Metroid II: Return of Samus

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Metroid II: Return of Samus
American Boxart
Developer	R&D1 Intelligent Systems
Publisher	Nintendo
Release Date(s)	January 20, 1992 [NA] January 21, 1992 [JP] May 21, 1992 [EU]
Rating	Open, K-A (Kids to Adult)

Metroid II: Return of Samus is the second released game in the Metroid Series, but the sixth game in the series timeline. Metroid II is the first (and only) developed for the Gameboy by Intelligent Systems and R&D1.

In this portable adventure, Samus Aran is sent, by the Galactic Federation, to the Metroid homeplanet, SR-388, in an effort to exterminate the Metroids before they can be adapted as weapons by the Space Pirates. Throughout the game, Samus nearly eradicates the entire Metroid population which exist in various forms such as the common jelly-fish like to a larger lizard-like Metroid. After destroying the Metroid Queen, Samus, on her way to the planet's surface, witnesses the hatching of a Metroid which follows her to the gunship and leads to the story of Super Metroid.

Credits

Role	Name
Producer	Gunpei Yokoi
Director	Hiroyuki Kimura
Director	Hiroji Kiyotake
Main Programmer	Takahiro Harada
Programmer	Isao Hirano
Programmer	Masao Yamamoto
Programmer	Masaru Yamanaka
Graphic Design	Hiroyuki Kimura
Graphic Design	Hiroji Kiyotake
Program Assistant	Yuzuru Ogawa
Program Assistant	Nobuhiro Ozaki
Sound Programmer	Ryohji Yoshitomi
Design	Takehiko Hosokawa
Design	Yasuo Inoue
Design	Makoto Kanoh
Design	Masafumi Sakashita
Design	Tomoyoshi Yamane