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Metroid Prime is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. Metroid Prime is the fifth main Metroid game and the first to use 3D computer graphics and a first-person perspective. It was released in North America in November 2002, and in Japan and Europe the following year.
Metroid Prime was considered one of the best games ever made upon its release, winning Game of the Year from various publications and websites. [110] [111] [112] IGN called the aural experience with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes "mesmerizing". [113] Music from Metroid has been frequently re-released as part of "best of" video game music releases.
GamesRadar named Metroid Prime 3: Corruption the 10th best Wii game of all time out of a list of 25, stating that "Metroid Prime 3 is the ultimate achievement of the series. The formula, which was repeated several times by Corruption , has been tweaked and pruned to its most perfect point, with some of the best shooting on the system". [ 61 ]
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is a 2004 adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.The sequel to Metroid Prime (2002) and the first Metroid game with a multiplayer feature, Echoes was released in North America, Europe and Australia in 2004 and in Japan under the name Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes [a] in May 2005.
Known in Japan as Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes. [b] [35] [36] First game in the series with a multiplayer mode. [37] The PAL version lacks the standard 50 Hz mode and offers 60 Hz only. [38] Re-released for the Wii in the New Play Control! series of GameCube remakes in Japan and as part of Metroid Prime: Trilogy internationally. [33]
The ported version of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes has a different aspect ratio, changed from 4:3 to 16:9 widescreen, and allows for the targeting reticle to be aimed anywhere on the screen using the Wii Remote. Metroid Prime: Trilogy is a video game compilation which includes Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
Skyward Sword and Metroid Prime 3 were probably the best examples of motion control integration on the platform; and in the case of the former, they were as much a distraction as anything.
Linking the Game Boy Advance game Metroid Fusion (2002) with the GameCube's Metroid Prime (2002) using a link cable unlocks the full version of Metroid on the GameCube. [22] The game is unlocked as a bonus upon completion of Metroid: Zero Mission (2004). [23]