I've only played Metroid Prime once on my gamecube when I was really young, renting it from a video store because it looked cool. I only knew Samus from smash 64, so I found out "holy crap, she has her own game?" I didn't like it when I played it. I was super into mascot platformers and rpgs at the time, never played a shooter, much less a metroidvania. After all this time, playing more metroid as I got older, now playing prime fully for the first time makes me realize how much of a masterpiece this game is. Completely redefining metroid in a 3D space, and making the entire series as a whole work in this format is an amazing feat. The remaster, which imo goes above and beyond the definition of a remaster enhances literally everything. It looks beautiful on the switch, and they added so many effects they didn't need to. Metroid is one of my favorite first party nintendo series, and prime is an amazing game on top of that. Here's hoping prime 2 and 3 get the same treatment, and that prime 4 is just as amazing.

Reviewed on Feb 26, 2023


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