Yesterday was the 25th Anniversary of Metroid being released on the NES. So, with that in mind, I felt it was appropriate to repost this piece, a look at one of my favourite games of all time – Metroid Prime. Very few games affected me to the same level as Metroid Prime, so consider this love letter an early (and late) birthday present Samus! More »
At some point inbetween the release of Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, a proposal document was made for ‘Metroid 1.5′ a prospective Retro Studios title that added multiplayer and number of new mechanics to the prime franchise. Obviously the game was never released, but you can now download the original proposal document, and it makes for some fascinating reading. More »
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This week we started talking about game length – are they too long? Are they too short? But then things started getting complicated! More »
First 4 Figures follows-up its Metroid Prime 2: Echoes gunship with a gorgeous 12-inch replica of Samus’ gunship from the original Metroid Prime, and it can be yours for only $US300. More »
Retro Studios, the Austin, Texas based development team responsible for making three Metroid Prime games for Nintendo – and one Metroid Prime compilation – may be ready to reveal its new project, a game reportedly starring Donkey Kong. More »
Three unusual things happened to former Metroid Prime designer Mark Pacini in 2009: He received high praise he didn’t seek, saw a somewhat depressing game box and figured out that gaming in 2011 “is going to kind of suck.” More »
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption may have wrapped up the GameCube-to-Wii trilogy, but fans of first-person adventuring in the suit of Samus Aran may be able to look forward to future Prime games. More »
