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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.
Penkin was born on 22 May 1992 in the United Kingdom, [2] [3] and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. [4] Penkin's interest in video game music started from when he first heard the "Phendrana Drifts" theme from Metroid Prime; [4] in a 2012 interview, he referred to the theme's electronic synths and acoustic instruments as "absolute bliss".
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.
Retro Studios, Inc. is an American video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo based in Austin, Texas.The studio is best known for its work on the Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong series and has contributed to several other Nintendo-developed projects, such as Mario Kart 7.
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.
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]
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Metroid [a] is a series of nonlinear science fiction action games published by Nintendo, featuring side-scrolling, metroidvania, and first-person shooter elements. The player character and protagonist of the series is Samus Aran, a space-faring bounty hunter who battles Space Pirates and a species called the Metroid.