When it comes down to Nintendo games in general two of the most popular games in the Metroid series that comes to mind are Super Metroid for the SNES and Metroid Prime which came out on GameCube. It’s debatable among many fans of the series on which games was more popular. Super Metroid for the SNES was met with critical acclaim and received strong reviews from various gaming publications such as IGN, Nintendo Life and others as being one of the best 2D action adventure of the 90’s. The visuals, graphics along with the atmosphere of Super Metroid has a lot to do with its appeal.

Metroid Prime which was released exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube back in 2002 was the long awaited sequel of Super Metroid. Since its release Metroid Prime has won a few “Game of the Year” awards from gaming entities such Edge, EGM, GameSpot and Nintendo Power in 2002. If one had to choose between the two games mostly Metroid Prime would have advantage of being a better game all around.