A rare example of a complete game. Most titles lack in one aspect or another, but Prime pulls its weight in just about every part of a game you can imagine.
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The Laser
Eight long years have passed since her last adventure on the SNES but it's been well worth the wait. Metroid Prime begins with Samus' spaceship landing on a seemingly deserted space ship that's been over-run by some vicious and deadly alien life forms.
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GameCube Cafe
I’m going to be honest with everyone. I never played the original 2D Metroid games, but I have heard that they are the best games that Nintendo ever created, especially Super Metroid on the SNES. But when I heard about Metroid Prime, and how they were
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Gaming Nexus
Rain falling and bouncing off your gun, a blast of steam fogs your visor and leaves condensation on it, a bright flash of light lets you see your own reflection in the visor. These are just a few of the many effects that make Metroid Prime stand out
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GamersMark
In 1994 Super Metroid, a game considered by many to be the greatest of all time, was released on Nintendo's 16-bit machine the Super Nintendo. As Metroid fanatics watched the credits roll they were treated with a screen where the game read
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Making a sequel, in games or otherwise, is a very slippery slope to climb. Not only do you have to please fans of the original, but you also have to include enough to warrant an entirely new product. On top of that, you have to make it accessible to
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The game begins with Samus Aran, shortly after the events of the original Metroid, boarding a Space Pirate vessel orbiting Tallon IV, a planet in the same solar system as SR-388 and Zebes. After witnessing the cruel research being performed and engaging
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The handling and controls of MP rank among the best of today’s top “shooter” games. You are set in a fist person view mode for most of the game, switching only to a third-person perspective when in morph ball form – an ability Samus has to fit
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When anyone hears the word Metroid or Samus, they automatically think of a great two dimensional shooter for such systems as Nintendo, Super Nintendo and Gameboy. Since then, Samus has been seen in only one game that was not two dimensional. This game
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The original Metroid was an NES favorite, and Super Metroid is considered by many to be the best game ever made for the Super Nintendo. Both supply top-notch platform shooting in creepy, isolated deep space environments. Bringing the series to the third
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has not been a sequel this true to its heritage, yet fresh and new since … well, since Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. But Nintendo better make room on their awards wall, because Prime is on track to make those games look like F
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