Evolution of Metroid Title Screens/Start Screens/MainMenu 1986-2021 

Metroid II Theme: Oh you thought I was done huh

Me: Give me the keys Samus! Samus: I'm not drunk, just buzzed. I can drive just fine. Also Samus-- 7:51

Kinda wish Dread had an intro sequence and text that said "Metroid 5" like Super and Fusion had

It’s rare when Nintendo “Presents” something. A series they should really be proud of.

I love how seriously Nintendo takes Metroid.

You know it's truly Metroid when you hear those iconic 6 tones.

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.

0:21 Ah yes, my favorite planet in the Metroid universe, Zebeth. wait.

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

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!

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.

Bruh Metroid Prime 3 really knew how to make you feel like you was about to go through some shit lol

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

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

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?!

Metroid Prime 3 still gives me chills

I like how every Metroid game's theme is just a variation of the first game's theme, except for two games.

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.

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.

there's something about the choir voices in echoes and corruption that just SCREAM ominous sci-fi and i live for it

So much nostalgia with Metroid 2 Game boy screen. As a third-grader, that shit sticks to you forever!! I love it!!

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 have to say man Im BEYOND hyped

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.

Metroid fusion’s the best, it sounds like the old ones but with that dark and sinister sound playing on the back💀

Wish they put the "Metroid 5" from the trailer, like with Super and Fusion. It's just cool.

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.

Ugh the Prime Trilogy's is SO GOOD

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.

Metroid Prime file select music sounds like a Choir of Metroid singing lol

The zero mission menu theme is so good I love it

i love that the second part of Metroid NES' title screen theme is completely removed in the future games.

9:57 Hands down the best title theme

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

FUN FACT: The M on Mario's hat stands for Metroid.

I just noticed that they incorporated the Rundas fight music into the prime trilogy title theme

So cool Samus Returns preserved the original intro theme

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.

I love that metroid is one of the only series that did not have a rough transition to 3D

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.

Who here just loves Prime 2's theme?

When Metroid fans waited 8 years between Super and Prime…the entire 64 era…

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 music for the Prime games blows away all other music. 😃

Between Fusion and Dread for me, the scare factor those versions went for are amazing

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 ;)

Prime 2 has, hands down, the coolest title screen for ANY Nintendo game.

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.

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, I can see how much Super Metroid’s version of the theme influenced Dread

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 Prime is the best game of all time before Zelda OoT for me.

man... zero mission just hits different

Gotta hand it to Retro Studios, they really know how to make a title sequence .

6:20, la perfección, una canción que da igual las veces que la escuche, saca lo más profundo de mi.

The Trilogy theme feels almost like a Twilight Princess x Prime mashup

MP main menu tune never leaves my head. When I bought MPT and saw it wasn’t there, I was sad.

I love all the title screens! they totally fit their respective games! But dang the Prime ones are my favs haha!

I like the theme of metroid fusion the most

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

Samus Returns suddenly takes a very Bejeweled 2 route with its title theme. I'd never expect that. lol

Prime 1 and 2 are such great games. I hope 4 lives up to the legacy and surpasses expectations.

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.

i think i speak for everyone when i say that i almost cried on the dread start screen

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

Metroid Prime 3 title music SLAPS!

Super Metroid has the greatest theme of ALL Metroid games.

Dang Other M’s theme is actually sick

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).

Metroid Dread is just straight up horror music

Prime Trilogy has the best animation. Echoes has the best "Title introduction". But Prime has the best INTRO overall.

Zero Mission theme is magical

I underestimated the Metroid 2 theme, I thought it was that obnoxious note the whole time, my impatient ass

Prime 2 intro is just the best

The Into music for Prime on GC is definitely my favorite of the bunch

Damn metroid prime's theme is amazing!

Samus Returns and Super Metroid tie for me at the top. Runner up has to be Prime Trilogy.

Wish Nintendo had a simple text saying "Nintendo proudly presents, in collaboration with Mercury Steam: Metroid 5." 😁

The primes games had no right to slap that hard

cannot believe how hard metroid ii return of samus title screen goes, unbelievably hard tune right there

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.

The title screen from Super Metroid is still unbeaten. Immediately gives absolute Dread!

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.

MP2 isn't my favorite Metroid game, but that intro is my favorite intro for anything, ever.

15:43 - 16:15 Rundas battle theme Always I loved that part :')

The dread theme is literally the original but it is modernized and the positive part is gone.

The second song Return of Samus almost got me turned deaf. 🤣 And almost destroy my headphones As well... Thanks for such a great compilation...

Prime Trilogy theme is a fucking MEDLEY.

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...

For me fusion will always be the most impactful. It was my first game in the series. But aside from that it was so intriguing, the atmosphere was mysterious and eerie. And seeing Samus' ship explode was so unexpected!

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.

metroid fusion just gives me chills. what a vibe

My personal tier: 1- Metroid Prime · 4:32 2- Super Metroid · 3:07 3- Metroid Dread · 21:08

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!

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.

Man I forgot how chilling the theme of II was. Kinda fitting with how the game is about bringing about the extinction of a species that, in turn, has eradicated an entire planets ecosystem

Personally the Metroid Prime 2 theme is my favorite

That Metroid Prime 2 Echoes title screen was like a horror game when I was a kid... but I love it

Prime 1’s file select is one of the best songs ever

Prime 2 gives me instant chills