


There's one other bar it needs to clear before we can go all-in on the Samus Returns hyperbole, however, and that's the "Metroid remake" bar. As a return to form for the series, I'm comfortable declaring it "mission accomplished." As a redemptive effort for co-developer MercurySteam after the frankly abysmal Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate, Samus Returns might prove to be an even greater success.

Early word on the street - including both Kat's and my own - says that Metroid: Samus Returns offers an excellent adaptation of the rockiest of old-school Metroid games, Metroid II.
