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This is no remaster, it's more like an actual REMAKE.

@@sovo1212 it still runs on the original games engine, so it isnt a remake

@@meta9492 Yeah, but that's a technicality. It's far more than what's usually marketed as a "remaster". And the fact that it has the original code and plays exactly as the original game, makes it even better than most (if not all) remakes, because the gameplay is intact. Same as Diablo 2 Resurrected, which is much more than a simple remaster (and I hate Blizzard BTW).

@@sovo1212 A remake significantly changes gameplay and map layouts. A remaster improves graphics and adds quality of life features but keeps the original layout and gameplay. It's a remaster.

@@nozzzzy There's a conversation to be had about companies labeling things as Remasters and Remakes. Remasters use the existing game as a base and add to it, and Remakes start from scratch. One could say things like Shadow of the Colossus, Demon's Souls, and The Last of Us "Remake" are actually Remasters, especially because they are using the original code.

@chanel6nus or are you just saying that because you saw it

Lol & how much ya wanna bet the "door issue" gets fixed within the first month via patch?

@@skins4thewin He said it's most likely to increase visibility for a small screen, so most likely it wouldn't get patched.

@@Web720 Ya I heard that part. Doesn't mean the texture can't be changed to match up w the GameCube version a bit better, or perhaps have the brightness bumped down just a hair so that the detail of the doors stand out a bit better. The overall brightness is probably washing out the texture detail.

And I'm one who agrees the new door don't look as unique but I still can care less. They handled the locked doors well with the colors so nothing bad. And I still love the hell out of this game. 😁

I was really wondering about that, and I was actually going to ask you specifically. I'm a masochist so I bought the physical version and have to wait a couple of weeks. I'm glad you're pleased with it though, you're a much bigger fan than I am.

The music was released on CD but as far as I know only in Japan and with Metroid Fusion tracks included.

Gotta love Retro Studios. They have done such great work on the Metroid series! This gives me confidence that they can do justice to Metroid 4! Although I would honestly kind of like to see them wait on part 4 til new hardware is released. I would REALLY love to see it be a launch title for the next beefed up hardware revision of the Switch! Who knows when that'll happen though...

By the way: Metroid Prime Remastered Physical edition is No. 1 in sales on Amazon US, as well as being sold out in Amazon Mexico and Amazon Spain.

gamecube was compressed and pro logic 2... 5.1 switch release is hd sound and uncompressed 5.1 pcm

@@MonsterfromHell2543 Good riddance.

@@MonsterfromHell2543 ok

With the massive success of this remaster, I have a feeling that Nintendo is set with Metroid Prime 4... hopefully.

It's nice, with Dread, this Prime 4 coming, and now Metroid 2 and (soon) Fusion on NSO, Nintendo is finally giving Metroid the attention it deserves

@@mathewdempsey16 I’d also take a Remastered Switch Version of Samus Returns (3DS). That and Dread are my top 2 favorites followed by Zero Mission and Fusion. Side note: Even though I grew up playing NES, SNES, GB, GENESIS games, I never got to play Super Metroid until it released on NSO…I can’t believe I missed out on that Gem.

It’s not the GameCube, it was just the era. They don’t make games like this anymore

it won game of the year, it was there first ever game, microsoft purchased rare from Nintendo for 250 million uk pounds, the same yr Nintendo purchased retro for 1 million dollars at the time 500k uk pounds. giving Nintendo a clear profit of 249.5 million uk pounds, rare went on to do literally nothing, retro first game under Nintendo was GAME OF THE YEAR METROID PRIME

Nintendo has some of the best developers in general. If only the company itself was as great.

@@Grapefruit5000 while we have Sony and Microsoft having consoles in the end if it wasn’t for Nintendo we wouldn’t have games ever again Nintendo will always be considered the best

Their engineers were par to none in the US. They made the original prime with a very small team, and they focused on building the game engine to be super rock solid. Stable 60fps on the GC and Wii given the amount of action, objects and effects they pulled was almost wizardry

The old (pre-2008) Retro Studios crew mainly came from another legacy studio (either Acclaim or Iguana Entertainment) in the 1990's... They were some of the guys who created the cult classic "Turok" games for the Nintendo 64.

No doubt MP was an incredible masterpiece when it came out. It's a game that will forever hold up just like it's predecessor Super Metroid.

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The only thing that makes it look “old” today is the simply geometry, IMO. And by old, I don’t mean bad at all.

@@michaeloffgrid Even with that, it almost looks intentional. Like aliens liked those shapes.

The geometry’s been updated as well, there’s been a lot of work put in

Guess some people just don’t know how Roman numerals work

Yeah tallon 4 its stuck in my head. If tallon 5 is anything like it then sign me up hahaha

Same, I'm cringing really hard rn

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Yeah, that was a silly flub there.

The Switch is more powerful than a PS3, the internet forgets that it is a powerful handheld.

Games used to have optimised code. Metroid Prime is an old game. Even if you buff up the assets to HD the overhead of the game code is so little that it doesn't take that much performance. Modern devs don't know how to optimise, it's common practice nowadays to brute force problems with better hardware or lower quality rather than squeeze every bit of performance out of the system via optimisation.

@@truegamer_007this is why i love the modern doom games, they are incredibly optimised

@@GM-xk1nw doesn't mean much ps3 released in 2006 almost 2 decades ago

It's called optimization, and competent developers given time to do their jobs. Something that the rest of the industry needs.

And they released it at $40 to boot. I'm guessing this was like the Wind Waker HD story. Remaster the existing game to HD to make it easier to create and develop the next gen game. This was probably done to make development of Metroid Prime 4 more efficient.

@@Epic_C that's bs man.

Just like Hi Fi Rush on xbox. I would prefer for more companies to do this.

better to shadow drop rather than dangling the keys on us with release dates imo...

@@DavidUtau its probably not tbh

The funny thing is that retro didnt remove the arm cannon effects for prime2

It was a 2D overlay effect, so when you had free movement with the wii pointer the effect was broken and looked really bad.

That’s a shame, some of the environments in Metroid Prime are so dark that I’d have to charge the arm cannon and use it as a flashlight. I am scratching my head why they don’t include that and save states as options for players to toggle. Metroid Prime feels really dated forcing players to trek to rooms to manually save- it’s such a chore. Even the widely-panned GTA Definitive Editions managed to introduce auto saves!

Wrong, Prime 2 and 3 had those exact effects.

@@SmurffNationnWell, the remaster is significantly less dark for one. There wouldn’t be a need for that, since by the time really dark areas are introduced, you have the thermal visor. As for save states, its a conscious choice by the game designers dating back to at least super Metroid. It amps up the tension as you traverse areas, as deaths are more punishing, forcing you to engage more with the game. Once you get used to traversing it becomes less of an issue, especially with the better controls.

@@MonsterfromHell2543 in other words you hate everything including yourself and your parents

@@MonsterfromHell2543 ???

I believe the original GameCube version had that as well, but not the Wii version. I think the GameCube version also had something visual you could change if you held B when it booted up, but I don't remember. Unless that was how you turn on surround sound?

@@GBDupree it was the progressive scanning feature but it only worked if you had the special component cable that was expensive and hard to find. The port for that got removed in the revision of the gamecube along with one of the ports(the one that lets you soft mod the console) that are down in the console.

@@GBDupree the GCN version used Dolby Pro Logic II. Not true surround but it was pretty effective.

gamecube was also 5.1 it was mixed in pro logic 2 5.1 surround but compressed, the switch is HD pcm 5.1

@@TheApey it is indeed true surround it sends sound on dolby cue command to the currect channel THAT IS SURROUND SOUND. pro logic 2x was 7.1 and gamecube and wii also supported that format, pro logic 2 2x codec is programed and hidden IN a stereo stream in either analog or digital its so good even a recording will maintain the cue thats why you still get in in yt recordings of wii gc gameplay my sonos app will even tell me its in surround when its triggered

Have fun! If you want to play the other games in the series, be aware that Prime is technically on the same timeline but the connections between these games and the Classic, 2D ones are sparse

Now you will understand the suffering of those who waited for Metroid prime 4.

It’s story is told through scan logs, so if you want details, you discover it through gameplay

If you want a modern take on the old school Metroid, buy Dread after Prime. Metroid Dread is also amazing and looks amazing as well.

WHATTT!!!! Karl, i never thought i would see you on this video

@@tele.gram.ModernVintageGamer how? Legit?

Not to mention the visor fogging up (even if it was super symmetrical), rain drops on the visor, idle hand animations, everything having a temperature, and seeing her hand change position inside the arm cannon with the X-Ray Visor.

Agree

Blimey, calm down.

@@Robert-tl2vg??

the thing with remasters and ports is it's easier to not screw it up. they literally had to just leaves things as they are as much as possible. the more work they do, the more things change, the more the game becomes less faithful. and the fact this is a port means they were not able (or didn't bother to) recreate the game, which is ok, it runs well. but it means we can't really praise them for being faithful when the result is just a port, and not much could be changed anyway

@@MonsterfromHell2543 so mature of you... Wow

@@Tina.Di.Napoli Just report it as spam and be done with it. His entire existence is just spamming the same comment all over again.

Where'd you preorder it from? I'm having a little bit of trouble finding it.

@@alrightalright4585 I pre-ordered mine at Best Buy, right now there most likely out of reservations there, Amazon, and Target. From what I know GameStop might still have pre-orders open.

@@iNAZUMA_AiDAN_H Thank you! I'll give em a shot and see. Trying really hard not to get the digital version.

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@@MonsterfromHell2543 Maybe a therapist would be of help to you.

Awesome

The same thing happened to me and the new ninja turtles side-scroller. I remember the old game looking that good but when I looked it up it was so outdated! 😂

Nothing is made better with motion controls. Nothing.

very good points

Also, the game is SO MUCH easier in dual-stick mode that, if there were checkpoints, there'd be almost no challenge at all. I'm actually a little surprised they didn't rebalance it, since this was a criticism of the Wii version too.

Yes it has. It could always be an optional feature, of course, so "true gamers" like yourself can win a trophy to show how awesome you are. Your experience isn't everyone else's. So please stop being a gatekeeping asshole.

This reminds me of some people complaining abour Dread when it came out, and saying stuff like the maps are a bit confusing, but it felt exactly like a metroid game should, and surpassed most of the ones before it.

Thank you! This! If they want to add it, at least make it a toggleable option in the menu but still design the difficulty of the game around manual saves as to not compromise the experience for people who want challenges.

It was announced and released at the same time, you could be playing it right now

@@ELTABULLO could be waiting for the physical release. I like buying physical games myself.

Nice! Have fun.

You should buy the disc only and play on emulator on pc brother

@@sadigyara but there is no disc for this remaster. Just a switch cart my man.

Yuk yuk yuk.

Take a bow sir!

Lol

All dads reading this approve in silence

I think the biggest issues are the Gamecube controller controls have X and Y swapped so anyone with musle memory of original controls get pretty messed up. Another issue with a forced 3 round burst on the power beam that you have to wait for before you can begin charging.

What's so great about it? Looks like Doom.

@@basshead. but its nothing like doom, its more of a first person zeldaish game, it a well craft world to unlock and explore

And Corruption too. They'll release them one at a time to prepare for Prime 4.

For real my guy. Echoes is my favorite game of all time so I can't even imagine how good a remaster like this will look and play

Phendrana Drifts still goes so goddamn hard

The meta ridley fight music is a banger too

Tallon Overworld Depths is one of my favorite video game songs period

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@@MonsterfromHell2543 good, but did I ask?

You can remap the buttons in the Switch menu for a long time now. You never realized this?

Just run for the thermal visor lol... (Yes it's a joke.)

It's also mossing the Fusion Suit

Also needs an option to hide the crosshair like in the original

@@ThomasVvV not with a GameCube controller, oddly enough. Nintendo only expects you to use one with Smash and nothing else.

It is!

Thought my life was a lie for a minute but yes Tallon 4

0:55 (for the benefit of confused readers)

Don't be tempted, just *get it.* Metroid is attempting a revival with Dread's release, Prime 4 struggling to develop, and Prime 1's remaster. Now is the time to help Metroid break through or watch it fall back to obscurity

@@VGLounge It's just that I have so many games waiting to be played in physical release or in my steam library... but yeah I think I will buy it anyway :)

No not even close. It was technically a Jurassic Park game from 1998 that did that first. Another popular game with rag doll physics was Hitman Codename 47 which came out in 2000

@@crestofhonor2349 Ok, stil one somewhat early example where it was working quite well.

@@michipeka9973 I pushed Prime remaster in front of my personal backlog lol. I'm gonna finish up my current game, then play Dread while I wait for the physical Prime release!

WHY WOULD GYRO BE HIDDEN ITS LITTERALLY THE GO TO WAY TO PLAY I DOUBT VERY MUCH NINTENDO HID GYRO AWAY

@@audie-cashstack-uk4881 not all sticks are as bad as joycon sticks

Prime 2 is my favorite of the trilogy. I'm praying they do the other two.

They will cause on how many buys this.

I think Prime 2 could look so gorgeous. And also could include small QOL things, in terms of ammo and health when in the dark world. It’s the Prime game I always come back to.

It would be a lose lose if they didn't. Fans get offended and dissapointed. Developers waste an opportunity for money as well, because I know that would sell like hot hot bread

Same! Would be weird it Switch only will get Metroid Prime 1 and 4. Where's 2 and 3? I don't expect Metroid Prime 4 to get released now in 2023. Probably in 2024 if they don't release 2 and 3 as remasters before. There's different release strategies to release all 4 games (if they do): Trilogy, 4 (no longer possible) 1, 2, 3, 4 (one game per year) 1, 2 and 3 as combo pack, 4 1, 2, 3 and Trilogy, 4 1, 2, 3, 4 and Trilogy 1, Trilogy, 4 1, 4, 2, 3 1, 4, 2, 3 and Trilogy 1, 4, Trilogy And some other strategies. I have no idea how Nintendo will do it. If they do it. Since this is a business with profit ambitions we have to try to see what will be the best for Nintendo and Switch - and for the Metroid fans. It would be so sad and boring if they will skip game 2 and 3. I hope they will release game 2 and 3 as seperate releases. And then Metroid Prime 4. That will give the dev team as much time as possible to make the 4th game as good as possible. Maybe there's a new and more powerful Switch when MP4 is ready. I'm so excited!

Yeah!

Yep

Yep

Heck yeah you can and it looks fantastic. The game is glorious

Yep

I'd love a high res remake of Zero Mission, Fusion, and Samus Returns (god, Nintendo seriously dropped by the ball by releasing Samus Returns on the almost-dead 3DS when the Switch was RIGHT THERE 😖).

Yeah except samus returns, I mean you can play the original but it doesn't have a map, which is a basic thing in metroidvanias

Prime 2 and 3 are also really good. They'll probably do them too eventually.

@Prizm Same here. Don't know why but the Switch back than was getting hot and Samus Returns should have been a perfect title for Switch. I still have my 3DS so if I want to play it again, I would.

We know Metroid Fusion is coming to Gameboy Advance for NSO+Expansion Pack and I'm definitely sure we will see Metroid Zero Mission come some time as well.

My first game of all time as well and yes it sets a very high bar for gaming in general that is hard To match even to this day, to this day it is my favorite game of all time and after replaying it remastered it deserves that position and more

Rumor was always the trilogy would drop simultaneously. I'm guessing we'll see them all eventually.

I would like the same treatment for all the Gamecube & Wii lineups honestly

I suspect they could be dropping each of these as surprise drops in the upcoming Directs. Like having 2 arrive in a September Direct. At least I hope.

We all hope the same. They likely will as it seems Prime 4 is still quite a long ways off.

How cool would it be to get a special edition Quad pack when 4 comes out! It would also be a good (albeit sneaky) way for Nintendo to sell you the remasters more than once.

F-Zero GX: Remastered when? 💙

I’m guessing you bought a game boy advance 21 years ago?

@@sleepdeep305 GC

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@@MonsterfromHell2543 cool

Dread also was way harder than it needed it to be.

@@Krushak8888 Its not about challenge, its about convenience. Even Metroid Prime 3 on the Wii had checkpoints, so I'm not sure why they reverted back to not having them again.

@woRtHy fRenCh ToASt because the original didn't, I never minded made me save often then again sierra games made me do it too

@@Krushak8888 Yeah but you're just one gamer, he's talking about the broad market.

For an old school gamer like me, I don't mind redoing brutal sections, because that's how gaming used to be. You didn't get your hand held the entire time, you had to overcome, and when you did, the feeling of achievement is that much more gratifying. I don't want noobies to forget what old school gaming was like. If you're going to update games to today though, do everything like Skyrim, where you can literally save anytime anywhere. Otherwise, endure the challenges, legends 🗡🛡👾😈

Didn’t Dread also run well on emulators at launch? Odd coincidence.

@@allthelonely4287 yep, thanks to the devs and an optimised code

@fiskburk2908 It really feels as if MercurySteam designed Dread to be playable on PC

I love that the Space Pirates tried to replicate the tech and had some hilarious deaths because of it 😂🤣

The doors were also changed to look more opaque rather than the transparent look the original had (one of the devs complained about this). Although it was likely an artistic choice to match it with the 2D Metroid games and for better visibility from a distance

what are the top 2

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@@MonsterfromHell2543 Must be exhausting to be that full of hatred.

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@@MonsterfromHell2543 Congrats!

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