The perfect remaster to probably my favorite game of all time. As someone who's played this countless times on gamecube, this remaster absolutely hits it out of the park. All the visual changes are intelligent and stick close to the feel of the original. I often forgot I was even playing the remaster and felt like I was just playing Prime, it's that well done. This is the best looking game on the switch and maintains a rock solid 60 fps just like the original does. There's all these subtle new visual effects that add to the immersion. I wasn't disappointed with a single enemy redesign or any of samus' armors, they were all updated well and look better than they do in the original.
My only complaints visually are how they changed the doors to be a solid color. This wouldn't be a problem but you can see the outlines to where the solid textured are supposed to be and thats a little distracting. The changes to the thermal visor are a bit overdone and it was straining until I got used to it. I get what they are going for but I'm assuming there are some people who are gonna have a worse time looking at it. The only other omissions from the gamecube version are the sequence breaking tricks (though I expected that to be gone) and the ntsc chozo lore which I feel is better. The new lore is fine and conveys the story well, but it feels a bit less heartfelt and creatively written than the original lore. Though this was also changed in the prime trilogy version.
What really cements this as the definitive way to play is the different control schemes. You got original gamecube controls (and you can use a gamecube controller, but you might have to rebind a couple of buttons), you have a modern fps control scheme which I don't like but I am assuming a lot of newcomers are gonna enjoy it, you have the pointer controls straight out of the wii version which are fantastically implemented, then you have my personal favorite which is the hybrid control scheme. The hybrid control scheme uses the original gamecube controls, but when you press the aim button you use the gyroscope to aim and Samus can move around while doing so. I recommend the hybrid aiming be the first one you can check out as I feel it's the best the game has ever controlled. A great feature is how you can change the control scheme on the fly. The game is also more helpful conveying your item and log book percentage. your health bar has x's on top to indicate how many energy tanks you don't have, and you can always see the total missiles you have below the missile counter. I'm not sure if I'm right on this so take it with a grain of salt, but I think you don't have to get all the log entries on your first run, there's an overall number in the extras menu that goes up. I really love the original gamecube version of this game and will always go back to it. I also think that if you can, the original is worth playing. That being said I feel this is the definitive way to play the game and probably the best remaster I've ever played.
My only complaints visually are how they changed the doors to be a solid color. This wouldn't be a problem but you can see the outlines to where the solid textured are supposed to be and thats a little distracting. The changes to the thermal visor are a bit overdone and it was straining until I got used to it. I get what they are going for but I'm assuming there are some people who are gonna have a worse time looking at it. The only other omissions from the gamecube version are the sequence breaking tricks (though I expected that to be gone) and the ntsc chozo lore which I feel is better. The new lore is fine and conveys the story well, but it feels a bit less heartfelt and creatively written than the original lore. Though this was also changed in the prime trilogy version.
What really cements this as the definitive way to play is the different control schemes. You got original gamecube controls (and you can use a gamecube controller, but you might have to rebind a couple of buttons), you have a modern fps control scheme which I don't like but I am assuming a lot of newcomers are gonna enjoy it, you have the pointer controls straight out of the wii version which are fantastically implemented, then you have my personal favorite which is the hybrid control scheme. The hybrid control scheme uses the original gamecube controls, but when you press the aim button you use the gyroscope to aim and Samus can move around while doing so. I recommend the hybrid aiming be the first one you can check out as I feel it's the best the game has ever controlled. A great feature is how you can change the control scheme on the fly. The game is also more helpful conveying your item and log book percentage. your health bar has x's on top to indicate how many energy tanks you don't have, and you can always see the total missiles you have below the missile counter. I'm not sure if I'm right on this so take it with a grain of salt, but I think you don't have to get all the log entries on your first run, there's an overall number in the extras menu that goes up. I really love the original gamecube version of this game and will always go back to it. I also think that if you can, the original is worth playing. That being said I feel this is the definitive way to play the game and probably the best remaster I've ever played.