Editing Metroid Fusion (section)

==Release==
''Metroid Fusion'' was released in North America on November 18, 2002.<ref name="gamespot-handson">{{cite web |access-date=February 6, 2016 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hands-onmetroid-fusion/1100-2878169/ |title=Hands-on Metroid Fusion |date=August 22, 2002 |last=Varanini |first=Giancarlo |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519114140/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hands-onmetroid-fusion/1100-2878169/ |archive-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref> ''Fusion'' can be connected to ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' for the [[GameCube]], a ''Metroid'' game that was released on the same day as ''Fusion''. In Europe, ''Fusion'' was released on November 22,<ref>{{cite web |title=Metroid Fusion |url=https://www.gamespot.com/games/metroid-fusion/ |website=GameSpot |publisher=Red Ventures |access-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-date=June 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617130828/https://www.gamespot.com/games/metroid-fusion/ |url-status=live}}</ref> followed by the Australian release on November 29.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nintendo.com.au/gba/games/metroidfusion.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030808161906/http://nintendo.com.au/gba/games/metroidfusion.php|archive-date=August 8, 2003|title=Metroid Fusion|publisher=[[Nintendo Australia]]|access-date=August 10, 2009}}</ref> It was released in Japan on February 14, 2003,<ref name="Famitsu">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=9975 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020122024/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=9975 |url-status=live |access-date=October 10, 2015 |archive-date=October 20, 2015 |script-title=ja:メトロイドフュージョン まとめ [GBA] |language=ja |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |publisher=[[Kadokawa Corporation]]}}</ref> and in China on March 2, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ique.com/games/G_yoshi_metroidrh.htm |script-title=zh:《耀西岛》《密特罗德-融合》3月2日携手上市！|publisher=iQue |access-date=March 1, 2006 |language=zh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610221729/http://www.ique.com/games/G_yoshi_metroidrh.htm |archive-date=June 10, 2010}}</ref>

A two-disc soundtrack album, ''Metroid Prime & Fusion Original Soundtracks'', was published by [[Scitron]] on June 18, 2003. The second disc contains tracks from ''Fusion'', along with an additional track arranged by [[Shinji Hosoe]].<ref>{{cite web|title=''Metroid Prime & Fusion Original Soundtracks''|url=http://www.squareenixmusic.com/albums/m/metroidprime.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119085801/http://www.squareenixmusic.com/albums/m/metroidprime.shtml|archive-date=November 19, 2010|access-date=October 10, 2015|work=Square Enix Music Online}}</ref>

''Metroid Fusion'' was released on the [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Virtual Console]] in December 2011 as part of the "3DS Ambassadors" program, one of ten Game Boy Advance games for those who purchased their 3DS consoles before a price drop.<ref name="Ambassadors">{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-14-nintendo-3ds-ambassador-gba-games-out-friday |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518032622/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-12-3ds-ambassador-entry-still-possible |title=3DS Ambassador entry still possible |first=Tom |last=Phillips |work=[[Eurogamer]] |date=December 14, 2011 |access-date=August 5, 2017 |archive-date=May 18, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Metroid Fusion'' was among the first three Game Boy Advance games to be released on the [[Wii U]] Virtual Console in April 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hinkle |first1=Dave |title=Wii U Virtual Console gets first Game Boy Advance games in April |url=https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-13-wii-u-virtual-console-gets-first-game-boy-advance-games-in-april.html |website=Engadget |publisher=Verizon Media |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=February 13, 2004 |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609174800/https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-13-wii-u-virtual-console-gets-first-game-boy-advance-games-in-april.html |url-status=live}}</ref> It was released on the [[Nintendo Classics]] service in March 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=2023-03-03 |title=Metroid Fusion joins Nintendo Switch Online next week |language=en-gb |work=[[Eurogamer]] |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/metroid-fusion-joins-nintendo-switch-online-next-week |access-date=2023-03-03 |archive-date=March 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303141321/https://www.eurogamer.net/metroid-fusion-joins-nintendo-switch-online-next-week |url-status=live}}</ref> A sequel, ''[[Metroid Dread]]'', was released in 2021 for the [[Nintendo Switch]].<ref name="dread">{{cite news |last=Myers |first=Maddy |date=2021-06-15 |title=Everything we know about the gameplay and story of Metroid Dread |work=Polygon |url=https://www.polygon.com/e3/22535295/metroid-dread-2d-gameplay-story-lore-reveal-e3-2021-nintendo-treehouse |access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref>