

That first game was followed by two sequels, one for the GameCube ( Metroid Prime 2: Echoes in 2004) and one for the Wii ( Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in 2007). Read More: What’s So Great About Metroid Prime Pretty much everyone agreed: “ This rules.” Screenshot: Nintendo / Kotaku Still, seeing a Metroid world - in all its interstellar glory - from the eyes of Samus Aran was a paradigmatic shift. In Metroid Prime, yes, you still had to collect power-ups and then backtrack to earlier areas to then use those powers to pass obstacles that previously blocked your path. Early Metroid games, after all, defined a certain style of two-dimensional “search action” platformers. Metroid Prime, developed by Retro Studios and released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2002, was the first 3D Metroid game, and totally did away with what by then had been scripture. This only highlighted the difficulty involved in playing most of the previous games in the franchise. Interest in Metroid peaked again in recent years, with 2021’s Metroid Dread both setting sales records and nabbing a nomination for Game of the Year at that year’s Game Awards. It appears a physical version of the game will launch in ANZ territories on March 3. The Metroid Prime Remaster is available to purchase on the Australian Nintendo eShop for $AU59.99. The new Metroid Prime Remaster won’t just be bringing the games to the Switch, it’ll also give players greater control of the game’s camera and movement with new control modifications.
