Super Metroid really earns the 'super' in its title

Where would the video game industry be without the likes of Metroid? So many games have copied many of the gameplay elements of the series, some  more blatantly than others. Not that that's a bad thing. Xbox Live Arcade title Shadow Complex from Chair Entertainment is perhaps the finest example of how to do the Metroid formula right. Much like Samus herself,  main character Jason Flemming gains new weapons and abilities as he progresses through the game, allowing new areas to be reached. Many people have coined this brand of gameplay Metroidvania, as Castlevania: Symphony of the Night also took the idea and ran with it.