What order should I play Metroid?

What order should I play Metroid?
If that’s what you fancy doing, this is the order you’ll need to work to:

Metroid (1986, NES)
Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991, Game Boy)
Super Metroid (1994, SNES)
Metroid Fusion (2002, Game Boy Advance)
Metroid Prime (2002, GameCube)
Metroid: Zero Mission (2004, Game Boy Advance)

If that’s what you fancy doing, this is the order you’ll need to work to:
  1. Metroid (1986, NES)
  2. Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991, Game Boy)
  3. Super Metroid (1994, SNES)
  4. Metroid Fusion (2002, Game Boy Advance)
  5. Metroid Prime (2002, GameCube)
  6. Metroid: Zero Mission (2004, Game Boy Advance)