Metroid Database.com

Among the three North American Club Nintendo rewards that were added Monday, including a Giant Mii AR Card that's capable of displaying a life-size Samus Mii, they also included an Other M screensaver that features some of the promotional character artwork from the game. It joins the Mario and Dragon Quest screensavers, which are also available for 10 Club Nintendo coins. The Other M screensaver dynamically displays a nebulous plasma-type effect in the background, and alternates between six renders: the title logo, three of Samus, and one each for Adam and Anthony. Anyone hoping for a more varied screensaver with the rest of Platoon 07 might want to consider making their own custom slideshow.

In other news, Nintendo Europe recently launched a Metroid web hub that provides short descriptions and quick access to all of their existing Metroid pages. This unfortunately means that Metroid II is still absent on the list, but we're hoping that the Game Boy title will be given a Virtual Console release soon...perhaps in time for its 20th anniversary later this year. There is no indication whether this website update might be part of any wider plan to mark Metroid's 25th, but if NOA follows suit, it would be reminiscent of Zelda's centralized web hubs, which were also launched this year.

--Aurora Unit