Metroid Prime

2002 video game

Game data

Metacritic 97

Released: 2002-11-17
User rating: 4.35 / 5
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Action
Platforms: Wii, GameCube

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A 3D exploration-focused metroidvania with first-person shooting mechanics and the first 3D entry in the Metroid series, Metroid Prime follows Samus Aran after the events of Metroid (1986) as she boards a Space Pirate frigate, then chases her escaping archrival Ridley into the intricately structured Tallon IV, a planet full of deadly wildlife and former home to the advanced and ancient Chozo race.

Released: 2002
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
Engine: RUDE
Franchise: Metroid
Developer: Retro Studios
Publisher: Nintendo

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Key facts

Developer: Retro Studios
Publisher: Nintendo
Director: Mark Pacini
Producers: Shigeru Miyamoto Kensuke Tanabe Kenji Miki Akira Otani Michael Mann
Programmer: Mark Johnston
Artists: Todd Keller James Dargie
Composers: Kenji Yamamoto Kouichi Kyuma
Series: Metroid
Platforms: GameCube Wii Nintendo Switch
Release: November 18, 2002 GameCube NA : November 18, 2002 JP : February 28, 2003 EU : March 21, 2003 AU : April 3, 2003 Wii JP : February 19, 2009 Nintendo Switch WW : February 9, 2023
Genre: Action-adventure
Mode: Single-player

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Encyclopedic overview

Metroid Prime is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the fifth main installment in the Metroid franchise. It was the first Metroid game to use 3D computer graphics and a first-person perspective. It was released in North America in November 2002 and in Japan and Europe the following year. Along with the Game Boy Advance game Metroid Fusion, Prime marked the return of the Metroid series after an eight-year hiatus following Super Metroid (1994).

Metroid Prime takes place shortly after the events of the original Metroid. Players control the bounty hunter Samus Aran as she battles the Space Pirates and their biological experiments on the planet Tallon IV. Metroid Prime was a collaboration between Retro in Austin, Texas, and Japanese Nintendo employees, including producers Shigeru Miyamoto and Kensuke Tanabe. Miyamoto suggested the project after visiting Retro's headquarters in 2000. Since exploration takes precedence over combat, Nintendo described the game as a "first-person adventure" rather than a first-person shooter.

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