Retro Studios

Metroid Prime

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: 17 November 2002
Developer: Retro Studios
Publisher: Nintendo
Engine: RUDE
Perspective: First person
Age rating: PEGI 12 · ESRB T
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Genres: Shooter · Platform · Adventure
Also known as: MP

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Player rating: 95
Critic rating: 884
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After receiving a distress signal from a Space Pirate frigate in orbit, bounty hunter Samus Aran boards the vessel and discovers the Pirates have been conducting biological experiments. When the frigate is destroyed, Samus pursues her nemesis Ridley to the surface of the planet Tallon IV, where she uncovers the remains of the Chozo civilization and the source of a toxic substance called Phazon that is corrupting the planet's ecosystem.

Metroid Prime