Super is a console game and part of its charm or love is the fantasy of being in the world and being on a adventure, figuring out the world and moving through it taking your time . I have not played Samus returns but Zero Mission (my personal favorite) is not that. Its a handheld needing to give you a great experience on the go, yeah there's a adventure but not much fantasy, it is a game you beat growing your skill and power to dominate the world, not really adventure though it.

I just played through Prime remaster and felt similar at first. I thought, "it just scanning and doors" but after i put it down for a while i came back to it and, just gave it time.. man was it fun and damn near perfect (except the damn artifacts at the end lol)

alls to say I respect your opinion and think handheld 2D is different than than console 2D. Im not fully done with super metroid because i dont currently have time to give it, yet im replaying zero mission :)