Editing Metroid Fusion (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 91.23%<ref>{{cite web|access-date=January 27, 2009 |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/516709-metroid-fusion/index.html |title=Metroid Fusion Reviews |publisher=Game Rankings |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303115554/http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/516709-metroid-fusion/index.html |archive-date=March 3, 2009}}</ref>
| Fam = 34/40<ref name="Famitsu" />
| MC = 92/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|access-date=January 3, 2009 |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/metroid-fusion/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance |title=Metroid Fusion |publisher=Metacritic |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123194019/http://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/metroid-fusion |archive-date=November 23, 2010}}</ref>
| EGM = 9.17/10<ref name=egm>{{cite magazine |title=Metroid Fusion |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |date=January 2003 |page=214}}</ref>
| EuroG = 9/10<ref name=eurogamer>{{cite web|access-date=January 4, 2009 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_metroidfusion_gba |title=Metroid Fusion |publisher=Eurogamer |date=November 26, 2002 |author=Bramwell, Tom |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804044430/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_metroidfusion_gba |archive-date=August 4, 2009}}</ref>
| GI = 10/10<ref name=gameinformer>{{cite magazine |title=Metroid Fusion |magazine=Game Informer |date=January 2003 |page=120}}</ref>
| GamePro = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=gamepro>{{cite magazine |access-date=January 4, 2009 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/27207/metroid-fusion/ |title=Metroid Fusion |magazine=GamePro |date=November 22, 2002 |author=Dingo, Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130144608/http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/27207/metroid-fusion/|archive-date=January 30, 2009}}</ref>
| GSpot = 8.6/10<ref name="gamespot">{{cite web |last1=Kasavin |first1=Greg |title=Metroid Fusion Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/metroid-fusion-review/1900-2897729/ |website=GameSpot |publisher=Red Ventures |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=November 15, 2002 |archive-date=February 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205031342/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/metroid-fusion-review/1900-2897729/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| GSpy = 88%<ref name=gamespy>{{cite web|access-date=January 4, 2009 |url=http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/november02/metroidfusiongba/ |title=Metroid Fusion (GBA) |publisher=GameSpy |date=November 20, 2002 |author=Turner, Benjamin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014172443/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/november02/metroidfusiongba/ |archive-date=October 14, 2008}}</ref>
| GRadar = 85%<ref name=gamesradar>{{cite journal |url=http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk:80/features/default.asp?subsectionid=205&articleid=64705&pagetype=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030123091956/http://gamesradar.msn.co.uk/features/default.asp?subsectionid=205&articleid=64705&pagetype=2 |title=Metroid Fusion |journal=GamesRadar |date=December 16, 2002 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| GameZone = 9.5/10<ref name=gamezone>{{cite web |access-date=January 4, 2009 |url=http://gameboy.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r20483_GBA.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014122224/http://gameboy.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r20483_GBA.htm |archive-date=October 14, 2008 |title=Metroid Fusion Review |publisher=GameZone |date=December 15, 2002 |author=Bedigian, Louis}}</ref>
| IGN = 9.5/10<ref name=ign>{{cite web |title=Metroid Fusion |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/12/metroid-fusion |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=November 12, 2002 |archive-date=March 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309111856/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/12/metroid-fusion |url-status=live}}</ref>
| NWR = 9.5/10<ref name="nwr">{{cite web |last1=Powers |first1=Rick |title=Metroid Fusion Review |url=https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/3986/metroid-fusion-game-boy-advance |website=Nintendo World Report |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=November 10, 2002 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906225846/https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/3986/metroid-fusion-game-boy-advance |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Play = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=play>{{cite journal |title=Metroid Fusion |journal=Play |date=December 2002 |page=92}}</ref>
| XPlay = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=xplay>{{cite web|access-date=January 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021124044735/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0%2C24330%2C3407842%2C00.html |archive-date=November 24, 2002 |date=November 22, 2002 |url=http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3407842,00.html |title='Metroid Fusion' (GBA) Review |work=X-Play |author=Urbanek, AM |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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''Metroid Fusion'' received "universal acclaim" according to [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name="metacritic" /> The Japanese magazine ''[[Famitsu]]'' gave it 34 out of 40.<ref name="Famitsu" /> ''[[X-Play]]'' said it was a "pleasure to play", and praised its "beautiful" graphics and audio.<ref name="xplay" /> ''[[IGN]]'' praised it as an "outstanding achievement on the [[Game Boy Advance]]".<ref name="ign" /> ''[[GamesRadar]]'' and ''[[GamePro]]'' felt that ''Fusion'' was too short, but "love[d] every minute of it", finding the hidden secrets and new power-ups "sublimely ingenious".<ref name="gamepro" /><ref name="gamesradar" /> ''[[GameSpot]]'' was disappointed that the game ended so soon, but said that ''Metroid'' fans would enjoy it.<ref name="gamespot" /> ''Nintendo World Report'' and ''[[Eurogamer]]'' called it the best 2D ''[[Metroid]]'' game and the best Game Boy Advance game so far.<ref name=eurogamer /><ref name=nwr /> ''[[Game Informer]]'' agreed, describing it as "everything you could want from a Game Boy Advance game" from beginning to end, giving it a perfect review score.<ref name=gameinformer /> ''[[Play (UK magazine)|Play]]'' described it as a "magnified, modified, and improved" version of everything great from ''Metroid'' and ''[[Super Metroid]]''.<ref name=play />

''GameSpot'' thought that ''Metroid Fusion'' offered ''Super Metroid''{{'}}s best qualities packaged in a new adventure.<ref name=gamespot /> Scott Pelland ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' heralded it as a return to the classic ''Metroid'' action gameplay.<ref name=np>{{cite magazine |title=Now Playing |magazine=Nintendo Power |date=December 2002 |page=212|volume=163|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> The "perfect" controls were praised by ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]''.<ref name=egm /> ''Fusion'' did not feel new to ''[[GameSpy]]'', which complained that even the final enemy encounter draws heavy inspiration from ''Super Metroid''.<ref name=gamespy /> ''GameZone'' found that the small screen of the Game Boy Advance was a poor environment in which to play ''Metroid Fusion'', but they found it an exciting game.<ref name=gamezone />

''Metroid Fusion'' received several accolades. It was awarded "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Mobile Game of the Year|Handheld Game of the Year]]" by the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] at the [[6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interactive.org/awards/2003_6th_awards.asp |title=2003 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards |publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=March 19, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023023559/http://www.interactive.org/awards/2003_6th_awards.asp |archive-date=October 23, 2010}}</ref> It was also chosen as "Best Game Boy Advance Adventure Game" by ''IGN''<ref>{{cite web|access-date=January 4, 2009 |url=http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/382/382682p1.html |title=Best of 2002: Game Boy Advance Adventure Title |publisher=IGN |date=January 14, 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007044823/http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/382/382682p1.html |archive-date=October 7, 2008}}</ref> and "Best Action Game on Game Boy Advance" by ''GameSpot'',<ref>{{cite web|access-date=January 4, 2009 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/gba6.html |title=Best Action Game on Game Boy Advance |publisher=GameSpot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203190705/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/gba6.html |archive-date=December 3, 2008}}</ref> which had named it the handheld's best game of November 2002 earlier in the year.<ref name=gotm>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030822180514/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/gotm/120702/index.html | url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/gotm/120702/index.html | title=''GameSpot''{{'}}s Game of the Month, November 2002 | author=((The Editors of ''GameSpot'')) | date=December 7, 2002 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=August 22, 2003 | url-status=dead}}</ref> It was a runner-up for ''GameSpot''{{'}}s annual "Best Sound", "Best Graphics", "Best Story" and overall "Game of the Year" awards among Game Boy Advance games.<ref name=bestworst2002>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207155400/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/ | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/ | title=''GameSpot''{{'}}s Best and Worst of 2002 | author=''GameSpot'' Staff | date=December 30, 2002 | work=[[GameSpot]] | archive-date=February 7, 2003 | url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2009, ''[[Official Nintendo Magazine]]'' called ''Fusion'' "sleek, slick and perfectly formed", ranking it the 62nd-best Nintendo game.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=7188 |title=100-81 ONM |magazine=[[Official Nintendo Magazine|ONM]] |access-date=September 9, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223134327/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=7188 |archive-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref>

===Sales===
''Metroid Fusion'' has sold over 1.6 million units worldwide.<ref name="whitepaper">{{cite book |title=2021CESAゲーム白書 (2021 CESA Games White Papers)|publisher=[[Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association]]|year=2021|isbn=978-4-902346-43-5}}</ref> In its debut week, ''Fusion'' sold more than 100,000 units in North America.<ref name=100k>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030207223006/http://www.jeuxvideo.com/whatsnew.htm?20021202 | url=http://www.jeuxvideo.com/whatsnew.htm?20021202 | title=Grosses ventes chez Nintendo | date=December 2, 2002 | author=Staff | work=[[Jeux Video]] | language=fr | archive-date=February 7, 2003 | url-status=dead}}</ref> It finished the month of November 2002 with 199,723 copies sold in the United States alone, for total revenues of {{USD}}5,590,768, making it the third best-selling Game Boy Advance game that month,<ref>{{cite journal|date=November 2002|title=Top 10 Selling Games for GBA|journal=NPD}}</ref> and the tenth best-selling game across all platforms.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Calvert |first1=James |title=November video game sales |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/november-video-game-sales/1100-2901969/ |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[Red Ventures]] |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=February 25, 2004 |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401185812/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/november-video-game-sales/1100-2901969/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It sold 940,000 copies by August 2006, with revenues of {{USD}}27 million. During the period between January 2000 and August 2006, in the United States it was the twenty-first highest-selling game for the Game Boy Advance, [[Nintendo DS]] or [[PlayStation Portable]].<ref name="nextgensales">{{cite web|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0|title=The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games|author=Keiser, Joe|date=August 2, 2006|work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052300/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0|archive-date=October 10, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of November 2004, ''Fusion'' had sold 180,000 units in Japan.<ref>{{cite journal|date=November 2004|title=Game Boy Advance Software Best Seller Ranking|journal=NPD}}</ref>