Metroid Prime is an action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and Nintendo for the GameCube. It was released in North America in November 2002, and in Japan and Europe the following year. The game is considered by many critics and gamers to be one of the greatest video games ever made. In 2009, an enhanced version was released for the Wii as a standalone game in Japan.
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Metroid Prime is an action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and Nintendo for the GameCube. It was released in North America in November 2002, and in Japan and Europe the following year. The game is considered by many critics and gamers to be one of the greatest video games ever made. In 2009, an enhanced version was released for the Wii as a standalone game in Japan, and as part of the Metroid Prime: Trilogy compilation internationally. It is the first of the three-part Prime storyline, which takes place between the original Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus. Players control series protagonist Samus Aran from a first-person perspective, with third-person elements used for Morph Ball mode. The heads-up display features a radar display, a map, ammunition for missiles, a health meter, a danger meter for negotiating hazardous landscape or materials, and a health bar and name display for bosses. Unlike earlier games in the series, the beam weapons in Metroid Prime have no stacking, in which the player must cycle the four beam weapons with radically different effects for each weapon. Players are incentivized to explore to find upgrades such as ammunition packs and extra health. Some items must be collected in a specific order; for example, players cannot access certain areas until they find a certain Beam to open doors, or discover new ordnance with which to beat bosses. Other upgrades include the Morph Ball, which allows Samus to roll into narrow passages and drop energy bombs, and the Grapple Beam, which works by latching onto special hooks called grapple points, allowing her to swing across gaps.
Players can gain two features by connecting Prime with Metroid Fusion using a GameCube – Game Boy Advance link cable: cosmetic use of the Fusion Suit that Samus wears in Fusion and the ability to play the original game. The producers stated that some power-ups are lost during an explosion on the Space Pirate frigate Orpheon, but they are still unlockable if the player collects some of the powerups in the game with some upgrades, including the Varia Suit, Missiles and Missiles, and some upgrades with the Spider Ball upgrade that allows her to double-jump and climb magnetic rails. It won a number of Game of the Year awards, and it is considered to be the best game of all time by some critics. It has been called the “greatest game ever made” and is one of Nintendo’s most popular games. It sold more than a million units in the United States alone, and over a million in Europe and Japan as well. The story follows Samus as she battles the Space Pirates and their biological experiments on the planet Tallon IV. The gameplay involves solving puzzles to reveal secrets, platform jumping, and shooting foes with the help of a \”lock-on\” mechanism that allows circle strafing while staying aimed at the enemy. Players must find and collect items that improve Samus’s arsenal and suit, including weapons, armor upgrades for Samus’ Power Suit and items that grant abilities.
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