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The 2D Metroid games are side-scrollers, and the 3D Metroid Prime series gives the player a first-person perspective, [1] while Other M is a third-person shooter with the ability to switch to first-person view. [2] Metroid is one of Nintendo's most successful franchises, with over 17 million copies sold by September 2012. [3]
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.
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Metroid Prime was considered one of the best games ever made upon its release, winning Game of the Year from various publications and websites. [108] [109] [110] IGN called the aural experience with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes "mesmerizing". [111] Music from Metroid has been frequently re-released as part of "best of" video game music releases.
At the time of the Switch 2's announcement in January 2025, the Switch had sold over 146 million units worldwide. [ 5 ] Prior to Nintendo's official announcement, industry rumors began as early as 2019 of a high-end successor to the Switch, often nicknamed the "Switch Pro" in the media, though many of these were later confirmed to be ...
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was announced at E3 2017 , and was reportedly initially developed by Bandai Namco Studios .
The division was created on September 16, 2015, after the consolidation of two of Nintendo's former software divisions, Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and Software Planning & Development (SPD), as part of a company-wide organizational restructure under Nintendo's newly appointed president, Tatsumi Kimishima.
By the end of 2020, total Nintendo Switch family units had outsold the lifetime sales of the Nintendo 3DS, its handheld console predecessor, by selling nearly 80 million units. [2] As of December 31, 2024, 150.86 million Nintendo Switch consoles had been shipped, with over 1.35 billion copies of games having been shipped for the platform. [ 3 ]