| Metroid Prime | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Retro Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Year released | 2002 |
| System(s) | Nintendo GameCube |
| Followed by | Metroid Prime 2: Echoes |
| Series | Metroid, New Play Control! |
| Genre(s) | FPS, Metroidvania |
|---|---|
| Players | 1 |
| Modes | Single player |
| Rating(s) |       |
| Metroid Prime | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Retro Studios |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Year released | 2009 |
| System(s) | Wii |
| Metroid Prime Remastered | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Retro Studios |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Year released | 2023 |
| System(s) | Nintendo Switch |
After seven long years, Nintendo's most famous bounty hunter finally returned in Metroid Prime. This game took the traditional 2D side-on view of previous Metroid games and dragged it kicking and screaming into the 3D world. Sporting amazing graphics, a musical score to kill for and some of the most intense and involving gameplay on the GameCube, Metroid Prime was an instant classic and is still loved by gamers everywhere.
It was later updated for the Wii as part of the New Play Control! series, although this version was not released outside Japan until the Metroid Prime Trilogy release.
Development[edit | edit source]
At first, Prime was supposed to be for the N64, but progress was delayed due to the fact that there "weren't any concrete ideas" for it. It ended up being held over to GCN, where it was made into a collaboration project between Nintendo and Retro Studios. Their main focus was on Prime, but this led to the cancellation of 4 other games (one being Raven Blade). Kenji Yamamoto and Kouichi Kyuma composed music for Prime, using remixes of Metroid games to "satisfy old Metroid fans". For example, Lower Norfair was used for Magmoor Caverns and the Brinstar theme was used for Tallon Overworld.
Table of Contents
- Space Pirate Frigate
- Missile Launcher
- Morph Ball
- Charge Beam
- Morph Ball Bomb
- Varia Suit
- Boost Ball
- Space Jump Boots
- Wave Beam
- Super Missile
- Thermal Visor
- Spider Ball
- Wavebuster
- Ice Beam
- Gravity Suit
- Sunken Frigate
- Power Bomb
- Ice Spreader
- Grapple Beam
- X-Ray Visor
- Plasma Beam
- Flamethrower
- Phazon Suit
- Chozo Artifacts
- Meta Ridley
- Impact Crater