Both for GBA (@Gi)
also imo:
Super > Zero Mission > MP3 > MP2 > Fusion > MP1 > Metroid 2 > Metroid > HIV-infected needles > Other M.
and yes, after playing all of the Primes again, I honestly do believe they got better as they went.
what? you think Prime 3 and 2 were better than 1? No way for me man, Prime 2's dark world was really so bland and boring... i loved prime 2 dont get me wrong but its my least favorite of the primes, i hated how you took damage walking around in the dark world and had to sit in light zones for over 9000 minutes trying to recover your life. prime 1 was just.. beautiful man. i have replayed it over 9000 times and i love it every time. i found it amazing how they transitioned to 3D and yet it still felt like super to me.
prime 3 i loved it but it was obvious nintendo was trying to bring in the casual crowd because there was so little exploration, you were always told what to do and where to go. i find the whole point of the metroid series is that feeling of isolation you get while exploring, and all the stuff you encounter along the way, and opening new pathways to move on. when i was younger i HATED scanning in the primes but now i find it actually interesting, i find myself scanning random things just for the hell of it, i think its cool.
my personal opinion:
Super > MP1 > ZM > MP3 > Fusion > MP2 > Other M > Metroid 2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NES Metroid
god i cannot stand NES Metroid it was awful IMO, i found that game effing impossible to make it far without the cheat codes.
Metroid 2 i actually have the game itself on gameboy, it was weird definitely, it was fun yeah but it wasnt too great really, i guess i just really hate the lack of a map in a game. if they were to remake metroid 2 ZM style id love it for sure.
i know other m gets a lot of hate and i definitely am not a fan of the cutscenes, or of how samus went from a badass assassin to a little bi
tch who has a monologue about everything and is obsessed with her former captain. it was so effing stupid when i was in the lava zone and like half way in adams like LOL I KNOW UR BURNING AND STUFF BUT U CAN USE UR VARIA NOW wtf samus why do u need his permission god.
otherwise though, honestly i find the gameplay engaging, i find myself getting lost much more often than i did in the other metroids, and i find it to be pretty creepy at times, i get a good feeling of isolation from it. definitely not as much as i did from super though, oh man super used to scare the **** out of me as a kid.