#Metroid prime 2 series#

Unlike those in earlier games in the series, the beam weapons in Metroid Prime have no stacking ability, in which the traits of each beam merge. Throughout the game, players must find and collect items that improve Samus's arsenal and suit, including weapons, armor upgrades for Samus's Power Suit and items that grant abilities-including the Morph Ball, which allows Samus to compress herself into a ball in order to roll into narrow passages and drop energy bombs, and the Grapple Beam, which works by latching onto special hooks called grapple points, allowing Samus to swing across gaps. While Samus is in Morph Ball form, the view changes to a third-person view. 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 Metroid game. The game introduces a hint system that provides the player with clues about ways to progress through the game.

The display can be altered by exchanging visors one uses thermal imaging, another has x-ray vision, and another features a scanner that searches for enemy weaknesses and interfaces with mechanisms such as force fields and elevators. The heads-up display, which simulates the inside of Samus' helmet, 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. Players are incentivized to explore to find upgrades such as ammunition packs and extra health. 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. Some items are obtained after boss fights.

The Varia Suit, for example, protects Samus' armor against high temperatures, allowing her to enter volcanic regions. Samus must travel through the world of Tallon IV searching for twelve Chozo Artifacts that will open the path to the Phazon meteor impact crater, while collecting power-ups that let her reach new areas. 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.

#Metroid prime 2 series#

Metroid Prime is a 3D action-adventure game in which players control series protagonist Samus Aran from a first-person perspective, unlike previous games of the Metroid series, with third-person elements used for Morph Ball mode. The player character is controlled from a first-person perspective. In 2009, an enhanced version was released for the Wii as a stand-alone game in Japan, and as part of the Metroid Prime: Trilogy compilation internationally. It won a number of Game of the Year awards, and is regarded by many critics and gamers to be one of the greatest video games ever made, remaining one of the highest-rated games on Metacritic.

The game garnered universal praise and commercial success, selling over 2.8 million units worldwide. The game was a collaboration between Retro's staff in Austin, Texas, and Japanese Nintendo employees, including producers Shigeru Miyamoto and Kensuke Tanabe, the former of whom suggested the project after visiting Retro's headquarters in 2000. The story follows Samus as she battles the Space Pirates and their biological experiments on the planet Tallon IV. Like previous games in the series, Metroid Prime has a science fiction setting in which players control the bounty hunter and series protagonist, Samus Aran. Metroid Prime is the first game in the Metroid Prime saga, which takes place between the original Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus. One day before its North American release, Nintendo released the Game Boy Advance game Metroid Fusion, marking the return of the Metroid series after an eight-year hiatus following Super Metroid (1994). It was released in North America in November 2002, and in Japan and Europe the following year. Since exploration takes precedence over combat, Nintendo classifies the game as a 'first-person adventure' rather than a first-person shooter. Metroid Prime is the fifth main installment in the Metroid franchise and the first game in the series to use 3D computer graphics and a first-person perspective.

Metroid Prime is an action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.