NINTENDO NEWS: METROID PRIME HUNTERS WILL BE WI-FI READY
Aug. 26, 2005
Since the Nintendo DS™ first launched with demo versions of Metroid® Prime Hunters, fans have been clamoring for the completed version of the game. Their patience has paid off. Metroid Prime Hunters will launch in the first quarter of 2006, complete with access to Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection, Nintendo’s upcoming online gaming service. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will debut before the end of the year with a Mario Kart® and an Animal Crossing® game, and will let players connect wirelessly with one another as easily as if they were sitting in the same room.
For the first time, fans can get their hands on a trial version of the new single-player mission of Metroid Prime Hunters this weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo in Bellevue, Wash. Attendees also can see three previously unreleased bounty hunter characters in the game. These include Sylux, a ruthless sharpshooter who harbors an intense hatred for Metroid heroine Samus Aran; Trace, a young outcast who seeks power and a planet to invade; and Weavel, a cyborg Space Pirate assassin. For more information and videos of the bounty hunters in action, visit www.metroidhunters.com.
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I think it should be a great hit, and with or without a great single player mode, people will be playing this Metroid for years to come.
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Originally posted by: Spak-Spang
Metroid Pinball will be a fun deversion as long as it plays well, but I agree I don't see it being that popular.
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Originally posted by: KnowsNothingQuote
I think it should be a great hit, and with or without a great single player mode, people will be playing this Metroid for years to come.
My prediction is pretty much opposite. Next to Metroid Pinball, this will probably be the most forgettable Metroid game to date. I think it'll sell okay in Japan, but AFAIK the series isn't too popular there, nor is the genre. That's not a winning combonation. In the US the DS isn't as popular, and the Metroid name is pretty unknown, aside from core gamers. If NOA advertises this thing heavily, with a HUGE emphasis on controls and online play, it'll boost the sales ten-fold, but I still don't see it selling well.
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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
Ian and Stevey are best parts of the board, without a doubt.
I wonder if every bounty hunter is going to have a morph ball type ability? That seems like a bit of stretch.
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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
I wonder if every bounty hunter is going to have a morph ball type ability? That seems like a bit of stretch.