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Alternative Names

メトロイドプライム

Developer

Retro Studios

Genre

Shooter

Release Dates

11/17/02 Nintendo
02/28/03 Nintendo
03/21/03 Nintendo

Community Stats

Owners: 1,032
Favorite: 122
Tracked: 6
Wishlist: 6
Now Playing: 11
 
9.2

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Metroid Prime (GC) > Opinions (62)

Karolek12 posted 10/12/2018, 05:23
ExplodingBlock, This games sold better in Japan than in European countries. And for sure Japan is more west than you think. Music, movies, games - they love ''dark'' and mature things even more than Americans which like ''kawaii'' more than Japanese. US is more childish. So stop saying bullshits 'cause u don't know how pop culture in Japan looks like.
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Keybladewielder posted 19/11/2018, 09:40
This game is so amazing
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ExplodingBlock posted 31/01/2015, 03:01
Why does Japan hate anything that isn't kawaii?
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leedlelee posted 19/01/2015, 07:07
Skullwalker, you're in luck...
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Skullwaker posted 10/01/2015, 06:10
I need to play this. Like, now. I'd love for the Big N to release an HD remaster or at least put it on the VC but if I have to I'll track down the Trilogy. I've heard nothing but great things.
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DieAppleDie posted 16/09/2012, 02:01
Brilliant masterpiece
love the soundtrack so much
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kljesta64 posted 16/05/2012, 08:07
still love the game even to todays standards its a masterpiece i hope it wont be forgoten.. its a darn shame echoes and corruption didnt do good as the first one.
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Metroid33slayer posted 10/01/2012, 05:45
Best cube game ever, i completed it 15 times.
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zzamaro posted 30/12/2011, 03:09
I am a big fan of metroid but to be honest, I never undertood what's so special about the prime ones. My favorite is Super Metroid. I have enjoyed all the 2D ones. In fact, I have played all the 2d ones countless time. The Prime series just once. I guess it's something I'll never understand.
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pokeclaudel posted 20/12/2011, 07:43
I love metroid but I wonder why this does get so many sequels?
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pokeclaudel posted 20/12/2011, 07:43
I love metroid but I wonder why this does get so many sequels?
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dxc posted 09/05/2011, 09:46
what started with a headache eventually become one of the best games (if not the best) I ever played. And this in 2008
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Salnax posted 18/03/2010, 11:56
Wow, this is the best selling Metroid of all time? How does this series keep on getting sequels?

I love it by the way.
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nicktwilight posted 21/02/2010, 01:05
the best game of the previous gen and one of the best games of all time for sure.the sense of explorarion,the atmosphere and the gameplay of this game are just incredible.

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Red4ADevil posted 22/08/2009, 11:44
The opening title alone blew me away. I was amazed by the opening scene (the graphics)
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mandisc posted 02/08/2009, 07:42
all I remember is getting MY ASS KICKED by the last boss! Until the trilogy that is all the memory I have. bring on the trilogy!
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TheConduit posted 07/06/2009, 05:42
Cant wait for the trilogy
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Hark21ball posted 30/04/2009, 05:14
SUCH an amazing game. Man when i loaded this thing up after not seeing any Metroid game for the 64 era....my jaw hit the flaw. My 2 younger brothers love it as well!
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celomah posted 29/01/2009, 04:29
Awesome game, can´t wait for the wii make, the atmosphere of the game is so awesome, mp3 is awesome but this one is definitily the true prime game, and metroid game also
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GOONYDUDE posted 09/01/2009, 08:45
I didn't feel like this was a Metroid game until I got to the Phendrana Drifts. When I got there I was just awe struck by the graphics, the music, and the atmosphere. Great Game.
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Voltaire posted 03/01/2009, 12:46
Cant wait for Wiimake. Prime 1 was sooo much better than MP3.
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Goodfella posted 24/12/2008, 11:22
Must play. 10/10
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oliist posted 12/11/2008, 10:17
Diese Fortsetzung trägt völlig zurecht den altehrwürdigen Namen "Metroid".
Einfach klasse.
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famousringo posted 16/08/2008, 07:25
I have several unfinished games, so why the hell am I playing this one again?!

This time I won't beat up that lardass metroid until I have 100% items.
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Xen posted 07/08/2008, 03:35
Awesome game, I got it along with my Gamecube.
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johnlucas posted 27/07/2008, 02:36
I loved scanning everything. The work done on this game and Zelda: Wind Waker taught me once & for all not to doubt Nintendo. I was worried how Metroid would work in 3D & they pulled it off.
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Thekirby45 posted 11/07/2008, 08:17
great game just always got stuck o I just gave up
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SmokedHostage posted 10/07/2008, 01:07
Great game, I'm just stuck at Phazon Mines..
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ddrstar513 posted 29/06/2008, 10:31
i can't find all the artifacts, can anyone help here?
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sc94597 posted 19/06/2008, 12:47
I just beat this game for the 24th time. ITs amazing, and everytime I beat it. I beat it in a different way/sequence. Well most of the times.
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Soanevalcke posted 08/06/2008, 07:27
One of the best GC games by far.
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HanzoTheRazor posted 11/05/2008, 10:27
The music, the atmosphere... what a game!
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Cyan_Up posted 07/04/2008, 05:27
Not just the best gc game, but one of the best games ever.
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trestres posted 26/03/2008, 10:33
Best GC game
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Gangster_Gamer posted 22/03/2008, 04:54
I hated scanning everything... Other than that it was a good game. 8/10

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oliist posted 16/03/2008, 08:33
I feared the worst and got the best thinkable solution for a 3D Metroid.Thank you Retro Studios.
10/10 without a doubt.
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sinheart posted 03/03/2008, 02:29
One of the best games of its generation.
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sc94597 posted 17/02/2008, 11:46
Metroid games make me so happy. They are like drugs for me. I beat this game exactly 17 times. I'm not obsessed. I hope i'm not.
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Mafaveli posted 14/02/2008, 11:17
I was slightly dissappointed with this when i first played through this, the second time on hard I quite liked it, the 3rd time through on hard I realised that I actually love this game (strangley enough this is a pattern all of the prime series has taken for me). this is probably my favorite Metroid game but then MP3 and Super Metroid make that choice so hard. there is something quite special about this though, kinda like the transition of the Zelda and Mario series into 3D, producing arguably 2 of the greatest games ever made (OoT and Super Mario 64 respectivley). I honestly think Retro have followed suit in producing what can easily be argued to be one of the finest games ever produced.
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nicktwilight posted 12/02/2008, 04:09
For me this is by far the best gamecube game and easily one of the best games ever.i had never played a metroid game and i did not know what to expect form this game but from the first time i put it in my gamecube i simply loved it.the change from 2d to 3d first person shooter simply reinveted the rules of making a game look geat in the new 3d era.but this game did not stop only there.it took every aspect of the old games,improved them,added new,and it achieved to become an experience that everyone who plays videogames must see.the most impressive thing in this game besides the first person perspective that was perfectly mixed with an adventure game,the amazing is the awesome level design that made gamers always feel that there is something new that is waiting to be discovered or seen.the amazing visuals and sound and the great atmoshephere of the game just brought to lif one of the best games ever.
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Punisher posted 09/02/2008, 04:29
Yep, bought this baby when it was released and have played it through and through again. 9/10
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stof posted 06/02/2008, 07:36
I have to say. As awesome as Prime 3 was, I still think that This was the best of the Metroid Series. It just had such a terrific art design to the levels.
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trestres posted 28/01/2008, 11:03
An all time classic, for sure it will be remembered as the best GC game
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mogulus posted 26/12/2007, 05:19
best play control on the cube, period.

still haven't played prime 2 :(

one of the best *huzzah* moments in all of video games was when you scanned the final boss and it said "metroid prime"...and you're like "ohh ahhh of course!!! i get it now"


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josenieves1 posted 06/11/2007, 06:59
So ahead of its time. 10/10.
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PsyGol posted 04/10/2007, 07:17
One of my favourites games ever. 10/10
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nathantay posted 05/09/2007, 09:28
IMO the best Gamecube game and one of the best games ever.
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PowerOn posted 15/08/2007, 05:38
metroid metroid!
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Sporticus posted 12/08/2007, 11:27
I never realized REtro studios carried on the lineage of Iguana Studios who worked on the N64 Turok Games.
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Chehansen posted 12/08/2007, 04:45
This game blew me away when i bought it back in 2002 and it still does! This game is one of the best 3D games EVER made!
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gamer9851 posted 10/08/2007, 06:13
May everybody kneel before this game.
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stof posted 08/08/2007, 04:42
I'm just discovering Prime now. It's like a curtain has been lifted from my eyes and I'm finally seeing the light. And oh what a bright and colourful light it is!
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Entroper posted 08/08/2007, 02:12
I don't think there is a number high enough to describe the amount of awesome in this game. 10/10 just doesn't cut it. :)
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leo-j posted 05/08/2007, 06:38
This game is awsome 9/10 for me.
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Maverick Hunter Z posted 29/07/2007, 12:15
A great game, not much replay value though. Love Metroid in 3d. 8/10.
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GhaudePhaede010 posted 24/07/2007, 10:04
The most complete single player game I have played since Ogre Battle 64. Both before that and since, nothing has come close.
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zsidane posted 09/07/2007, 02:34
Even if I was late on getting this game, time has not altered how amazing Metroid Prime is. A must play.
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Ackmed Tepish posted 28/06/2007, 11:01
Technically a 2nd party is any developer owned or in partnership with a 1st party (example: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft)
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ZZetaAlec posted 27/06/2007, 09:46
Retro is a 1st party dev, not a 2nd party. Nintendo owns 100% of Retro.
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allstarr35 posted 27/06/2007, 03:16
Yea this game is on of my favorites also.... It wasn't until I beat the game like 3 times that i realized how good this game was. Retro Studios could've destroyed this game..... and it still looks good graphic wise today...
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bulla posted 07/06/2007, 04:30
One of my favorite games ever.
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naznatips posted 06/06/2007, 04:00
Up and ready to go! Enjoy.
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Shipping Total

2,840,000 Units
As of: December 2014

Opinion (62)

Karolek12 posted 10/12/2018, 05:23
ExplodingBlock, This games sold better in Japan than in European countries. And for sure Japan is more west than you think. Music, movies, games - they love ''dark'' and mature things even more than Americans which like ''kawaii'' more than Japanese. US is more childish. So stop saying bullshits 'cause u don't know how pop culture in Japan looks like.
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Keybladewielder posted 19/11/2018, 09:40
This game is so amazing
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ExplodingBlock posted 31/01/2015, 03:01
Why does Japan hate anything that isn't kawaii?
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leedlelee posted 19/01/2015, 07:07
Skullwalker, you're in luck...
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Skullwaker posted 10/01/2015, 06:10
I need to play this. Like, now. I'd love for the Big N to release an HD remaster or at least put it on the VC but if I have to I'll track down the Trilogy. I've heard nothing but great things.
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DieAppleDie posted 16/09/2012, 02:01
Brilliant masterpiece
love the soundtrack so much
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