Super Metroid GBA Edition v4.0 – Super Metroid Rebuilt in Zero Mission Engine | GBA

Super Metroid GBA Edition v4.0 – The Full Super Metroid Experience, Rebuilt in Zero Mission
Super Metroid – GBA Edition is not a port of the SNES classic. It’s something more ambitious: a total conversion of Metroid: Zero Mission by The Brothers Crafters that recreates Super Metroid’s Zebes entirely within the Zero Mission engine — maps, environments, items, enemies, and structure all rebuilt from the ground up to bring the 1994 SNES game to the GBA in a form that was never officially possible.
The Zero Mission engine brings its own character to the experience. Samus moves with ZM’s tighter, more responsive feel, and the GBA hardware renders Zebes at handheld scale with the visual adjustments needed to make the transition work. Version 4.0 (September 2021) represents the most complete and polished build of a project that has been refined across multiple releases since its initial debut.
It’s worth distinguishing this from the store’s other Brothers Crafters title, Super Metroid Revamp v2.0 — that one improves the actual official Nintendo GBA port of Super Metroid, fixing its known issues and upgrading its tilesets. GBA Edition is a different beast entirely: a full engine transplant that asks what Super Metroid would have felt like if it had been built natively for the GBA in Zero Mission’s framework.
For anyone who has exhausted the official GBA Metroid catalogue and wants to experience Zebes in a new way on original hardware, GBA Edition is the place to start.
Credits: The Brothers Crafters
🎮 Compatible with: Game Boy Advance · GBA SP · DS · Game Boy Micro
✅ Available in 6 shell colors: Clear Green, Gray, Red, Clear Blue, Green, Clear Red