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Yeah, that boss's name is Gohma. A lot of different forms of that boss have appeared in the games, including the first boss in WW and the 6th boss in TP. I'm, pretty much the opposite of you Pokeman, I love all the 3D Zelda games (including the DS ones, though they are kind of in-between 2D and 3D), but I haven't beaten a 2D one yet. I'm about halfway through ALttP, which I enjoy, and I have the original Zelda on VC but I haven't made any progress. >.<
Regarding Super Metroid, it is largely considered the best in the series of great games, though I personally think the Wii version ofP1 is a tad better. It's still definitely in 2nd place for me and I would tell anyone to buy it anyday; I have played through it three times, my speedrun record is approximately 2 and a half hours with I don't remember what %, but more than 50% for sure.
EDIT: Gah, this thought of Metroid Prime makes me wanna replay it so badly, but I'm still in the very difficult process of 100%-ing Echoes on Hypermode difficulty, which I have already done with Prime 1 and plan to do with Corruption...