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For me Metroid Prime is one of my all-time faves, alongside the likes of Space Harrier, Herzog Zwei, Revenge of Shinobi, F Zero GX, Twilight Princess, Thunderforce 4.
I’m one of those people that just cruises through fan-wikis reading entire pages on fictional monsters, so everything to do with the scanner is incredible to me. Beyond hyped to experience this game in the present for the first time!
I absolutely love reading about lore and biology of creatures and such. See Pikmin's Piklopedia on various characters' thoughts on creatures, varying from actual Scientific names and habits to how to best prepare them for consumption.
@@theonlybilge I love the log where they try and recreate morph ball technology and it only results in horribly mangled test subjects. It’s a good dark joke and it also goes to show how advanced the technology of the Chozo is.
Any game that has a sort of bestiary is a bonus to me. I get so caught up looking through details about specific creatures and their habits. It makes the game more lively. And Prime adds on stuff like the lore and research, which gives details on stuff like the machinery, environment, and history or different alien cultures. It's something that is never really done as well as the Prime games.
Bro this game awakened ancient memories of staring at a magazine guide for the game at 2am way past my bed time. Every page melted into my brain as I delve back into Tallon IV like I'm exploring my old neighborhood visiting old friends like the Sheegoth or the Chozo Ghosts. So glad to have this
@@macuser7048 I missed out on those actually. The guide I found was buried in a box left over from my older brother after he moved out mixed with a bunch of other old magazines
@Rick James with the greed modern Nintendo has nowadays, it's very possible. Like why is this $40 instead of $70 like the Skyward Sword remake? Might be because they're going to slowly release each prime game of the trilogy for $40 each leading up to Prime 4.
Ok so here's how I see this going: This was Retro's "warmup" game. This was to get back in the groove of Metroid Prime, and to test their new engine. Now that that's done, I think we actually can expect to see Prime 4 sometime soon. They wont release 2 and 3 remasters before that, since they already gave us this as an appetizer. If Metroid Prime 4 sells well, then I think we can expect to see more remasters
I know many people that worked on Prime trilogy moves on. I wouldn’t be surprised if they used this as an excuse to study what made this a critically acclaimed game as they redid each area’s visuals.
I might not have played Metroid Prime, or the rest of the series, but... that menu music gives me chills. I'm so nostalgic for it because I played Smash Bros Brawl. Getting stuck in the lab, listening to that theme.
Once, I had brought both my GameCube and the original Metroid Prime over to my mom's house, and began to play it while my mom was in the living room. I distinctly remember her reaction to the title screen upon us both seeing it for the first time - "That looks like something out of that movie Alien!"
And then being able to explore the crashed Frigate via the Tallon Overworld is pretty metal, too. If I recall correctly, the Frigate leads to the Phazon Mines.
I believe Retro did remaster it to get the new staff into the Metroid groove for Prime 4. IIRC only about half the people that worked on the originals are still there, which is still a damn good retention rate for the industry.
retro, iron galaxy, and like 8 other game studios/contract studios all worked on this remaster. full list:. retro, iron galaxy, zombot studio, atomhawk design, original force ltd, Shanghai mineloader digital tech, airship images, liquid development, cgbot, and gamesim inc.
@@paul-nj1igit's possible IF this was completed years ago as a test for retro studios prior to rebooting prime 4 developement, like some had stipulated, there were aditional art passes and polish done to make it fully ready to launch, and with retro likely deep in development of prime 4, that would be done by other studios. that's all just a guess, it's entirely possible also that this was a project done during prime 4's development phase, and the studios were needed to ensure both metroid prime 4 and the remaster wouldn't interfere with each other's development. I've also heard of the studios involved, iron galaxy did a TON of work for this. not specifically more than retro, but a significant amount was done by them.
holy crap this is SUooooper ugly 3 gens later and this is all we get... look at the ps3 vs ps5 last of us remake...wow and that is only2 gen too photo realistic
@@SozBoz yeah and at the times when phones were more powerfull the 2018 iphone crushed.... the switch its sad that a company might as well make the games on pc ... if they cant compete with cell phones lit me to low end cellphones are more powerful... the context is.... the BAD value x box sereis x beats the swtich bar none
14:18 Same Vinny, I think Metroid Prime 2 is CRIMINALLY underrated. It tried SO many new things. Obviously some of the, were more successful than others, but it was extremely ambitious, and I think the dark and light world concept was so fun. It added so many new layers of exploration by allowing you to get new places by going to the same location in the alternate world and then transporting back.
@@7QWERTY13 I don't mean ship mounted vehicle grade missile launching systems, I mean just a spare missile upgrade for her power suit. She finds one just lying around every game, they can't be that hard to find.
This uses DKTF's engine but updated for MP1 (some stuff is reworked and they wrote wrapper code for the old game's code to match the newer engine version). DKTF's engine is the same as MP1, 2, and 3. Each game Retro iterated upon the engine adding new features, fixing bugs, etc.
which is how it should be done, they could've easily just ported it to Unity or UE but having it on the same engine just shows how far the engine has evolved
Holy crap, knowing that all of their games have been on the same engine really hammers home for me just how dedicated Retro is to putting in a lot of love and care for their games. They're definitely my favorite game studio, maybe contested by Santa Monica
The switch might not be powerful, but that room with the burning parasite queen gave me shivers, or all the details on the pipes and devices on the ship. I underestimated how incredibly atmospheric a Prime game would look like with improved graphics.
Yeah it's still Atmospheric, even more so with the improved graphics. I've been enjoying the Remaster. One of Favorite Metroid prime games of all time.
"Everything old is just what we're playing these days" is something I think is a good thing. While I do understand the desire for new content and new games, remakes allow newer generation gamers to experience the feelings we had with the original titles. That said, I feel like remasters like this game are rare, as a lot others are just cash grabs. I hope that somehow, more major studio devs look at this game and inspire themselves to put more love and passion into their work.
If nothing else, Resident Evil 2 Remake and this game are proof that some games are worth remaking/remastering. True reimaginings of fantastic old games are always welcome, in my mind. I would kill for a remake of Alpha Centauri in the Civilization 6 engine, for example.
Well, technically it's still a port. A _Remaster_ is basically only visual updates. In this case, yeah, they seem to have recreated each asset from scratch, but the underlying code is probably still very similar to the GCN original. A _Remake_ is when the game itself is completely made from scratch, with the original used as reference. Games like RE2 Remake, or FF7 Remake; for example. These terms are often confused, or even used incorrectly. This Remaster could've easily claimed to be a _Remake,_ and most people wouldn't even know the difference, so I appreciate that they correctly categorized it as a Remaster.
"I am so happy it's not shit" lmao what a ringing indictment of most modern remakes in gaming that an actual effort being put in inspires disbelief and shock. Great to see one well done.
1:33:06 - The reason this game handles 60fps so well is because it only ever loads two rooms at one time. So there isn't too much for the system to have to deal with at once.
The remaster is overseen by Retro Studios, but is a joint effort between several studios, including Iron Galaxy Studios (who did the Switch port of Skyrim.)
Y'know, this is one of those few times where I'd say the game just looks great and the "for the Switch" part honestly doesn't need to be stapled on. Like, yeah, it's obviously not showcasing the most modern bells and whistles and it's a little rough in a couple places, but it really just looks good, like the rose-tinted memory of how you remember Prime 1 looking vs what it actually looks like (though its original style still holds up really well). The new lighting engine is particularly great with all the emissive effects, actual dynamic lighting, new reflections, etc., it's got a lot of modern graphical flare, even if it's not cutting-edge quality Also, the game does have anti-aliasing (all objects would have super rough edges if it didn't), but the shimmering on certain objects that plagues most games is temporal artifacting, which occurs largely on thin objects such as wires/fences or high-noise textures such as grid patterns. Long story short, it was never really an issue 10 or so years ago, but lots of rendering tech has changed since then and now the only way to really get rid of it is with Temporal Anti-Aliasing. TAA is usually quite demanding though, so it's not really an option for the Switch. Even on stronger hardware that can handle it, sometimes it's just not implemented properly and it results in vaseline visuals or ghosting. The alternative is upscaling/downscaling tech like DLSS or FSR which can smooth out temporal artifacts and general aliasing, but they have some quirks of their own at times
I still love how no matter how many new games release, the moment a single remaster or remake comes out Vinny's just like *"sigh,* guess all we get are remakes *_these days,_* huh..." Never fails.
Lock-on free aim does have it's uses. If you want to cheese some enemies, you can lock on, duck behind a corner, select the wave beam and angle regular shots around the corner. They'll zip around it and home towards your target. I found it useful for the turrets and some of the pirates in the upper mines.
I spent so many days reading the Metroid Prime (and Prime 2) manual. The artwork and stories were so fascinating to me. I loved making little doodles of the Metroid Prime, Meta Ridley, the Ing, and Dark Samus (MP2 version, not 3). The Metroid Prime Trilogy is probably in my top 5 favorite game series.
40 bucks for a game that hady been out for twenty years with barely any upscaled resolutions and models is exactly in brand for Nintendo. This should have been the entire trilogy for 40 pop. And look at all the sangans crawling to it like abused housewives when their husband bring meds for their back problems.
@@derpstick5467 Vinny has voiced multiple times himself he's in an abusive relationship with Nintendo, how he's part of the problem and how the business side of Nintendo has always been horrible; but he'll swallow most things because it helps his channel making browny points by constantly complaining about it. So yes. Vinny is a sangan but at least he is self aware.
19:15 had this game but never played it myself so Vin explaining and reading everything is much appreciated. I hope he continues to take this game slowly and enjoy his time playing it. There is absolutely no need to rush through this experience.
I still wish they would have at least mentioned 4, just to confirm the game hasn't been cancelled. But with a game that was already super well-known for its environments and atmosphere, the graphic touch-ups are doing wonders for Prime.
Interesting note, there was talk about Tears of the Kingdom being $70, which turned out to be true Amazon and Best Buy pre-orders that listed the game at $60 were delisted and relisted at the new price The same was done to Prime 4's Amazon pre-order listing at about the same time
I’m so glad Vinny is playing Metroid prime 1! His prime 2 stream is one of my favorites, and to think we are getting a prime 1 stream as a remaster is just amazing! This is gonna be such a good stream!
This remaster looks gorgeous, and so I'm definitely getting the physical edition. I do hope that this is what Prime 4 will end up looking like, if not a bit more. Edit: After searching through the cabinets located inside my desk, I have found my old Metroid Prime Trilogy strategy guide!
20:58 "Space Pirate Status >> Dead." I always found that scan mildly amusing. Like oh, let's see about this Space Pirate... *scans* DEAD ...Oh, ok. Yeah, it looks pretty dead.
In a similar way to Vin, This and Zelda was as big of a deal to me growing up. I'm as excited to watch him play this as I would OoT for the first time.
30:00 I noticed that on the very left Meta Ridley just spawned in, jiggled into place and then started flying. For such an early cutscene I'm more than surprised nobody saw it
Credits mention other studios that helped in the development: Iron Galaxy (RumbleVerse, Diablo 3 and Overwatch for Switch), Airship Images Limited, Atomhawk Design, CGBot, Gamesim Inc, Liquid Development, Original Force LTD, Shanghai Mineloader Digital Technology и Zombot Studio.
I had this on gamecube but I was kinda too young to understand any of it so I really only got to the second level. But I remember always being scared by the first levels atmosphere and boss. Super nostalgic
Vincent....it's early days, but look for the flashing "A" icon in scan text windows....it means there's more material to read. Only because you seem to be scan happy - which is good
I kinda feel like developers in general forgot how to "video game" for the past few console generations, and that this game, remastered with modern visuals that lose absolutely none of the essence of the original, serves as a stark reminder of how to "video game".
I remember thinking it was kinda odd how the trailer for this chose to emphasize the visor of all things but then the gameplay reminded me just how much you use your scanner
Is it possible to unlock the Metroid Fusion Armor in Metroid Prime: Remastered like what you could do in the original Metroid Prime or Metroid Prime: Trilogy?
So, the most unbelievable part of this is that at the beginning, Vinny said this was 40?! Is that true? Is this really a re-release of an old game that ISN'T being sold at full price for once?!
34:58 i was having this on in the background and started to hear the shooting sound going on forever without really noticing it at first and i look over and he's just standing there shootin' and i though _how long has he been doing that???_
iron galaxy did a lot too, also a smorgasbord of additional dev studios/ contract workhorse studios, heres the list from the credits: airship images, atomhawk design, cgbot, liquid development, zombot studios, gamesim inc, Shanghai mineloader digital tech, and original force limited.
@@ollieguy6781 Yooka Laylee has Impossible Lair, then there's Sonic Mania, Rayman Legends, the Shantae games, Cuphead, I could go on and on. It's been an excellent decade for 2D platformers in general. I notice most of those are indie developed. lol We need more of that.
@@ollieguy6781 agree so much. Retro didn't just stop at my favourite game series but also dropped my favourite platformer ever. Retro, Bungie and ID are the holy trinity man
I love how happy Vinny was when this was revealed and playing it, he's like a kid in a candy store... or more accurately a space pirate hunter on an alien planet I guess
Anybody else have difficulty with the map controls? When I try to select a different room using the analog stick, it doesn’t always seem to respond. I have to rotate the map and move it a bit before it goes where I want. Am I missing something? Was it like this in the original game on GameCube?
This was my very first Gamecube game back when the console came out! I got that special edition silver Gamecube that came bundled with this, and spent hours upon hours just enjoying the world, the music, everything. I wouldn't call myself a Metroid enjoyer in a general sense, as I never played anything other than Prime, but I almost cried when I saw the trailer and same-day release! So much comfy nostalgia. Can't wait to dig into this myself when I have some more time~
Some of the lore is so cool, there are some actually interesting reads when you scan stuff. There's a log you can read about Pirates experimenting on making a morph ball to gain access to equal the capability of Samus, but the log reads: "All attempts at duplicating it have ended in disaster; four test subjects were horribly broken and twisted when they engaged our Morph Ball prototypes."
I was admittedly really disappointed that we only got Prime 1, I really hope they're at least considering porting Prime 2 and 3 to the Switch in any way, just so that more people can play them. That said I'd love to see Prime 2 and 3 with the graphical fidelity of this one remaster, Prime 2 is my favorite of the bunch and I'd love to see it get the same treatment as 1 did.
@@MentallyIdiotic yeah i honestly though they was gonna do the whole trilogy at first too but i guess 1 could suffice for the moment. I'd honestly never played 2 & 3 yet but maybe on dolphin i'll give it a shot until the remaster for those come out someday.
@@MrDmoney156 Definitely try out the other two if you can, they're really good games in their own right, I might even argue that 2 and 3 are better than Prime 1 in plenty of ways.
The only two things this game needed to be flawless was VR compatibility and an additional echos-like online multiplayer mode dumbed down since it isnt Prime 2. I’d take anything online related in this game- hell even speedrun leaderboard
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How do you get unreachable items in the air?
For me Metroid Prime is one of my all-time faves, alongside the likes of Space Harrier, Herzog Zwei, Revenge of Shinobi, F Zero GX, Twilight Princess, Thunderforce 4.
@@AmericanToucan You hold down your Charge Beam, vacuums them up.
I still get a laugh out of the fact that Samus' spaceship apparently looks like a giant version of her own head. It's just funny.
You could say she's a bit big headed.
If you had a spaceship would you not want ot to look like your head?
mario and samus have more in common than i thought
This is my new Halo. I’m glad these developers know how to actually remake a game.
I mean it’s her *helmet*. Still funny, but if it was like her actual head just zipping through space that would be hysterical.
I like how Vinny was impressed and looking at the graphics, and walked right past the frigate map station.
He missed the Save Station inside the Frigate, too.
@@Zeppelee There's a save station?
100% already missed lol
@@nathansstuff1547 At 20:53, the door seen on the left side of the chamber leads to a Save Station.
@@nathansstuff1547 Right before you use the ball to open the doors to the boss fight.
"The Gamer is an offshoot of the Zoomer family".
Truly the deepest Lore.
No one was truly a gamer until Gen Z
"The Gaymer is an offshoot of the Groomer family"
Really makes you think
@@deadbeef576 Closely related to the Trooner
Funnily enough, the Gamer (Geemer) is the original creature name, so the Zoomer is actually the offshoot.
@@deadbeef576 when is TH-cam banning you for this no-no allusion?
I’m one of those people that just cruises through fan-wikis reading entire pages on fictional monsters, so everything to do with the scanner is incredible to me. Beyond hyped to experience this game in the present for the first time!
The Space Pirate logs are great.
I absolutely love reading about lore and biology of creatures and such.
See Pikmin's Piklopedia on various characters' thoughts on creatures, varying from actual Scientific names and habits to how to best prepare them for consumption.
@@theonlybilge I love the log where they try and recreate morph ball technology and it only results in horribly mangled test subjects. It’s a good dark joke and it also goes to show how advanced the technology of the Chozo is.
Any game that has a sort of bestiary is a bonus to me. I get so caught up looking through details about specific creatures and their habits. It makes the game more lively. And Prime adds on stuff like the lore and research, which gives details on stuff like the machinery, environment, and history or different alien cultures. It's something that is never really done as well as the Prime games.
@@Super_Suchi
I like how absolutely terrified of Samus they are.
It's amazing how a bunch of chat members were able to fully remake a AAA Nintendo game. This is why I love this community. Good job, chat.
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@@matheusleandro219 In the Direct, Vinny asked who made it, and chat apparently said "me :)" based off Vinny's reaction.
Thanks chat, very cool
@@FLYNN_TAGGART oh good job chat!
Dev in chat
Bro this game awakened ancient memories of staring at a magazine guide for the game at 2am way past my bed time. Every page melted into my brain as I delve back into Tallon IV like I'm exploring my old neighborhood visiting old friends like the Sheegoth or the Chozo Ghosts. So glad to have this
Also the Dev who got mad about the doors on Twitter really cracks me up
@@gamesux1590 Im not nitoicking the doors as "technically wrong", just that thry look worse
@@yonderalt2662 Which is fair. Still cracks me up a bit
Remember the Metroid Prime Nintendo Power comic by Dark Horse?
@@macuser7048 I missed out on those actually. The guide I found was buried in a box left over from my older brother after he moved out mixed with a bunch of other old magazines
If anything, I'm sad it doesn't include a "Metroid Dread Suit" option like Prime did with Fusion suit back in the day.
They'll probably add it as free DLC or put it in prime 2
@@doondoon8077 lol u think they gonna make a prime 2 remastered? its a miracle we got this gloriius remaster, not just hd textures.
@@rickjames5998 One can hope...
@@rickjames5998 I mean if it was true that this was finished back in 2021, then who's to say they aren't almost done with MP2 and 3?
@Rick James with the greed modern Nintendo has nowadays, it's very possible. Like why is this $40 instead of $70 like the Skyward Sword remake? Might be because they're going to slowly release each prime game of the trilogy for $40 each leading up to Prime 4.
The remaster we didn't know we needed. Soundtrack is still as perfect as ever.
Apparently it's a more HQ soundtrack?
Oh, we knew!
"We didn't know we needed"? Dude people have been begging for this for *years*
How do you get unreachable items in the air?
@@AmericanToucan once you unlock the charge shot if you hold it down it can draw in certain pickups towards you.
Ok so here's how I see this going:
This was Retro's "warmup" game. This was to get back in the groove of Metroid Prime, and to test their new engine. Now that that's done, I think we actually can expect to see Prime 4 sometime soon. They wont release 2 and 3 remasters before that, since they already gave us this as an appetizer. If Metroid Prime 4 sells well, then I think we can expect to see more remasters
Yes, now development on MP4 can begin.
Also the game probably _was_ sat-on even after being completed. Likely so they could release it closer to Prime 4's launch window.
I know many people that worked on Prime trilogy moves on. I wouldn’t be surprised if they used this as an excuse to study what made this a critically acclaimed game as they redid each area’s visuals.
And get a bit more money flowing for Prime 4 development. Remember, Retro has not shipped a game since 2014.
Its the same engine as DKTF, which is the same as the engine in MP3 MP2 and MP1. Retro iterated upon rhe engine each game adding new features and such
I have to wait. I need to see this on my shelf. I will not cave
Same bro we can make it together brother, it’ll be worth it 🥲
Amazon says this Monday
Same, this is a trophy for the patient
I’m buying it twice
Physical bros we can hold it together. 2 weeks. Just stay sane :)
I might not have played Metroid Prime, or the rest of the series, but... that menu music gives me chills. I'm so nostalgic for it because I played Smash Bros Brawl. Getting stuck in the lab, listening to that theme.
There’s a lot of great music in this game, for sure.
Once, I had brought both my GameCube and the original Metroid Prime over to my mom's house, and began to play it while my mom was in the living room. I distinctly remember her reaction to the title screen upon us both seeing it for the first time - "That looks like something out of that movie Alien!"
Same with brawl. That game made me really like this ost.
Have you played it yet?
Seeing all the space pirate corpses get spaced in the intro when Orpheon blew up was the most metal shit I've ever seen in Metroid since I was a kid
Everything explodes too, even into gooey guts.
@@macuser7048 Delicious
And then being able to explore the crashed Frigate via the Tallon Overworld is pretty metal, too. If I recall correctly, the Frigate leads to the Phazon Mines.
I never noticed that until watching this vod. Up until now I thought that was all just space debris.
Where the pirate corpses always flying into space during that scene? Even in the original? I didn't even notice.
My man Vin wasted NO TIME getting a new Metroid video on his channel. This is The Way.
love the detail of having little water drops on the arm cannon out in the rain
They were in the original. They just changed the way it looks.
@@AfterBurnerTeirusu Was always impressed by the water droplets falling on the visor if you looked up.
I believe Retro did remaster it to get the new staff into the Metroid groove for Prime 4. IIRC only about half the people that worked on the originals are still there, which is still a damn good retention rate for the industry.
i love that. everybody wins
retro, iron galaxy, and like 8 other game studios/contract studios all worked on this remaster. full list:. retro, iron galaxy, zombot studio, atomhawk design, original force ltd, Shanghai mineloader digital tech, airship images, liquid development, cgbot, and gamesim inc.
Better than Halo for sure.
@@dan_loeb damn I wonder why they needed so many companies for this
@@paul-nj1igit's possible IF this was completed years ago as a test for retro studios prior to rebooting prime 4 developement, like some had stipulated, there were aditional art passes and polish done to make it fully ready to launch, and with retro likely deep in development of prime 4, that would be done by other studios. that's all just a guess, it's entirely possible also that this was a project done during prime 4's development phase, and the studios were needed to ensure both metroid prime 4 and the remaster wouldn't interfere with each other's development. I've also heard of the studios involved, iron galaxy did a TON of work for this. not specifically more than retro, but a significant amount was done by them.
Seeing Arlo and Binny so happy has lifted my spirit.
This remaster looks so good. If this is what we can expect for prime 4, I’m very excited to see where it’ll go.
holy crap this is SUooooper ugly 3 gens later and this is all we get... look at the ps3 vs ps5 last of us remake...wow and that is only2 gen too photo realistic
@@simlife445 the switch is the size of a phone
@@SozBoz And 10x LESS powerful than a phone...
@@simlife445 Its half the price and half the size, the Switch is less powerful than a phone sadly. Context matters sometimes.
@@SozBoz yeah and at the times when phones were more powerfull the 2018 iphone crushed.... the switch its sad that a company might as well make the games on pc ... if they cant compete with cell phones lit me to low end cellphones are more powerful... the context is.... the BAD value x box sereis x beats the swtich bar none
14:18
Same Vinny, I think Metroid Prime 2 is CRIMINALLY underrated. It tried SO many new things. Obviously some of the, were more successful than others, but it was extremely ambitious, and I think the dark and light world concept was so fun. It added so many new layers of exploration by allowing you to get new places by going to the same location in the alternate world and then transporting back.
You know it's really kind of wild that samus doesn't just have a spare missile system on her ship just in case.
She has a different ship in each Prime game, and in Prime 3 her ship actually does have missiles which can be used in a very limited capacity.
@@7QWERTY13 I don't mean ship mounted vehicle grade missile launching systems, I mean just a spare missile upgrade for her power suit.
She finds one just lying around every game, they can't be that hard to find.
@@Vrikrar It wouldn't be a Metroid game if it didn't start with all of your equipment breaking.
Honestly I'd bet if she kept backup suit equips on her ship, the ship would go up in flames at the start of the game.
@@Zowayix93 Maybe that's why she had a new one in prime 3.
This uses DKTF's engine but updated for MP1 (some stuff is reworked and they wrote wrapper code for the old game's code to match the newer engine version). DKTF's engine is the same as MP1, 2, and 3. Each game Retro iterated upon the engine adding new features, fixing bugs, etc.
which is how it should be done, they could've easily just ported it to Unity or UE but having it on the same engine just shows how far the engine has evolved
Holy crap, knowing that all of their games have been on the same engine really hammers home for me just how dedicated Retro is to putting in a lot of love and care for their games. They're definitely my favorite game studio, maybe contested by Santa Monica
It's just nice to see Vinny happy
Imagine waiting forever for a game and finding out it's released today. Awesome!
The switch might not be powerful, but that room with the burning parasite queen gave me shivers, or all the details on the pipes and devices on the ship. I underestimated how incredibly atmospheric a Prime game would look like with improved graphics.
Pretty good graphics mixed with incredible art direction
Yeah it's still Atmospheric, even more so with the improved graphics. I've been enjoying the Remaster. One of Favorite Metroid prime games of all time.
Man, were you hungry. Then again, I can't blame you. This remaster looks sooo good
As soon as I saw him start playing this, I caved and got it myself. So I can't even blame him.
"Everything old is just what we're playing these days" is something I think is a good thing. While I do understand the desire for new content and new games, remakes allow newer generation gamers to experience the feelings we had with the original titles. That said, I feel like remasters like this game are rare, as a lot others are just cash grabs. I hope that somehow, more major studio devs look at this game and inspire themselves to put more love and passion into their work.
If nothing else, Resident Evil 2 Remake and this game are proof that some games are worth remaking/remastering. True reimaginings of fantastic old games are always welcome, in my mind. I would kill for a remake of Alpha Centauri in the Civilization 6 engine, for example.
Now THIS is a Remaster !
I thought it was going to be a port, but it's actually just fully remade, very awesome.
This game is legit more of a remake than BD/SP was.
Well, technically it's still a port. A _Remaster_ is basically only visual updates. In this case, yeah, they seem to have recreated each asset from scratch, but the underlying code is probably still very similar to the GCN original. A _Remake_ is when the game itself is completely made from scratch, with the original used as reference. Games like RE2 Remake, or FF7 Remake; for example.
These terms are often confused, or even used incorrectly. This Remaster could've easily claimed to be a _Remake,_ and most people wouldn't even know the difference, so I appreciate that they correctly categorized it as a Remaster.
It is still a remaster. One of the former Retro Studios developers (and many others) confirmed it.
@@Glory2Snowstar everytime I get reminded of bdsp I get angry. I haven't even finished it
@@TheMultiTasker3 resident evil 2 remake and ff7 remake are not remakes. they are different games
I was shocked they had the downloadable version available after direct, was not expecting this!
And at just 40 bucks? I've seen much much worse games sold for 60.
39:55 Metroid Prime truly was ahead of its time
"I am so happy it's not shit" lmao what a ringing indictment of most modern remakes in gaming that an actual effort being put in inspires disbelief and shock. Great to see one well done.
1:33:06 - The reason this game handles 60fps so well is because it only ever loads two rooms at one time. So there isn't too much for the system to have to deal with at once.
god the audio design and atmosphere in this are SO good
The remaster is overseen by Retro Studios, but is a joint effort between several studios, including Iron Galaxy Studios (who did the Switch port of Skyrim.)
Y'know, this is one of those few times where I'd say the game just looks great and the "for the Switch" part honestly doesn't need to be stapled on. Like, yeah, it's obviously not showcasing the most modern bells and whistles and it's a little rough in a couple places, but it really just looks good, like the rose-tinted memory of how you remember Prime 1 looking vs what it actually looks like (though its original style still holds up really well). The new lighting engine is particularly great with all the emissive effects, actual dynamic lighting, new reflections, etc., it's got a lot of modern graphical flare, even if it's not cutting-edge quality
Also, the game does have anti-aliasing (all objects would have super rough edges if it didn't), but the shimmering on certain objects that plagues most games is temporal artifacting, which occurs largely on thin objects such as wires/fences or high-noise textures such as grid patterns. Long story short, it was never really an issue 10 or so years ago, but lots of rendering tech has changed since then and now the only way to really get rid of it is with Temporal Anti-Aliasing. TAA is usually quite demanding though, so it's not really an option for the Switch. Even on stronger hardware that can handle it, sometimes it's just not implemented properly and it results in vaseline visuals or ghosting. The alternative is upscaling/downscaling tech like DLSS or FSR which can smooth out temporal artifacts and general aliasing, but they have some quirks of their own at times
Meh, "for a handheld" is always a good qualifier. It IS weak compared to even last-gen consoles, natch.
I still love how no matter how many new games release, the moment a single remaster or remake comes out Vinny's just like *"sigh,* guess all we get are remakes *_these days,_* huh..." Never fails.
Lock-on free aim does have it's uses. If you want to cheese some enemies, you can lock on, duck behind a corner, select the wave beam and angle regular shots around the corner. They'll zip around it and home towards your target. I found it useful for the turrets and some of the pirates in the upper mines.
I spent so many days reading the Metroid Prime (and Prime 2) manual. The artwork and stories were so fascinating to me. I loved making little doodles of the Metroid Prime, Meta Ridley, the Ing, and Dark Samus (MP2 version, not 3). The Metroid Prime Trilogy is probably in my top 5 favorite game series.
Do you remember how in the Prime 2 booklet it mentioned "Dread"?
Vinny did not hesitate.
I'm honestly surprised Nintendo isn't charging full price for this. It'd be on brand for them.
it's okay, they're charging $70 for tears of the kingdom. let us have $40 metroid prime remastered
40 bucks for a game that hady been out for twenty years with barely any upscaled resolutions and models is exactly in brand for Nintendo.
This should have been the entire trilogy for 40 pop.
And look at all the sangans crawling to it like abused housewives when their husband bring meds for their back problems.
@lasarousi the fuck is sangans? And I guess Vinny isn’t exempt from being one of them yeah?
@@derpstick5467 Vinny has voiced multiple times himself he's in an abusive relationship with Nintendo, how he's part of the problem and how the business side of Nintendo has always been horrible; but he'll swallow most things because it helps his channel making browny points by constantly complaining about it.
So yes. Vinny is a sangan but at least he is self aware.
@@lasarousi The textures, models, and lighting are all completely redone. Visually, this game was recreated from scratch.
19:15 had this game but never played it myself so Vin explaining and reading everything is much appreciated. I hope he continues to take this game slowly and enjoy his time playing it. There is absolutely no need to rush through this experience.
I still wish they would have at least mentioned 4, just to confirm the game hasn't been cancelled. But with a game that was already super well-known for its environments and atmosphere, the graphic touch-ups are doing wonders for Prime.
Well... Since this was seemingly developed by Retro that means Prime 4 is still coming.
Interesting note, there was talk about Tears of the Kingdom being $70, which turned out to be true
Amazon and Best Buy pre-orders that listed the game at $60 were delisted and relisted at the new price
The same was done to Prime 4's Amazon pre-order listing at about the same time
I'll be honest, i'd rather have this remaster.
The start of the stream with Vinny exploring and messing around with all the options is very valuable. Reminds me of old Totalbiscuit game coverage.
I’m so glad Vinny is playing Metroid prime 1! His prime 2 stream is one of my favorites, and to think we are getting a prime 1 stream as a remaster is just amazing! This is gonna be such a good stream!
I know I'm late, but the game is running at 900p at 60fps docked and 612p at 60fps handheld.
Had to play it ASAP after the Direct but this will definitely be one of the exceptions where I double dip on the physical version when it comes out.
Samus is worth the double dip.
I can see this becoming a chill series of streams like with Prime 2.
This remaster looks gorgeous, and so I'm definitely getting the physical edition. I do hope that this is what Prime 4 will end up looking like, if not a bit more.
Edit: After searching through the cabinets located inside my desk, I have found my old Metroid Prime Trilogy strategy guide!
I downloaded this as soon as I could. I was surprised how little I remembered or got confused with prime 2 lol. definitely a great surprise
20:58 "Space Pirate Status >> Dead."
I always found that scan mildly amusing. Like oh, let's see about this Space Pirate... *scans*
DEAD
...Oh, ok. Yeah, it looks pretty dead.
So glad that Retro and Studio Xelfzoc could work together and finally get this great remaster out!
In a similar way to Vin, This and Zelda was as big of a deal to me growing up. I'm as excited to watch him play this as I would OoT for the first time.
Same, I keep thinking if they made a remake for Ocarina Of Time, I would lose it...
Remember being a kid and my mother surprised me with the gamecube version under my pillow, waking up and playing it was awesome.
man I can't believe vinny remastered metroid prime 1, just so he dosen't have to play pizza tower
I've been thinking how I haven't replayed this since like 2014. Good enough to go back like this lol.
*AMAZING! now release metroid prime 2 echoes and 3 corruption*
I'm all for it. I know it'll be pricey if they do them all separately, but it's so worth it!!!!
30:00 I noticed that on the very left Meta Ridley just spawned in, jiggled into place and then started flying. For such an early cutscene I'm more than surprised nobody saw it
It's been a while since Nintendo did the good old Wind Waker HD release method.
Credits mention other studios that helped in the development: Iron Galaxy (RumbleVerse, Diablo 3 and Overwatch for Switch), Airship Images Limited, Atomhawk Design, CGBot, Gamesim Inc, Liquid Development, Original Force LTD, Shanghai Mineloader Digital Technology и Zombot Studio.
do those videos keep not showing up for anyone else? I did not see this one, had to open playlist
Love when Vinny is really into a game and not focused on a million other things.
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I had this on gamecube but I was kinda too young to understand any of it so I really only got to the second level. But I remember always being scared by the first levels atmosphere and boss. Super nostalgic
Vincent....it's early days, but look for the flashing "A" icon in scan text windows....it means there's more material to read. Only because you seem to be scan happy - which is good
Love this game’s soundtrack. Another Tommy Tallarico masterpiece.
The Intellivison Earthworm Jim guy?
I bet his mother is very proud
@@grantmortensonva He did some other stuff too that was pretty good, but nothing after Intellivison. lol
@@grantmortensonva He did compose The Terminator on Sega CD. That's actually a really good OST.
He also composed some stuff for Aladdin on Sega Genesis. O.O
I kinda feel like developers in general forgot how to "video game" for the past few console generations, and that this game, remastered with modern visuals that lose absolutely none of the essence of the original, serves as a stark reminder of how to "video game".
Gen 6 was the last true "video game" era. You got the most game for your buck and everything was poppin'
2:51 already a thing actually it’s crazy how much better this looks
the prime 2 stream was one of my favorite vinny streams of all time. glad vinny picked this up.
I remember thinking it was kinda odd how the trailer for this chose to emphasize the visor of all things but then the gameplay reminded me just how much you use your scanner
YES! THEY USED THE FIXED FLAGRA MUSIC
Luckily it worked fine in all other regions except the US.
Excited for this playthrough. Can't wait to see what all the bosses look like in this remaster.
Wow I can't believe Tommy Tallorico remade Metroid Prime hand-in-hand with Shigeru Miyamoto all by himself for the last 5 years.
I can't wait to play this myself. By far my favorite announcement from the direct
Twin sticks + Gyro for this game is god tier.
Is it possible to unlock the Metroid Fusion Armor in Metroid Prime: Remastered like what you could do in the original Metroid Prime or Metroid Prime: Trilogy?
So, the most unbelievable part of this is that at the beginning, Vinny said this was 40?! Is that true? Is this really a re-release of an old game that ISN'T being sold at full price for once?!
Nintendo better not underestimate Metroid
Why is this video not in the subscriptions page even after watching a bit and refreshing?
"I never say gross stuff on my streams. Anyway, let me tell you about the Diaper Chief."
34:58 i was having this on in the background and started to hear the shooting sound going on forever without really noticing it at first and i look over and he's just standing there shootin' and i though _how long has he been doing that???_
Nice to hear Flaahgra's battle music loop bug has been fixed.
Luckily it worked fine in all other regions except the US.
Also yes, a reminder that Retro Studios developed this remaster!
iron galaxy did a lot too, also a smorgasbord of additional dev studios/ contract workhorse studios, heres the list from the credits: airship images, atomhawk design, cgbot, liquid development, zombot studios, gamesim inc, Shanghai mineloader digital tech, and original force limited.
I wish they would have stuck with this and making that Star Fox game instead of the DKC Returns games
@@ollieguy6781 Yooka Laylee has Impossible Lair, then there's Sonic Mania, Rayman Legends, the Shantae games, Cuphead, I could go on and on. It's been an excellent decade for 2D platformers in general. I notice most of those are indie developed. lol We need more of that.
@@ollieguy6781 Blaster master Zero trilogy, Cyber Shadow, The Messenger, Volgarr The Viking, ect. ect. ect.
@@ollieguy6781 agree so much. Retro didn't just stop at my favourite game series but also dropped my favourite platformer ever. Retro, Bungie and ID are the holy trinity man
31:25 y'know.... so far I do have to agree with Vin. It does look great.... *for the Switch*
I love how happy Vinny was when this was revealed and playing it, he's like a kid in a candy store... or more accurately a space pirate hunter on an alien planet I guess
20:00 Perfectly timed chat comment.
1:36:52 "ouppen dohr" I wonder if that's a direct or indirect reference to Jaakko Järvinen (Jaak), (Isvaffel)?
Anybody else have difficulty with the map controls? When I try to select a different room using the analog stick, it doesn’t always seem to respond. I have to rotate the map and move it a bit before it goes where I want. Am I missing something? Was it like this in the original game on GameCube?
This was my very first Gamecube game back when the console came out!
I got that special edition silver Gamecube that came bundled with this, and spent hours upon hours just enjoying the world, the music, everything. I wouldn't call myself a Metroid enjoyer in a general sense, as I never played anything other than Prime, but I almost cried when I saw the trailer and same-day release! So much comfy nostalgia. Can't wait to dig into this myself when I have some more time~
Some of the lore is so cool, there are some actually interesting reads when you scan stuff.
There's a log you can read about Pirates experimenting on making a morph ball to gain access to equal the capability of Samus, but the log reads: "All attempts at duplicating it have ended in disaster; four test subjects were horribly broken and twisted when they engaged our Morph Ball prototypes."
Hungry for metroid
glad to see Vinny playing another Wario game
Wario World should come to Switch.
I, too, like Vincent "Vinny" Sauce, am glad Metroid Prime is back onto the mainstream.
Vinny asking if Retro Studios made this when it was obviously Tommy Tallerico
As a Metroid fan and a Vinesauce fan, who is a Metroid fan.
This is some good shit.
Can't wait to see Metroid Prime 2 & 3 remastered soon
I was admittedly really disappointed that we only got Prime 1, I really hope they're at least considering porting Prime 2 and 3 to the Switch in any way, just so that more people can play them. That said I'd love to see Prime 2 and 3 with the graphical fidelity of this one remaster, Prime 2 is my favorite of the bunch and I'd love to see it get the same treatment as 1 did.
@@MentallyIdiotic yeah i honestly though they was gonna do the whole trilogy at first too but i guess 1 could suffice for the moment.
I'd honestly never played 2 & 3 yet but maybe on dolphin i'll give it a shot until the remaster for those come out someday.
@@MrDmoney156 Definitely try out the other two if you can, they're really good games in their own right, I might even argue that 2 and 3 are better than Prime 1 in plenty of ways.
@@MentallyIdiotic yeah i defo should at some point, always wanted to try them but never got around to it or i'd usually forget sometimes.
God damn if they do a prime 2 remake, idk bro, I'd like burst a nurst or something. Personally, it's one of my favorites of the trilogy.
The only two things this game needed to be flawless was VR compatibility and an additional echos-like online multiplayer mode dumbed down since it isnt Prime 2. I’d take anything online related in this game- hell even speedrun leaderboard
Fans will take care of the speedrunning. lol
Everything about this Remaster is what I love about life. And then TTYD Remaster is a month MAN it's time for the big one! CITY OF THE WOLVES! ✌🏼
1:58:50 Torille! (a Finnish thing was mentioned)
0:57 I think this is more than a upres this looks like they remade it entirely
I bought this remaster when it was announced, already beaten it, and want to try Hard Mode. It's fun to replay it over and over.
HEY POKEMON COMPANY AND GAMEFREAK!!!! See what the switch can do!!???
I wish. lol