It's amusing, then, that Super Metroid didn't actually make it nearly as big as other video games on the Super Nintendo.

a Super Nintendo game Super Metroid is short.

It still managed to become a best seller on the Super Nintendo (even earning the "Best of..." Golden Label), but it never garnered the sales that games such as Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda

There were, of course, tons that were focused on story (an RPG gambit hit the Super Nintendo and it was huge).

And depending on who you ask, Super Metroid is quite possibly the greatest and most memorable Super Nintendo game ever made

Depending on who you ask, the Super Nintendo was the "Golden Age of Gaming."

Gameplay wise, maybe younger generations will not care for it, but this is one of the Top 10 2-D action side scrollers of all time