Starting tomorrow, May 15, Metroid fans in America will be able to download Super Metroid on the Wii U Virtual Console, thanks to the Famicom 30th Anniversary campaign, releasing in Europe a day later, on May 16. It will be available until June 12 for the low price of 0.30 (of whatever currency you shop in) and will then remain on sale for the standard price of SNES games through the service.

Us at Shinesparkers are promoting a campaign to go along with the game’s Virtual Console release. Our goal is to ask Nintendo for a new Metroid game on Miiverse, following these steps:

1. Load up Miiverse, navigate to COMMUNITIES on the left hand side and select “AMERICAS” from the drop down menu.

2. Navigate to the Super Metroid Miiverse community on Wii U

3. Create a new comment and type the following message:

“Dear Nintendo, I am a Metroid fan and I would love a brand new Metroid title for Wii U and 3DS!”

4. Check that your comment fits within the 100 character limit and then submit your post to Miiverse. While we ask that you don’t spam Miiverse and risk yourself getting banned, continued support throughout the campaign would be greatly appreciated.

Please check out the Facebook event with all the details!

UPDATE: Super Metroid is now available in the Japanese and North American eShops. The Miiverse community should be up soon, so prepare your posting cannons!

In March, Blake Robinson released Super Metroid Symphony, an album containing orchestrated arrangements of all of Super Metroid’s soundtrack. If you haven’t yet bought it and don’t know if you should, check out Naner’s review of it right here!

Blake Robinson released earlier today his latest project, Super Metroid Symphony. It’s a 30-track album containing orchestrated arrangements of all of Super Metroid’s amazing soundtrack. You can listen to previews from all the tracks at its official website or pick it up for $10 at iTunes or Loudr. Stay tuned for Shinesparkers’ official review of the album next week!

Today also marks the 19th anniversary of Super Metroid’s release in Japan. Cheers for one of the greatest games of all time!

Ryo Nagamatsu, composer for Wii U’s debut game Nintendo Land speaks about his work on Nintendo Land and his approach for each of the twelve attractions, including Metroid Blast. In an interview with Jayson Napolitano at Destructoid, Nagamatsu talks about why he decided on an orchestral approach to the music and how he hopes the music will help players lose themselves in the mini game.

“Metroid Blast is the most complex attraction in Nintendo Land, one that gives you a really full-on action experience. I gave the music an orchestral arrangement for an epic, flamboyant sound, something that made you feel you were playing inside an enormous space.”

“The chorus you hear in the arrangement of Super Metroid’s ‘Lower Norfair’ music is composed entirely with my own voice, without any processing.”

“There’s a lot of original music here, too, songs that retain that grand sort of Metroid impact. I hope it’ll help players really lose themselves as they’re thrown into battle inside this massive space!”

To hear more from Ryo Nagamatsu about his work on Nintendo Land, check out “An aural tour with the composer of Nintendo Land” in a three part interview over at Destructoid!

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Source: Destructoid

European 3DS owners can now purchase two Metroid games at a reduced price thanks to Nintendo’s Video Game Hero sale. Every week, games in a particular franchise are discounted, and until the 20th December, Metroid NES can be purchased at £3.19 (€3.49) and Metroid II: Return of Samus at £2.69 (€2.99) from the 3DS eShop.

If you haven’t bought these two classic Metroid games yet, be sure to grab them while they’re at this reduced cost!