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Metroid Fusion
Metroid Fusion is a 2002 Game Boy Advance action-adventure game by Nintendo R&D1, also called Metroid 4. Samus, infected by the X parasite and cured with Metroid DNA, fights the SA-X in a more linear, story-driven Metroidvania; Metroid Dread is its direct sequel.
Metroid II: Return of Samus
Metroid II: Return of Samus (メトロイドⅡ RETURN OF SAMUS) is Nintendo's 1991/1992 Game Boy action-adventure in which Samus Aran exterminates the Metroids on SR388; it introduced the Spider Ball, Space Jump, and Plasma Beam, and was remade as AM2R and Metroid: Samus Returns.
Metroid Prime (メトロイドプライム)
Metroid Prime (メトロイドプライム) is Retro Studios' 2002 GameCube first-person Metroid adventure on Tallon IV, scoring 97 on Metacritic, remastered for Switch in February 2023 and followed by Metroid Prime 4: Beyond in 2025.
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004, GameCube) is Retro Studios' Metroid Prime sequel set on planet Aether and its toxic parallel dimension Dark Aether, featuring Light/Dark beam ammo, Dark and Echo Visors, Dark Samus, and series-first 4-player multiplayer.
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is a 2007 Wii first-person action-adventure by Retro Studios, the final Metroid Prime trilogy game, featuring Wii Remote pointer aiming, the PED Hypermode mechanic, Dark Samus, and a 90/100 Metacritic score.
Metroid Prime Hunters
Metroid Prime Hunters (2006) is a Nintendo DS first-person shooter by Nintendo Software Technology; Samus races six rival hunters (Trace, Weavel, Noxus, Spire, Kanden, Sylux) for ultimate power in the Alimbic Cluster, with stylus aiming and four-player Wi-Fi multiplayer.
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Metroid Prime: Federation Force is a 2016 cooperative first-person shooter for the Nintendo 3DS, developed by Next Level Games, in which players pilot Mechs as Galactic Federation marines.
Metroid: Other M
Metroid: Other M is a 2010 Wii action-adventure by Team Ninja and Nintendo, produced by Yoshio Sakamoto. First voiced Samus, third-person play with first-person Wii Remote aiming; Metacritic 79 critics, 6.7 users.
Metroid: Samus Returns
Metroid: Samus Returns is a 2017 Nintendo 3DS action-adventure game, a full reimagining of the 1991 Game Boy Metroid II: Return of Samus, developed by MercurySteam with Nintendo, adding melee counter, Free Aim, and Aeion abilities; Metascore 85.
Metroid: Zero Mission
Metroid: Zero Mission (メトロイド ゼロミッション) is Nintendo's 2004 Game Boy Advance remake of the original 1986 Metroid, directed by Yoshio Sakamoto, adding the Zero Suit stealth segment, Fusion connectivity, and the original Metroid unlock; Metascore 89.
Metroidvania
Metroidvania: a video game genre of interconnected, ability-gated worlds with backtracking, named for Metroid (1986) and Castlevania; template set by Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night, now led by indie hits like Hollow Knight and Silksong.
Mew (Pokémon)
Mew (Japanese: ミュウ) is a Mythical Psychic-type Pokémon, #0151 in the National Pokédex, secretly added to Pokémon Red and Green by programmer Shigeki Morimoto in 1996.
Mewtwo (ミュウツー)
Mewtwo is Psychic-type Legendary Pokémon No. 150. Cloned from Mew by scientists, it is the star of Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) and has Mega Evolutions.
Mick Gordon (composer)
Mick Gordon (Michael John Gordon) is an Australian video game composer and sound designer known for Doom (2016), Doom Eternal, the Wolfenstein reboots, Prey, and Killer Instinct; his distorted metal-electronic Doom scores won Game Awards and D.I.C.E. honors before a 2020 soundtrack dispute with id Software and Bethesda ended the collaboration.
Micro Machines
Micro Machines: Galoob's miniature toy vehicle line launched 1986 (11 themed sets, Clemens Hedeen concept, over $1 billion US retail sales), plus Codemasters' 1991 top-down racing game series set in oversized household environments; revived by Hasbro in 2020.
Microsoft Entertainment Pack
Microsoft Entertainment Pack, also known as Windows Entertainment Pack, is a series of casual game compilations Microsoft released for 16-bit Windows between 1990 and 1992, bundling games like Minesweeper, Tetris, and FreeCell.
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft Flight Simulator: long-running flight simulation series (debut 1982), now built by Asobo Studio, simulating Earth as a streamed digital twin from Bing Maps and Azure data; MSFS 2024 is the 12th release.
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 video game)
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) is an Asobo Studio/Xbox Game Studios flight sim released 18 August 2020 on PC, streaming a 2.5-petabyte Bing Maps digital twin of Earth via Azure, with live weather and air traffic; over 2 million users in six months.
Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX) is ACES Studio's 2006 Windows flight simulator, tenth in the series, with 24,000+ airports, SimConnect SDK, missions, and multiplayer; later revived as Prepar3D and FSX: Steam Edition.
Microsoft Solitaire Collection
Microsoft Solitaire Collection, released July 28, 2012 by Microsoft Game Studios and developed by Arkadium, bundles Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid, and TriPeaks with daily challenges and Xbox achievements; free with ads, Premium subscription removes them.
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is a 2014 open-world action-adventure game by Monolith Productions and Warner Bros., starring Talion and Celebrimbor, known for its patented Nemesis System and 2017 sequel Shadow of War.
Midnight Club
Midnight Club is a series of open-world urban street racing games developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games, running from Street Racing in 2000 to Los Angeles in 2008.
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Midnight Club: Los Angeles (MCLA) is a 2008 open-world street racing game by Rockstar San Diego, the series' fourth entry, for Xbox 360 and PS3 with LA Remix on PSP; Metacritic 81, the final Midnight Club game.
Might & Magic Heroes VII
Might & Magic Heroes VII (MMH7) is a 2015 Limbic Entertainment turn-based fantasy strategy game published by Ubisoft for PC, set in Ashan; Metascore 67, user score 4.9, buggy launch, community 7.5 mod, succeeded by Olden Era.
Might and Magic
Might and Magic is a first-person fantasy RPG series created by New World Computing in 1986, one of the foundational Western CRPG franchises alongside Ultima and Wizardry, now owned by Ubisoft with over 50 games including the Heroes of Might and Magic strategy spin-off.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, also MMPR: Rita's Rewind, is a 2024 Digital Eclipse arcade beat-'em-up published by Atari, released December 10, 2024, with a Robo Rita time-travel story, six-player co-op, and mixed reviews (Metascore 70).
Mighty No. 9
Mighty No. 9, Keiji Inafune's Kickstarter-funded spiritual successor to Mega Man, released June 21, 2016 by Comcept and Deep Silver; raised $3,845,170 from 67,226 backers but scored Metacritic 52.
Mii
Mii: Nintendo's customizable avatar system, name a portmanteau of Wii and me, debuting 2006. Characters built from facial features appear in Wii Sports, Mario Kart, Tomodachi Life, and Miitopia, stored on Wii Remotes and in Mii Maker.
Mikolai Stroinski
Mikolai Stroinski (Mikołaj Stroiński) is a Polish composer born in Nairobi, based in Los Angeles, co-composer of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and composer of Ethan Carter, Age of Empires 4, and Diablo Immortal.
Mileena
Mileena is a Mortal Kombat fighting-game character, debuting in Mortal Kombat II; originally a Tarkatan-hybrid clone of Kitana, later her twin sister in Mortal Kombat 1, briefly Kahnum of Outworld, and played by Sisi Stringer in the 2021 film.