Metroid is the first game in the Metroid series of video games. It was released first for the Famicom Disk System on August 6; 1986; and later for the Nintendo Entertainment System in August 1987 (North America) and on January 15; 1988 (Europe). It was released again for the the Wii Virtual Console on July 20; 2007 (Europe) and August 13; 2007 (North America).The game was produced by one of Nintendos most prolific game and hardware designers; Gunpei Yokoi; and was directed by Yoshio Sakamoto. The games music was composed by Hirokazu Hip Tanaka.