super Metroid opening. Once the main theme and title screen kick in, you hear Samus's breathing in her suit. Sounds like Darth Vader.
@@ndep93 that's not her breathing
I love how seriously Nintendo takes Metroid.
How long did it take us to get an actual real new Metroid game, huh?
@@Pokerit as in, they really take their time to make a worthy game/they are willing to embrace Metroid’s “serious” tone
@@Pokerit They don't give Metroid enough attention but when they do give attention to Metroid the main games are always fantastic
@@JonathanPaspula couldn't have put it better
@@Pokerit Because people refuse to buy Metroid games enough. Even everyone’s baby Super Metroid sold poorly initially.
It’s rare when Nintendo “Presents” something. A series they should really be proud of.
I love this comment. I like how you see it, I guess I'd never seen the "Nintendo Presents" flavor text as a show of their pride in the quality of their product. Makes me think of the way they introduce Breath of the Wild on the first launch of the game, it truly feels like a cinematic experience.
@@GroundMemory thank you for your kind response this many months later. I’m doing well and alive and kicking. I appreciate you seeing something nice in my comment. Have a nice day wherever you are!
Reminds me of zelda minish cap, I didn't undetrsdand at first since it was the first time I noticed that on a nintendo game. Unique games.
Mother 1 has that too
Never thought of that presentation that way
anyone else find it cool how fusion and zero mission each have one half of the metroid 1 theme...?
with fusion having the more sinister half
while zero mission having the more uplifting half
ye
Yep, they’re my favorite themes out of all of them
Zero Mission has the sinister half after the uplifting half. This video just doesn't show it.
Yeah of course since Zero Mission is the remake of Metroid 1.
what on earth are you talking about
0:21 Ah yes, my favorite planet in the Metroid universe, Zebeth.
wait.
planet zebebebebebebebebebebe
The emergency order was given by Daffy Duck
@@nono974_fr5 PLANET ZEBRA
@@thekiss2083 thamuth, we've intercepted a dithtreth signal. we need you to get down there and check ith out
@@nono974_fr5planet zebra
I was today years old when I realised the four notes at 3:21 in the Super Metroid intro would later become the "puzzle solved" jingle in the Prime games. What a nice touch by Retro to reuse this obscure motif!
Wow! Good ears! Never noticed that!
If I'm not mistaken, Super Metroid and Metroid Prime have the same music producer, Kenji Yamamoto
While I do like all of these, there’s just something about the amazing and bombastic choir from the Prime games that gets to me. So I definitely can’t wait to see what Prime 4’s menu theme is like.
I'm gonna say that the prime games have the best tracks. I still have prime 2's title theme in my phone after many years.
You'll wait tho
@@AsecasJavi sadly yeah.
If they ever even release it.. Metroid Dread took literally ages so I highly doubt we'll see MP4 any time soon..
@@NLPhantom97 not the same team and this iteration of dread is from 2017 at its earliest
The prime games’ title music is probably all my favourite, with 2 and 3 being a tie for first because they’re both so epic but man, there is something about zero missions title theme that sounds so wondrous and mysterious and fun. Makes the child in me smile every time
Wholeheartedly agree
Prime 2 is my favorite
Zero Mission's title theme is the same as Metroid 1's.
@@LittleAl016 Well yeah, it's the remake to the original Metroid.
It really sets the mood well.
Bruh Metroid Prime 3 really knew how to make you feel like you was about to go through some shit lol
Same with Super, Fusion, Samus Returns, and Dread.
That's my first 3D Metroid and the first Metroid game I've bought. I don't know if it's my Wii that's old or if I'm too close to the screen (I have terrible eyesight) but for God's sake I can't aim. I'm left handed so I hold the remote with my left hand to have better control but my muscle memory to attack is on my right hand and vice versa with moving around. I don't have depth perception and I can't make a jump right.
Of course it's all due to the fact that I suck and I don't say I'm going through shit but....yeah I'd rather get chased to death by some Elon Musk creation with Mudder Instinct (or E.M.M.I. for short).
there's something about the choir voices in echoes and corruption that just SCREAM ominous sci-fi and i live for it
The way the original Metroid turns into the hopeful and nice tune after a bit of the main part tells us we're on a mission to save the galaxy. And by the time we reach Dread, it's telling us the Galaxy is in grave danger due to our meddling
Edit: also Prime 2 theme goes so hard and I'll love Prime 2 until the day I die
Been playing through Prime 2 again on my Gamecube and holy hell. I'm really glad the bosses in Dread aren't as bullshit as some of the bosses in Prime 2. xD
I don't really remember any of the bosses in Prime 2 giving me much trouble except for the Boost Guardian, but everyone agrees the Boost Guardian is bullshit.
@@doublex85 Boost guardian was bullshit only because of the constant health drain from the environment. It’s fairly straight forward besides that.
@@doublex85 Screw Boost Guardian. All the homies hate Boost Guardian.
Prime 2 is love, Prime 2 is life
Metroid Prime 3 still gives me chills
everyone is sleeping on Samus Returns' menu theme! the way it plays into the original theme, and yet still stays faithful to its predecessor's theme as well, even throwing in the sharp 8-bit gameboy hisses at the end along with a background melody from the original. genius.
Yeah! I really love that one ^^
it is really good. makes it baffling and disappointing to me that no original melody was composed for Dread's title screen like with M1 and 2
I like how every Metroid game's theme is just a variation of the first game's theme, except for two games.
which two games are those? 🤔
@@DjAether8 Metroid II and Prime 3.
@@andreavasquez4355 prime 2's wasn't a variation of it
@@duckway4733 It had it but it was on a guitar. I'm counting any theme that has any part of the song.
@@andreavasquez4355 oh shoot my bad lol. The way they used different instrument made me not recognize it.
I still can't believe that Prime was able to look so amazing on the GameCube 20 years ago... Wait, how can the GameCube even be 20 years old?!
Gamecube Master Race
and now it looks even better :)
@@abraham3673 can't wait to play it :D
I love how from Prime 3 onwards the title screens shifted to the logo superimposed over a planet. You could argue the trend started since the original/ZM but those are on the surface of the planet rather than the full body in the back ground.
I love the look of the titles over the planet each game takes place on/around.
Love how Dread kept it simple, dark and deep. Its like, hey we're not here to fuck around with this OST and put happy melodies. This shit has gotten real and dark.
Been playing Metroid since the original and already playing Dread for the 3rd time on Hard Mode.
I wish they had a third option to play or like a specific requirement each time you play to get something new. Or some kind of procedural level design that randomizes emmis and stuff. Also like an exact replica of metroid 1986's map with dreads graphics. God that would be so fucking cool
@@zevac I was thinking this last night when I was playing it over. New Game+ where it flips the map around in different parts. Items not hidden in the same areas, etc.
its too bad that the rest of the music in that game is totally non-memorable in any way
@@TheButtDr yeah :(
@@TheButtDr yeah, it's good at setting the mood but it's not melodic enough to be memorable.
The first Prime has the best title music. And the file select music for Prime is even better. Thanks for showing both. I remember being blown away by it the first time I played the game in the GameCube days.
Out of the Prime games, I like Prime 2 a tad more and I like the Trilogy menu the most, but I agree that Prime 1 had an amazing design and music. Showcasing the inner nucleus of the Metroid with a biological scan filter was an awesome idea. I love how Retro has designed most of their UI for the Trilogy, Corruption being the only exception.
Metroid fusion’s the best, it sounds like the old ones but with that dark and sinister sound playing on the back💀
Same here. It sounds like something evil yet horrific is lurking around, waiting
I loved Super for two reasons, that little chime it plays when “Metroid 3” types in and the face that you actually play through that title screen before Ridley.
So much nostalgia with Metroid 2 Game boy screen. As a third-grader, that shit sticks to you forever!! I love it!!
Its my favorite metroid game
Still in love with prime 2s theme.it just sounds so good to me. And the visual effects in the background of it just sell the atmosphere somehow.
Def the best game of the trilogy
@@connorhill8889 Prime 2 might be my favorite game ever. It sort of molded what I look for in single player games now. Also worth noting that it was my introduction to the Metroid franchise. The opening theme and torvis bog theme are my two favorite Metroid tracks.
Ugh the Prime Trilogy's is SO GOOD
The Super one is the best for me, the way they introduce us to the game, the Samus breathing sound and the Metroid sound in the capsule is just so inmersive
I love Metroid II's title screen. I wish more of Metroid could be that cold, desolate, and sad.
(Dread crying in the background)
Wish they put the "Metroid 5" from the trailer, like with Super and Fusion. It's just cool.
Metroid Prime file select music sounds like a Choir of Metroid singing lol
I like to think it's the lamentation of the Chozo, singing of their mistakes that lead to every single event in the Metroid series.
@@andreavasquez4355 I personally think it's something of a Chozo lullaby. There's something about that slow whistling that makes me think it's like something a Chozo (most likely Old Bird) would've sung to Samus to when she was little. The background instruments and choir make the song more upbeat and adventurous, reflecting how Samus has grown to be more courageous and mature as a bounty hunter who once served in the Galactic Federation Force, but still has strong memories and connections with the Chozo from her childhood.
@@alexandercorbett1147 Ooh, that sounds cool.
@@alexandercorbett1147 yo your explanation brought a tear to my eye. I think that'll be my headcanon from now on.
i love that the second part of Metroid NES' title screen theme is completely removed in the future games.
The zero mission menu theme is so good I love it
So cool Samus Returns preserved the original intro theme
I just noticed that they incorporated the Rundas fight music into the prime trilogy title theme
9:57 Hands down the best title theme
you're not lying
Preach 🔥
Agreed
Echoes is underappreciated. I enjoyed it the most of the primes
Metroid Prime Trilogy, Prime 2, and Prime 3 are my favorites.
Prime Trilogy's is just downright epic. Prime 2 has a dark and yet "let's do this!" vibe to it. As for Prime 3, it screams THE final game of the trilogy.
Original Metroid theme is still the best for me. I still remember the day my dad bought it for me, and how the theme just slapped me in the face the second I hit that Power button on my NES. After that though, the simple dark nature of the Dread theme simply rocks.
It is certainly very very iconic and paved the way for all the other titles themes to borrow from that initial motif. I love it too, might be the bias kicking in, but there's just something about it that takes to a place and time whene you were happy, you know? Same with Zero Mission's. It's wondorous and nostalgic.
I love that metroid is one of the only series that did not have a rough transition to 3D
Zelda?
@@jadude119 Mario as well?
Cause there was no N64 Metroid game, by the time Prime came out on the GameCube, the technology was more understood.
Gotta hand it to Retro Studios, they really know how to make a title sequence .
Metroid Prime is the best game of all time before Zelda OoT for me.
Prime 2 has, hands down, the coolest title screen for ANY Nintendo game.
Agreed 👍
When Metroid fans waited 8 years between Super and Prime…the entire 64 era…
When Metroid fans waited 11 years been Other M and Dread
When Metroid fans waited 19 years between Fusion and Dread
@@BenSchappacher Metroid 6 2030
They teased us with rumors and only got to play as Samus in Super Smash Bros.
@@mackay700 well let’s hope it’s not 2040 xD another 19 year gap isn’t something we wish
The music for the Prime games blows away all other music. 😃
Of most games even
It sounds generic to me.
Am I literally the only person who absolutely loses their shit for Zero Mission and think it’s the absolute best rendition of the Metroid theme??
The original is still my favorite going back to 1987 when I was 8. Thanks to the commercials, I wanted that game so bad and had a few friends that had it. I didn't get my cart until 1989.
My oldest brother's friend let us borrow it around 1988. I got so into it, I believe as a 8 year old I was able to understand the exploration a bit better due to Kid Icarus since I played that one before Metroid.
Who here just loves Prime 2's theme?
ME!
ME!
You are definitely not alone! It's absolutely legendary!
Me.
Ah yes. Metroid Zero on the gameboy. No bills and so much free time I had. Now I barely got time but when I do, I’m playing Dreed. So far the game is absolutely amazing! Brings back some good old sweet memories ;)
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I played the demo of Metroid dread and I hate it. 😅
Super Metroid sets up that “dreadful” feeling the best. Zero Mission invokes the most nostalgia-like feelings. Prime 2’s title screen just straight up bangs and imo has the “coolest” presentation.
man... zero mission just hits different
I think my favorite has to be between Prime 2 and Prime 3. NEStroid is also beautiful, that's where it all started. love them all.
My interpretation of all themes:
NES Metroid: Intimidating and overwhelming, yet hopeful.
Metroid II: Creepy, weird, fear of the unknown. A very important, yet dangerous mission ahead.
Super Metroid: Foreboding, intense, impactful. Immediately sets the tone.
Prime: Twisted, organic, cautious, mysterious. Represents the dangers of space.
Fusion: Tense, suspenseful, scary. This is where metroid really embraces a little bit of those horror elements with the music.
Zero Mission: Nostalgic, glorious, uplifting first and then the intimidation afterwards. Reverse of what NEStroid did.
Prime 2: Serious, grounded, setting up the challenge. Neither intimidating nor hopeful, just a ''get ready, shit is about to get serious''.
Prime Hunters: To the point, creepy, danger approaching.
Prime 3: Finality, closure, bombastic, choir resembles the end of the trilogy. ''This is it'', it's now or never.
Prime Trilogy: A celebration, a homage, a tribute. Very impactful and determined.
Other M: Represents the emptyness of space. Very subtle and lonesome.
Federation Force: Don't know what to make of this one, sounds like music that would play for a batman animated series intro. lol
Samus Returns: Fear of the unknown yet again, just like the original. Now it has a transition with subtlety, followed by grandeur. Represents the baby and the severity of the mission.
Dread: No more playing around, legitimately worrysome, either we fulfill the mission or the universe perishes. grade A level threat.
metroid 2 was one of the first video games i ever played, and it took me till 2022 to actually hear the entire title track, i didn't know it had actual music in it
MP main menu tune never leaves my head. When I bought MPT and saw it wasn’t there, I was sad.
I like the theme of metroid fusion the most
Metroid Dread is just straight up horror music
I love all the title screens! they totally fit their respective games!
But dang the Prime ones are my favs haha!
i think i speak for everyone when i say that i almost cried on the dread start screen
The Trilogy theme feels almost like a Twilight Princess x Prime mashup
The Into music for Prime on GC is definitely my favorite of the bunch
same
MP2 isn't my favorite Metroid game, but that intro is my favorite intro for anything, ever.
Prime 2 intro is just the best
Wish Nintendo had a simple text saying "Nintendo proudly presents, in collaboration with Mercury Steam: Metroid 5." 😁
I loved the super metroid theme still give me goosebumps when I hear it even now. It was my all time favourite game and introduction to the series
I underestimated the Metroid 2 theme, I thought it was that obnoxious note the whole time, my impatient ass
Prime Trilogy theme is a fucking MEDLEY.
Thank you for this upload lol, love this series so much. Enjoying Dread hella lot. Making me remember the good old days on Fusion and Zero Mission. I suck at the originals 🤣🤣🤣
Damn metroid prime's theme is amazing!
Prime 1 and 2 are such great games. I hope 4 lives up to the legacy and surpasses expectations.
I hope nintendo releases a prime trilogy for switch, cuz I've never played prime 3 and I really wanna.
I’d disagree with 2, but yes, 4 has some massive shoes to fill from 1 and 3
@@theplinko9840 2's my favorite prime. I liked the dark atmosphere.
I simply can't pick a favorite, but Metroid 2's title really gets me. It starts off mysterious and almost off putting with these distant screams instead of a melody for a while, then this subtle and calm melody hits you which makes you feel kind of emotional about the important mission that Samus is going to do. Then finally, this intense track hits you that makes you feel both encouraged and uneasy, but also makes you realize that the job is to kill every single mission. You are here on a very dangerous mission to do a massacre.
The mixture of positive and negative feelings at the same time makes it such a great setup for the game (which is also pretty underrated I must say).
Dang Other M’s theme is actually sick
It gets better if you unlock *alternate theme* . 😔👌
Samus Returns and Super Metroid tie for me at the top. Runner up has to be Prime Trilogy.
Zero Mission theme is magical
The second song Return of Samus almost got me turned deaf. 🤣 And almost destroy my headphones As well... Thanks for such a great compilation...
Between Fusion and Dread for me, the scare factor those versions went for are amazing
Prime Trilogy has the best animation.
Echoes has the best "Title introduction".
But Prime has the best INTRO overall.
FUN FACT:
The M on Mario's hat stands for Metroid.
Metroid Prime 3 title music SLAPS!
The title screen from Super Metroid is still unbeaten.
Immediately gives absolute Dread!
oooh reference
My favorite openings are the Prime trilogy. Not only was Prime my first Metroid game, the title screen opening are so cinematic and the music captures the tone of the game. The music alone made appreciate music scores in general.
cannot believe how hard metroid ii return of samus title screen goes, unbelievably hard tune right there
Yeah the remake music was pretty disappointing in comparison.
The primes games had no right to slap that hard
Samus Returns suddenly takes a very Bejeweled 2 route with its title theme. I'd never expect that. lol
My favorites are between prime 1 or 2, but I love the music in that prime trilogy title screen tho, my god, it's so good.
I swear, even among Prime series, Metroid Fusion stands off from every other title, and that's a huge feat keeping in mind we're talking about a freakin Metroid title, a series that doesn't precisely lack quality.
Super Metroid has the greatest theme of ALL Metroid games.
I would actually it's title screen is one of the weakest in the serie. The soundtrack overall is one of the best tho. My favorite title theme is Echoes.
Thats a weird way of spelling echoes.
Weird way of spelling Zero Mission.
Weird way of spelling Prime.
No. Zero mission dread and the prime games are better. Even metroid 2
The dread theme is literally the original but it is modernized and the positive part is gone.
Fusion basically aswell, and super.
Basically every theme is a remix of the first one. Aside from Federation Force and II
Damn, I can see how much Super Metroid’s version of the theme influenced Dread
Personally the Metroid Prime 2 theme is my favorite
Prime 2 is straight _bangin_ but all the Prime games have fire menu themes. And Dread... just wow. So good
Super Metroid's is so fucking good at setting the mood of that particular game! You know what you're getting into..
However, my favourite is definitely Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. At the time of release, it was stated to be the end of a trilogy of games I'd followed since I was a lot younger, so hearing that title theme gave me chills. it's so fucking epic and I just LOVE it. Even replaying it recently, I still got chills hearing that theme again. So fucking epic.
And man, they REALLY put the Dread in the Metroid Dread title rendition. It's so POWERFUL and takes a note out of the Prime Trilogy's book with some of its background ambiance. really helps to set the tone of the game, maybe even better than Fusion did (and that game also did a really good job!) I also actually really like the Other M theme too, as much as I didn't like the story much, I do like how the theme hints at a more personal/intimate adventure with the soft piano rendition of the theme; I think it fits that game well!
metroid fusion just gives me chills. what a vibe
Mr fr
Metroid Fusion is the best so far & also when you start the game from a check point those samples sounds just beatifull 🤩 DU du Du do do...
15:43 - 16:15 Rundas battle theme
Always I loved that part :')
Such a good motif to use for the trilogy track! Works so well
Seeing them all in sequence, the Prime title sequences and themes all are SO different from the mainline games. But god damn - they are so good that they are instantly seared into your memory forever. I can't wait to see and hear Prime 4
GOOD NEWS
Nothing beats Metroid Prime 2's presentation
What a short and succinct theme for a video game series. Kinda crazy to think it was written in the 80's and is still being used for the games to this very day. My top 2 are Dread and Super metroid, its really difficult to decide between them because to me they conveying different feelings. Dreads sounds more daunting with the banging percussion..like this is going to be samus' toughest mission yet. While Super M sounds more mysterious and alive with the kindof crashing or breathing sound in the background. Theyre both good at what they're intended, id say Super metroid comes across a far more unnerving.
It's between Fusion's theme and Dread for me
Metroid Prime best title theme
The Prime Trilogy is the main reason I wish I still had my Wii U. Best damn deal ever. I sure hope it makes its way to the Switch.
Edit: Wow, can we talk about the classic Metroid II sound they used in the Samus Returns intro music? That nostalgia polish... 😍
i still own the console and i wont stop using it until nintendo makes a good gamecube and gameboy advance support wii u is really the best u can do anything with if u play with the homebrew stuff
yeah the music is really nice
It's impressive how Metroid Prime 4 was revealed as in-development almost 6 years ago.
While the ENTIRE Metroid Prime 1-3 were developed and released in a span of less than 6 years.
As much as I love Fusion, Zero Mission, Samus Returns, and Dread, Super Metroid remains the magnum opus for me, and my absolute favorite in the series. Call me biased, I was 10 when Super Metroid first came out and was practically raised on it. But I still look to Super Metroid as the definitive game in the series. And I love the music in Super Metroid the most.