Sarutys999 I know. I'm just curious what he thought was more underrated. Out of the other generations, I feel like everything that was "underrated" usually had some critical design flaw that led to legitimate complaints. With the GameCube it always felt like everyone was just convinced it sucked, but had no way (nor desire) to substantiate. They were just convinced it was somehow lame. Then in my last 2 years of college it felt like everyone wanted to play shit on the GC rather than anything else. Just my own, anecdotal observations.
Anguel Roumenov Bogoev It barely sold to 30 million hardware units which was very low compared to the other consoles in its line, yet it had one of the highest retention rates of all time. I remember a lot of people making fun of it, but it had so many games worth having. It should have sold way more consoles than it did.
Shankovich Absolutely. I really hope Nintendo recovers from this severe downturn. I don't want them to go the way of Sega, and it's a shame they seem to be losing out because they actually care about making games, rather than piling on secondary and tertiary functionality.
Sanosai only nintendo tbh, ps4 and xbox 1 are basically very cheap gaming pc's on a different os and nintendo's stuff is shit but still has all of our childhood titles... :'( just put nintendo games on a different console please! lol
Nicholas van der Waard pinball was a harmless branded gimmick but wasn't a terrible pinball game. Other M on the other hand... Was indecisive, sloppy and missed the main core of Metroid I feel; Isolation and Exploration.
GRIMLOCK07 That was actually intended. Because the game was mainly about exploration, the bosses should be the only actual danger, to make sure exploration is fun and rewarding instead of risky and punishing. I think it was a good design choice.
+The94Venom I think it had a great balance. Alot of common enemies you could tower over as you got stronger, but then you encountered space pirates and the chozo ghosts, aswell as metroids as you went on.
Metroid Prime wasn't too bad (minus the Chozo Ghosts), it was Prime 2 that had me so freaked out towards the end. That game gave me a fear of wide-open spaces for a while.
Jonah Schneider Same. The Dark Pirate Troopers were worse than the Chozo Ghosts because they had so much health and packed a real punch, even on normal mode. And they appeared in a good number of the big rooms/crossroads. Torvus was the worst place in the game.
+h00d3dn1nj4 I feel like I would have had a better experience if I played it when I was older. I played it when I was in that "Who needs to learn about the *lore* of a game?!" stage.
I should mention that I had nostalgia in mind when I posted my comment. Personally, I will have very strong even emotional memories or ties to games I played from age 7-13. That might just be me. It doesn't mean video games are less fun when you're older.
+h00d3dn1nj4 I think I may have had the best situation; when I was kid and hardly could hold a controller properly I watched the "big boys" from neighbourhood play this on gamecube. Then when I was older and bought wii the metroid prime trilogy was one of my first choices to buy and play. I was old enough to be interested in the lore but had the nostalgia aspect as well......
+MorningBunion Some of the graphics trump even todays games. I loved the freedom of exploration. Even with a book; you get what would be chronologically correct, and explore along the way if you can.
I think they tried to correct the loneliness in the sequel, offering multiplayer battle, videos of other characters, characters you could speak to, and an antagonist "double". But for me that sapped my motivation, and didn't enjoy playing it as much as I couldn't use loneliness as tool to motivate me to explore.
Feelings of being alone and isolated on an alien world is part of what makes Metroid 'Metroid' ever since the first game. They captured that amazingly and it's a shame they strayed from the formula slightly for the sequels. Fortunately they all still retained that feeling of being a one-woman army playing as Samus with all the tech and arsenal at your disposal. Superb game design all in all.
I remember around 2002/2003 some of my high school classmates were laughing and making fun of me for having a Gamecube instead of a PS2, but I just laughed back, knowing that they were missing out on this amazing game, and I wasn't :)
I’m currently in high school with a switch, being mocked lightly by my friends. Nintendo hasn’t changed, and neither has their game quality. Masterpieces like Odyssey, BoTW, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and soon to be Metroid Prime and Smash Bros are only on switch.
eh, you made the wrong choice and are trying to justify it. your friends are all playing games together, while you're alone with your switch playing the same thing over and over and over again. Nintendo fanboys like to use the word masterpiece. Odyssey, BoTW, and ESPECIALLY mario Kart 8 are not masterpieces. I have them all, as well as a switch. But I'm a big boy now so I have ps4 as well. to say Nintendo hasn't changed at all; you sound a bit naive. Nintendo has changed drastically since my years in early grade school.
Robert Belyski I think you’ve got the wrong idea that I’m a fan boy. Trust me, I am far from it. When I said Nintendo hasn’t changed, I meant how Nintendo was viewed. People still view them as a kids company. I am not a fan boy because I aware that they’ve changed. I hated the Wii. Bad console in my opinion. Nintendo appealed to casuals too hard. Bought a 360 and played with my friends. Nintendo is no where near perfect. Take the garbage Wii U and online service for example. But my opinions also valued just quality games that don’t focus on story but gameplay. That’s why I bought a switch. My opinion is that zelda and Mario Odyssey are masterpieces. The switch also conveniently had most of the third party I cared for like Skyrim, Doom and NBA. I have no clue why I said Mario Kart is a masterpiece, but it’s still a fun game. I also own a pc so I still can play with friends. I just think the switch turned Nintendo around drastically.
+Lorraine SF Remember when the space pirates and metroids were scary as a kid.... Still scary. I would want to play it on the Rift though, thats why I own the trilogy!
this game in 1080p is sick. I wonder how a 2002 console game can look soo good in 1080p. I don't know why, but I feel that the textures from many games from the early 2000s were much better than in later games
Josh Leitzel Well is it even a surprise at this point? Since the late 2000's Nintendo has been really out of touch with their fanbase. They abandoned hardcore franchises like Star Fox, F-Zero and Metroid and started to cater to the kiddy and casual audience by making five hundred Mario games and spinoffs, insultingly easy games overall, sloppy Smash Bros. game with RNG in it and streamlined handholding Zelda titles with forced motion controls. They are so full of shit these days. Welp, at least we're finally getting a brand new Star Fox title.
To be fair, I think they're really trying to make up for their past mistakes. But it may already be too late for that. Hopefully not. They've obviously realized that they will never capture the same audience that bought over 100 million Wii's with their current console, because it just doesn't offer the same type of casual and simple gameplay mechanics. And casual gamers could care less about brand loyalty. I've always been a big Nintendo fan, so I can sometimes tend to be a bit soft on them. But this years E3 was just plain bad, no matter how I look at it. At least Fire Emblem looks good. Mario Maker and Star Fox do look interesting as well, but I don't own a Wii U yet so they don't apply to me at all. Splatoon also jut looks like a lot of fun to me, but that still isn't enough to convince me to buy the console, which is a shame. Maybe if we had gotten another 3D Metroid game on the Wii U that would have finally pushed me over edge and I'd buy one. But as it stands, I'd rather just twiddle my thumbs until the NX comes out.
I remember booting the game very first time and listened the title screen music for like an hour, because I couldn't stop it. It was very dark and chilly winter night, my family was sleeping and I was just staring at the wobbling microbes in CRT screen and felt like I was getting sucked in. There is no words accurate enough to describe how mesmerizing that moment was, how huge impact the soundtrack has made on me and how it single-handedly reshaped my understanding for music. I was already exposed for very different types of electronic music back in millennium, but this shit... for my 11 year old brains it was just absolute mind-erupting revelation. Oh, and the game itself is still my very favourite of them all.
The feelings this game manages to convey are nothing short of amazing, especially if you consider it has nearly zero dialogue. I don't know about you guys, but every single time I play this I feel like it's actually me who's there and not Samus, probably because she never says anything and you're basically the only living human being exploring these alien planets. It's scary and exciting at the same time. I first played Prime 1 when I was 15, that was nearly nine years ago, and since then I've developed this habit of playing the trilogy at least once a year.
Because you are not Nathalia, you are... Samus! You whole life there was something in you, something you feel and magnetic. Why are you always coming back? What warm feeling is this, whenever you touch the controller while the game is plugged in? This is not an accident. You are Samus. Nat, if you read my message, then I might be dead already. We have only one chance and you are our only hope. They are back! Good luck.
God, the Chozo spirits and their music is nightmare fuel for me. I still get anxious whenever I know i gotta fight them, even with the xray visor. It's so satisfying when they finally go down and I can breath a sigh of relief.
They used to seem IMPOSSIBLE to beat as a kid. On more recent playthroughs, I found them to be more annoying than scary, but they're still nightmare fuel as far as nostalgia is concerned!
im gonna be honest with you when i first encountered them, i was confused as to what they where. then it clicked in my head and i now have them haunting my very dreams...when i was 6 i would wake up in a cold sweat and i still do. but now a days ( call me weird if you want ) i kinda enjoy the encounter in my dreams :)
Metroid Prime has next to no dialogue, no hand-holding, and is still ten times better than most games today. I feel like developers these days are missing something. They have decided to fill their pockets with money, instead of pleasing us with amazing worlds, characters, and stories.
Game cube was one of (if not the) best consoles ever made. Way ahead of its time, great graphics, powerful hardware, and some of the best games ever known to mankind.
I can remember first playing this as a kid and being scared shitless of the security turrets on the Space Pirate Frigate right at the start. It'd always be pretty neat to go back in time and experience these games all over again.
Anybody else here from today's Nintendo Direct?! As for me, I'm gonna get the physical version in a couple of weeks. I'm really glad that this remaster is on the Switch, and it looks like it's more than a remaster to me!
1:50:27 Tallon Overworld Depths You loved this music, which showed you that you made progress in this fantastic game. And the track itself rocks anyway. ^^
As a kid when this released, I can’t even begin to explain the other worldly feeling this gave me. In an era before videogames/internet took over, this felt so special.
Metroid Prime is one of those few games that I truly believe everyone who calls themselves a gamer should experience. There is so much to love about this. It's got a great art style, great graphics and a great soundtrack. The combat is fast paced but it is much more complex and strategic than your average shooter. There are many great puzzles and boss fights. The story/lore is fantastic. 10/10
So many fond memories. I was only 9 when this came out. My parents were broke and surprised me when they got me this game (and the wavebird from Kmart just like I asked!) for Christmas that year. Before this, the only adventure games I played were Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie 1 and 2, DK64, and Luigi's Mansion the previous year. All good games, but nothing prepared me for the complete isolation, dread, and fear this game gives you at times. Felt like an adult playing this lol. Completely changed how I viewed games.
Its funny we all came back here because this Game gave us so many memories that we couldnt forget it After so many years...still my fav Game of all Time
I remember when I first got this game so many years ago. While everyone spent their time playing their Halo and Grand Theft Auto 3, I experienced the masterpiece of Metroid Prime! I took pride in saying that it was "my game" because none of my other friends ever played it nor even showed interest in it. All I can say is that they missed out.
Metroid Prime isn’t just a game it’s a work of art and an amazing experience I’m so glad it’s remastered for switch I have it both digital and physical it’s that good, I give Prime a perfect 10
That happened to me about a year ago when I replayed it. Forgot to scan the Magmoor Caverns map download station _before_ downloading the map, which made it so I couldn't scan it anymore... EFF.
Gosh... I remember being a kid playing this game, my hands were SHAKING when I finally made it to Metroid Prime! It was such a long journey to get there and all I remember was my jaw dropped as soon as I entered his lair... Dang.... Such good memories!!
love seeing all the comments here. i got this game for christmas when i was like 7 or 8 years old, 20 years ago lol. i didn't know it at the time but this game is extremely ahead of it's time. reading the comments section here helps me put words to feelings, like, how a game with no dialogue can be so captivating. a masterclass on how much a musical score matters. and for 2002, the graphics aren't too shabby either. i remember the first time i got locked in the room with a chozo ghost, i nearly pissed my pants. the combination of the lighting, enemy character design, music and SFX was so immersive. 20 years later and i'm gearing up for yet another playthrough of this timeless, amazing game.
I used to bring my Gamecube to school and during lunch, I would hook it up in technology class to a 60-inch screen and play Metroid Prime after it launched with many onlookers. Not many of them were Metroid fans to begin with, but now all of them are avid fans of the series. I'm happy I did my part in being a Metroid pusher...I still nag my wife to this day to play Metroid Fusion.
This brings back so many memories. I wish I had the time to sit down and play this again. However, I am content remembering the summer my brother and I sat in front of our small little TV and marveled at such an amazing game.
This games was a masterpiece and still is! Retro did an outstanding job in Austin. This is also a proof that GC was a power house. The other game to show the brilliance from our lovely box was RE4...
Even to this day, this game and the rest of the trilogy own the shit out of many AAA/modern titles. As someone who's been a self-taught digital artist, writer, and photographer (with interests in music and culinary art), I definitely give props. Metroid Prime as both the first game in the trilogy, and the trilogy itself, are a work of art. No other way to describe it. And works of art are meant to be immortalized.
Metroid Prime was a series waaay ahead of its time. so much so you can pick it up today and play it just fine and enjoy it like any other triple A title. Its a nearly timeless game!
Playing this game as a kid changed the way I felt about everything. I still come back to this soundtrack at least once a week. Perfect ambiance for productivity.
@ 2:14 I would play it at least 10 mins before I pressed start. I couldn't stop listening. It just literally spoke and still speaks to my soul. How I listen to it is by actually picking out all the individual sounds, from the chanting, to the electronic sounds all that. I'm telling you it is the best music on a game start screen that had me addicted...
Edit: some typos and METROID PRIME 4 IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING! Just takes a long while lol Oh Jesus, this is definitely one of my best memories of my childhood, if not the best. I wish they would release a proper new Metroid Prime game, not like the new one for 3DS... it's called Metroid Prime: Federation Force, I think, and well, 3DS.. Just why? Anyway Metroid Prime has just such an amazing atmosphere to it and the music and gameplay is phenomenal. I just love everything about this game. I mean I love the whole franchise to death of course!
Zenji Honestly as someone who's playing threw Metroid for the first time(I haven't played the others but I'm on Prime right now) I'm really enjoying the experience. Perhaps my favorite game of all time. The only real competition for me is with Dark Souls and the original Doom.
I still remember when I got the Trilogy on Wii for my birthday. I remember being so hooked that my parents had to withhold it because I wasn’t doing schoolwork. That’s how impactful this trilogy was to me. Metroid is perhaps the first video game series that I was ever a fan of (going back to the Game Boy), and it still mesmerizes me today (despite that fact that I don’t own a Switch).
The soundtrack when you first arrive at the planet with the rain and everything... It made you feel like you were actually there one of my favorite moments in a game
Oh yes do it. 20yrs baby its sooo awesome. Start playing again today after all that time, and it still feels like the first. The music. Everything just plain awesome and 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
There is no game before or after that feels like metroid prime. My personal GOAT. The atmosphere in this game, the puzzle solving and exoration. Just insane. I still play it
1:50:27 is my favorite and I'm so glad it's here! I was just thinking of this game the other day and how awesome it was and is! The music alone had me hooked, but this game was so revolutionary, I...just... no words.
The Gamecube will forever be my favorite console. My top three titles (Mario Sunshine, Double Dash, and Prime 1) will always have a special place in my heart.
I was sure of this too during 14 years. I bought a Switch a few weeks ago, and I have to tell that the MK8 is really interesting and can be very challenging as well. Not better than MKDD, but same level in my opinion ! I suggest you to try it if you got the opportunity. And more than try, play it !
The game itself = incredible. The soundtrack = masterpiece. It really pulled you into the game experience and I can say I can't name too many others who have this unique combination.
Chozo Temple Artifact with the harp arpeggio and the classic Metroid tune is so beautiful...I actually LOVE this entire score. One if the beat in video game history imo
This game's music was absolutely perfect. Set the tone and atmosphere so well for a Metroid game. I remember getting this game the christmas of '02 and was scared shitless. Such an amazing game.
I love how they remastered the game, got to the soundtrack and were like "Nah it was already perfect." And left it as is
wait, they remastered the game?
@@zn74 yes, on switch, and it's a blast
21 years later dude. There’s not a single soundtrack I can think of that is as timeless as this.
@@HighhScore super street fighter 2 is still just one banger after another... for me that is right up there with the metroid osts
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GameCube one of the most underrated consoles of all time.
What beats it? Dreamcast flopped in sales, but gamers loved it(as I recall). Otherwise, I can't think of a contender.
Anguel Roumenov Bogoev It was in the same generation as the universally loved PS2, to put things into timestamp perspective.
Sarutys999 I know. I'm just curious what he thought was more underrated.
Out of the other generations, I feel like everything that was "underrated" usually had some critical design flaw that led to legitimate complaints.
With the GameCube it always felt like everyone was just convinced it sucked, but had no way (nor desire) to substantiate. They were just convinced it was somehow lame. Then in my last 2 years of college it felt like everyone wanted to play shit on the GC rather than anything else.
Just my own, anecdotal observations.
Anguel Roumenov Bogoev It barely sold to 30 million hardware units which was very low compared to the other consoles in its line, yet it had one of the highest retention rates of all time.
I remember a lot of people making fun of it, but it had so many games worth having. It should have sold way more consoles than it did.
Shankovich Absolutely. I really hope Nintendo recovers from this severe downturn. I don't want them to go the way of Sega, and it's a shame they seem to be losing out because they actually care about making games, rather than piling on secondary and tertiary functionality.
My god, when this game came out and the future of video games seemed limitless...
William H. Bonney A shame they're all the same repeated thing and there aren't anymore masterpieces like this series anymore. In my opinion, anyway.
Matt Cramer
Dark Souls
Mortablunt
Meeh..
William H. Bonney Yes, they stopped trying at around 2005, including nintendo, no, ESPECIALLY nintendo.
Sanosai only nintendo tbh, ps4 and xbox 1 are basically very cheap gaming pc's on a different os and nintendo's stuff is shit but still has all of our childhood titles... :'( just put nintendo games on a different console please! lol
Isolation, exploration, and atmosphere. That's what makes the Metroid games so special!
Plus it was not like the new games it still has a special place in my heart
Except: Pinball or Other M
Nicholas van der Waard pinball was a harmless branded gimmick but wasn't a terrible pinball game.
Other M on the other hand... Was indecisive, sloppy and missed the main core of Metroid I feel; Isolation and Exploration.
I am with you on that one
Sorry, Adam has yet to authorize me agreeing with you.
No other game has made exploring an alien world such a beautiful, immersive and at times scary experience as well as the Metroid Prime series.
So agreed. When I was younger, I was actually terrified to explore the pitch black area on the frozen level.
g0d0fw4r98 When I first played the game I was so scared when I saw the first parasite in the earlier rooms of Orpheon.
+ArmaBiologica35 The nostalgia is real...
The first 3 halos were really good too
Ben Dudek Well, nobody is talking about Halo here.
Phendrana Drifts baby
Especially the Phendrana Battle theme. Best one.
yep one of my favs too. the music literally is 10/10 in this game
Allll dayyyy!
Always the track I'm looking forward to.
The music great, but it was basically ruined by the stupid pirate fortress in the middle of Phendrana, which always made me dread going there
metroid has to be in top 10 best game soundtracks of all time... whos with me on that?
#1
I agree.
"Tallon Overworld Depths" the best
Divinity Original Sin 2, Kotor1&2, Witcher 3, Age of Wonders 3 and Metroid prime are my favorites :)
@@AcousticOlli Honestly Hollow Knight for me has to be in the top 3
Such a vast awesome game on such a small disk...
Pablo Blo Absolutely, I just wish the common enemies were smarter and tougher
GRIMLOCK07 That was actually intended. Because the game was mainly about exploration, the bosses should be the only actual danger, to make sure exploration is fun and rewarding instead of risky and punishing. I think it was a good design choice.
Tobert Pohlmann The Space Pirates though.
+The94Venom I think it had a great balance. Alot of common enemies you could tower over as you got stronger, but then you encountered space pirates and the chozo ghosts, aswell as metroids as you went on.
+The94Venom Space pirates was hard until you get the plasma beam. After that you can beat the shit out of them easily
This game scared the shit outta me. I really had to push myself to beat it back when.
Same here :o
Metroid Prime wasn't too bad (minus the Chozo Ghosts), it was Prime 2 that had me so freaked out towards the end. That game gave me a fear of wide-open spaces for a while.
+Zoë Harmar I found the water levels in Prime 2 to be really freaky
Jonah Schneider Same. The Dark Pirate Troopers were worse than the Chozo Ghosts because they had so much health and packed a real punch, even on normal mode. And they appeared in a good number of the big rooms/crossroads. Torvus was the worst place in the game.
Zoë Harmar It isn't as bad once you get the gravity booster, but until then you feel so helpless in the water
I am sincerely sympathetic for any living being who did not grow up with this game.
+h00d3dn1nj4 Dude, I played through this game when I was 17 (last year) and I loved every bit of it. There was no value lost in the experience.
+h00d3dn1nj4
I feel like I would have had a better experience if I played it when I was older.
I played it when I was in that "Who needs to learn about the *lore* of a game?!" stage.
I should mention that I had nostalgia in mind when I posted my comment. Personally, I will have very strong even emotional memories or ties to games I played from age 7-13. That might just be me. It doesn't mean video games are less fun when you're older.
Oh totally! I get what you mean.
+h00d3dn1nj4 I think I may have had the best situation; when I was kid and hardly could hold a controller properly I watched the "big boys" from neighbourhood play this on gamecube. Then when I was older and bought wii the metroid prime trilogy was one of my first choices to buy and play. I was old enough to be interested in the lore but had the nostalgia aspect as well......
I will never forget the feeling I had playing this game.
Same
Same, i still think back on how immersed I was. I loved every second of it. Hearing this main menu song brings it all rushing back.
Same. Just sucked you in, unlike anything before.
i guess its time to get those feelings back no? :)
Shear terror mixed with unmitigated excitement and wonder?
i like that part on the title theme when the whistle goes "eeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee,eeee EEEEEE eeeeee, eeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeee"
the fact that I understood this...
+viper64jr just sang this out loud at the office. ok...
ok boomer^
Yesssssssss
i felt this
Metroid Prime seemed way ahead of its time when I first played it. I was literally blown away by how the game played out when it was released.
it was far ahead and still looks good
You know what's funny? It's still ahead of todays time too.
l0l
you're so right
+MorningBunion Some of the graphics trump even todays games. I loved the freedom of exploration. Even with a book; you get what would be chronologically correct, and explore along the way if you can.
69th like, so I can agree with you 10^69 time
The loneliness in this game scared me
I was fascinated by it
I think they tried to correct the loneliness in the sequel, offering multiplayer battle, videos of other characters, characters you could speak to, and an antagonist "double". But for me that sapped my motivation, and didn't enjoy playing it as much as I couldn't use loneliness as tool to motivate me to explore.
I never really noticed it
As an introvert during that time I really didn't know what it was. But I loved the fact of being alone and exploring
Feelings of being alone and isolated on an alien world is part of what makes Metroid 'Metroid' ever since the first game. They captured that amazingly and it's a shame they strayed from the formula slightly for the sequels. Fortunately they all still retained that feeling of being a one-woman army playing as Samus with all the tech and arsenal at your disposal. Superb game design all in all.
For a 19 year old game, it's soundtrack still holds up to this day. What a masterpiece.
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Hell yea baby shits still fire
@@AJM927 I want this on my switch dammit!!!!!
@@randalthor6872 not gonna lie i might buy another GameCube just to play it again
@@AJM927 u could just emulate it using prime hack which makes it possible to play with a mouse and keyboard like a shooter :)
I remember around 2002/2003 some of my high school classmates were laughing and making fun of me for having a Gamecube instead of a PS2, but I just laughed back, knowing that they were missing out on this amazing game, and I wasn't :)
It hurts because you want to go back to that time, but you will never be able to :(
buahaha they made fun of you for owning a certain console? never heard of that kind of thing, but in those years i was only in 2nd/3rd grade
I’m currently in high school with a switch, being mocked lightly by my friends. Nintendo hasn’t changed, and neither has their game quality. Masterpieces like Odyssey, BoTW, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and soon to be Metroid Prime and Smash Bros are only on switch.
eh, you made the wrong choice and are trying to justify it. your friends are all playing games together, while you're alone with your switch playing the same thing over and over and over again. Nintendo fanboys like to use the word masterpiece. Odyssey, BoTW, and ESPECIALLY mario Kart 8 are not masterpieces. I have them all, as well as a switch. But I'm a big boy now so I have ps4 as well. to say Nintendo hasn't changed at all; you sound a bit naive. Nintendo has changed drastically since my years in early grade school.
Robert Belyski I think you’ve got the wrong idea that I’m a fan boy. Trust me, I am far from it. When I said Nintendo hasn’t changed, I meant how Nintendo was viewed. People still view them as a kids company. I am not a fan boy because I aware that they’ve changed. I hated the Wii. Bad console in my opinion. Nintendo appealed to casuals too hard. Bought a 360 and played with my friends. Nintendo is no where near perfect. Take the garbage Wii U and online service for example. But my opinions also valued just quality games that don’t focus on story but gameplay. That’s why I bought a switch. My opinion is that zelda and Mario Odyssey are masterpieces. The switch also conveniently had most of the third party I cared for like Skyrim, Doom and NBA. I have no clue why I said Mario Kart is a masterpiece, but it’s still a fun game. I also own a pc so I still can play with friends. I just think the switch turned Nintendo around drastically.
Omg imagine this game in 1080p with oculus rift
+Saint Gamer no thanks i dont want a heart attack
+Lorraine SF
Remember when the space pirates and metroids were scary as a kid....
Still scary. I would want to play it on the Rift though, thats why I own the trilogy!
they still get me though CBA
Shut up and take my money
+Saint Gamer If the fog from the heat, the water drops from the rain etc was cool on a old tv? Just imagine it on a oculus rift?
I'd dearly like a remaster of this game.
Dolphin emulator.
really? its perfect as it is
this game in 1080p is sick. I wonder how a 2002 console game can look soo good in 1080p. I don't know why, but I feel that the textures from many games from the early 2000s were much better than in later games
You clearly haven't taken a close look at the doors by smooshing your face into them.
Crimzon Chi always smoosh
Damn you nintendo, you had one job. ONE JOB.
And we got space soccer. Fuck.
Charles Bukowski "space soccer" fucking nailed it XD
Charles Bukowski This is sadly extremely accurate. Why Nintendo. Just... why.
Charles Bukowski This is sadly extremely accurate. Why Nintendo. Just... why.
Josh Leitzel Well is it even a surprise at this point? Since the late 2000's Nintendo has been really out of touch with their fanbase. They abandoned hardcore franchises like Star Fox, F-Zero and Metroid and started to cater to the kiddy and casual audience by making five hundred Mario games and spinoffs, insultingly easy games overall, sloppy Smash Bros. game with RNG in it and streamlined handholding Zelda titles with forced motion controls. They are so full of shit these days. Welp, at least we're finally getting a brand new Star Fox title.
To be fair, I think they're really trying to make up for their past mistakes. But it may already be too late for that. Hopefully not. They've obviously realized that they will never capture the same audience that bought over 100 million Wii's with their current console, because it just doesn't offer the same type of casual and simple gameplay mechanics. And casual gamers could care less about brand loyalty. I've always been a big Nintendo fan, so I can sometimes tend to be a bit soft on them. But this years E3 was just plain bad, no matter how I look at it. At least Fire Emblem looks good. Mario Maker and Star Fox do look interesting as well, but I don't own a Wii U yet so they don't apply to me at all. Splatoon also jut looks like a lot of fun to me, but that still isn't enough to convince me to buy the console, which is a shame. Maybe if we had gotten another 3D Metroid game on the Wii U that would have finally pushed me over edge and I'd buy one. But as it stands, I'd rather just twiddle my thumbs until the NX comes out.
I remember booting the game very first time and listened the title screen music for like an hour, because I couldn't stop it. It was very dark and chilly winter night, my family was sleeping and I was just staring at the wobbling microbes in CRT screen and felt like I was getting sucked in. There is no words accurate enough to describe how mesmerizing that moment was, how huge impact the soundtrack has made on me and how it single-handedly reshaped my understanding for music. I was already exposed for very different types of electronic music back in millennium, but this shit... for my 11 year old brains it was just absolute mind-erupting revelation.
Oh, and the game itself is still my very favourite of them all.
I loved this game so much that when I play it, I still read the lore scans.
I used to read them all the time, especially the enemies and bosses. They were the best haha
@@gamestrument my favorite was always the one about the space pirates' experimental morph ball tech basically squashing the pirate that tested it.
@@joshdillon9637I remember laughing when they said at the end, “we wisely decided to quit the project.”
I only came to listen to Magmoor Caverns. I ended up listening to it all.
It's slutty isn't it? I love the music during the Meta Ridley fight.
i came to listen Phendrana Drifts Ambience, and i listening to it all too haha
😂 I know what you mean, it really is that good.
Isn't that a remix of lower Norfair (Ridley's lair) from Super Metroid?
Looking at the comments......... I have found my people...........
+Christopher Wagner (Ray8k) Brother!
We are all brothers and sisters when it comes to metroid
Jose Gonzalez We are the Metroid Family
Jonah Schneider Amen to that!
I found my Metroid family, from all these years and I finally found them, Metroid is the best game ever, now I'm gonna play it
Perfect soundtrack for a perfect game.
1:50:27 Tallon Overworld Depths...when the first groove kicks in... one of the greatest musical video game moments ever
It really was. It's like depression in a bottle in the best way possible.
am i crazy or is that track a brainstar remix?
@@TheBLT883 never played/watched/heard of that but maybe Yong Goh knows?
Truly a beautiful mix
Still one of the greatest OSTs in gaming history.
Playing through this game as a 10 year old kid completely changed my life.
Liam Smith going back to these songs and reliving my old memories playing this when I was about 10 is honestly chilling
It taught me the value of perseverance, literally.
The feelings this game manages to convey are nothing short of amazing, especially if you consider it has nearly zero dialogue. I don't know about you guys, but every single time I play this I feel like it's actually me who's there and not Samus, probably because she never says anything and you're basically the only living human being exploring these alien planets. It's scary and exciting at the same time. I first played Prime 1 when I was 15, that was nearly nine years ago, and since then I've developed this habit of playing the trilogy at least once a year.
Nathália Rossetti know exactly what you mean!
On my PC, dolphin emulator.
Because you are not Nathalia, you are... Samus! You whole life there was something in you, something you feel and magnetic. Why are you always coming back? What warm feeling is this, whenever you touch the controller while the game is plugged in? This is not an accident.
You are Samus.
Nat,
if you read my message, then I might be dead already.
We have only one chance and you are our only hope.
They are back!
Good luck.
Jealous! I miss my GameCube and stuff.
@@TemperedMedia Thank you I read my previous reply and cringed a lot.
I miss my SNES. So dumb on giving all the stuff away back then...
God, the Chozo spirits and their music is nightmare fuel for me. I still get anxious whenever I know i gotta fight them, even with the xray visor. It's so satisfying when they finally go down and I can breath a sigh of relief.
They used to seem IMPOSSIBLE to beat as a kid. On more recent playthroughs, I found them to be more annoying than scary, but they're still nightmare fuel as far as nostalgia is concerned!
I always hated the later parts of the game, going back through the ruins. Worst part of the game, save for the phazon mines.
im gonna be honest with you when i first encountered them, i was confused as to what they where. then it clicked in my head and i now have them haunting my very dreams...when i was 6 i would wake up in a cold sweat and i still do. but now a days ( call me weird if you want ) i kinda enjoy the encounter in my dreams :)
aparoid100 Ah, the magic of story-telling. It lives on in our hearts and minds, inspiring some of our wildest dreams.
absolutely
Time to finally relive this masterpiece and it’s soundtrack on the switch!
Metroid Prime has next to no dialogue, no hand-holding, and is still ten times better than most games today. I feel like developers these days are missing something. They have decided to fill their pockets with money, instead of pleasing us with amazing worlds, characters, and stories.
It has some sort of hand holding, when you "receive scanner data", very welcome, btw
***** That's not hand-holding; it's just hinting at what to do next.
You're goddam right.
TheJustin4848
Also, one can turn off hints in the settings.
Even then, it's only showing you a room to go to, it never tells you how the hell to get there.
Am I the only one who completely shits themselves when the Space Pirate theme kicks in?
Nope. DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DAA DUN dun dun dun dun dun dun DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA dun!
wolfboyft The Sunken Frigate Theme as well! It sounds so peaceful and beautiful, almost heavenly like. I could easily fall asleep to it to be honest!
Haha me too
no credits?? This was done by Kenji Yamamoto!! he deserves recognition.
Phenomenal composer!
Game cube was one of (if not the) best consoles ever made. Way ahead of its time, great graphics, powerful hardware, and some of the best games ever known to mankind.
One of the best for sure! :)
I can remember first playing this as a kid and being scared shitless of the security turrets on the Space Pirate Frigate right at the start. It'd always be pretty neat to go back in time and experience these games all over again.
The dark areas and ghosts always scared me when I was playing this as kid xD
irelydontcare you profile pic scared me for a sec...good one m8
+irelydontcare dude dying space pirates
You can literally play it again. It's been so long, it's fresh all over again. 😉💜
Anybody else here from today's Nintendo Direct?! As for me, I'm gonna get the physical version in a couple of weeks. I'm really glad that this remaster is on the Switch, and it looks like it's more than a remaster to me!
Chozo Ruins Main Theme.. Always loved that beat. Head would be bobbing to the side every time I played the game haha
Ayy, same. I got chills first time I heard it. I listen to rap and hip-hop. Goes hard lol
1:50:27 Tallon Overworld Depths
You loved this music, which showed you that you made progress in this fantastic game. And the track itself rocks anyway. ^^
As a kid when this released, I can’t even begin to explain the other worldly feeling this gave me. In an era before videogames/internet took over, this felt so special.
Metroid Prime is one of those few games that I truly believe everyone who calls themselves a gamer should experience. There is so much to love about this. It's got a great art style, great graphics and a great soundtrack. The combat is fast paced but it is much more complex and strategic than your average shooter. There are many great puzzles and boss fights. The story/lore is fantastic. 10/10
I love the Phendrana Drifts music so much
So many fond memories. I was only 9 when this came out. My parents were broke and surprised me when they got me this game (and the wavebird from Kmart just like I asked!) for Christmas that year. Before this, the only adventure games I played were Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie 1 and 2, DK64, and Luigi's Mansion the previous year. All good games, but nothing prepared me for the complete isolation, dread, and fear this game gives you at times. Felt like an adult playing this lol. Completely changed how I viewed games.
Who else is here reliving nostalgia after playing Metroid Dread??
44:04 Hive Mecha Boss Theme is an underrated track, really encapsulates Samus battling it out. How is this ost so perfect... blows my mind.
This was my favorite one as a child. I remember opening new save files just to fight the hive mecha indefinitely
Tbh it wasn't until I just played through the remaster that I thought the exact same thing like holy frick man this song is super underrated
Seriously, I wished it was used even once ever again as a theme for a battle. Such a good song.
Guess I'm 14 years late for the party but the party is never late for my heart
same here
attack on titan? ur pic
trick or treat it is😃
I'm 17 years late :p
Un juego atemporal.
Truly a masterpiece in every way. I still keep this game one the best of games I have ever played ever since I got this for my Gamecube.
1:14:31 ♥
Our lord and savior
This needs to be pinned 📌
He has Risen.
this is the one i needed . How strange ....when EVERYONE love the same thing. Nostalgia and great memory when i first listen to this beautiful song.
Oblivion
Its funny we all came back here because this Game gave us so many memories that we couldnt forget it After so many years...still my fav Game of all Time
What I listen to when I do my physics homework.
+CBA Studying for a Calculus exam TOMORROW!!!
+CBA Just stay away from Science Team; they have vapor for brains.
+CBA Saw this and just had to comment. I do my electronics revision to this soundtrack :p
+Jackson Myers well done :O Metroid Prime OST gave you brain power!
James Salter Not for the Space Pirates! They just dump phazon on everything! "It didn't work? Ok, try it again, but this time, use more phazon."
Hey guys, thanks for listening! Which game would you like me to do next?
+Zaid Shoufan Metroid Prime 2: Echoes please :3
+Zaid Shoufan MP2 please great soundtrack for relaxing and also some good action tracks as well. :)
+Zaid Shoufan Pikmiiiiiin :D
+Furuya Alright, to be honest I've never played it so I ordered it. I'll do a video after I play the game!
Zaid Shoufan Wut o.o Thank god you ordered it! Metroid Prime 2 is like the first one...Just a freaking masterpiece! :) I'm excited for the video! :3
I remember when I first got this game so many years ago. While everyone spent their time playing their Halo and Grand Theft Auto 3, I experienced the masterpiece of Metroid Prime! I took pride in saying that it was "my game" because none of my other friends ever played it nor even showed interest in it. All I can say is that they missed out.
No amount of words could explain the awe and wonder I first felt went I entered Phendrana Drifts for the first time and the music started playing.
Metroid Prime isn’t just a game it’s a work of art and an amazing experience I’m so glad it’s remastered for switch I have it both digital and physical it’s that good, I give Prime a perfect 10
Zaid Shoufan Thank you for posting this. The screenshots were the icing on the cake. Brings me back. Just wish I could scan EVERYTHING!
+AnthonyIchooseyou My pleasure! :)
The feeling when you replay the game after 10 years and you forget to scan one thing.
FUCKING FLAAHGRA'S TENTACLE WHY IS THAT NECESSARY
That happened to me about a year ago when I replayed it. Forgot to scan the Magmoor Caverns map download station _before_ downloading the map, which made it so I couldn't scan it anymore... EFF.
+Zaid Shoufan like fr god bless u dude 😂😂😂😂😂
Mmmm... cake...
Gosh... I remember being a kid playing this game, my hands were SHAKING when I finally made it to Metroid Prime! It was such a long journey to get there and all I remember was my jaw dropped as soon as I entered his lair... Dang.... Such good memories!!
love seeing all the comments here. i got this game for christmas when i was like 7 or 8 years old, 20 years ago lol. i didn't know it at the time but this game is extremely ahead of it's time. reading the comments section here helps me put words to feelings, like, how a game with no dialogue can be so captivating. a masterclass on how much a musical score matters. and for 2002, the graphics aren't too shabby either. i remember the first time i got locked in the room with a chozo ghost, i nearly pissed my pants. the combination of the lighting, enemy character design, music and SFX was so immersive. 20 years later and i'm gearing up for yet another playthrough of this timeless, amazing game.
The Tallon Overworld Main Theme is just too good. Setting first foot on Tallonian soil while this theme pops in is unforgettable.
I used to bring my Gamecube to school and during lunch, I would hook it up in technology class to a 60-inch screen and play Metroid Prime after it launched with many onlookers. Not many of them were Metroid fans to begin with, but now all of them are avid fans of the series.
I'm happy I did my part in being a Metroid pusher...I still nag my wife to this day to play Metroid Fusion.
This brings back so many memories. I wish I had the time to sit down and play this again. However, I am content remembering the summer my brother and I sat in front of our small little TV and marveled at such an amazing game.
Such good memories dude
This games was a masterpiece and still is! Retro did an outstanding job in Austin. This is also a proof that GC was a power house. The other game to show the brilliance from our lovely box was RE4...
Metroid Prime's menu music is better than most games now
Even to this day, this game and the rest of the trilogy own the shit out of many AAA/modern titles. As someone who's been a self-taught digital artist, writer, and photographer (with interests in music and culinary art), I definitely give props. Metroid Prime as both the first game in the trilogy, and the trilogy itself, are a work of art. No other way to describe it. And works of art are meant to be immortalized.
Metroid Prime was a series waaay ahead of its time. so much so you can pick it up today and play it just fine and enjoy it like any other triple A title.
Its a nearly timeless game!
This soundtrack hasn't aged a bit. It's such an amazing soundtrack.
Playing this game as a kid changed the way I felt about everything. I still come back to this soundtrack at least once a week. Perfect ambiance for productivity.
Atmosphere, ambience, and aesthetics. The three A's of Metroid Prime.
Aren't the first two the same?
💯
Halo 2 and Metroid prime has to be the best games back then i played both of em.
Playing the remastered Switch version brought back so many memories. They did a great job with it.
@ 2:14 I would play it at least 10 mins before I pressed start. I couldn't stop listening. It just literally spoke and still speaks to my soul. How I listen to it is by actually picking out all the individual sounds, from the chanting, to the electronic sounds all that. I'm telling you it is the best music on a game start screen that had me addicted...
💯
3 hours of pure epicness
Amen
I fucking love the Phendrana Drifts Main Theme. So many memories of playing this game.
Edit: some typos and METROID PRIME 4 IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING! Just takes a long while lol
Oh Jesus, this is definitely one of my best memories of my childhood, if not the best. I wish they would release a proper new Metroid Prime game, not like the new one for 3DS... it's called Metroid Prime: Federation Force, I think, and well, 3DS.. Just why? Anyway Metroid Prime has just such an amazing atmosphere to it and the music and gameplay is phenomenal. I just love everything about this game. I mean I love the whole franchise to death of course!
Zenji
Honestly as someone who's playing threw Metroid for the first time(I haven't played the others but I'm on Prime right now) I'm really enjoying the experience. Perhaps my favorite game of all time. The only real competition for me is with Dark Souls and the original Doom.
The Angry Little Alchemist Yeah the original Doom was also really nice. :)
Zenji
Ya. I think Metroid's better though :D
The Angry Little Alchemist Hihi, I think so too. :P
Zenji
To be fair though, Doom is damn atmospheric for it's time.
I still remember when I got the Trilogy on Wii for my birthday. I remember being so hooked that my parents had to withhold it because I wasn’t doing schoolwork. That’s how impactful this trilogy was to me.
Metroid is perhaps the first video game series that I was ever a fan of (going back to the Game Boy), and it still mesmerizes me today (despite that fact that I don’t own a Switch).
This hit nostalgia real hard
The soundtrack when you first arrive at the planet with the rain and everything... It made you feel like you were actually there one of my favorite moments in a game
I think the ost to many Metroid games perfectly encapsulates the feeling of being isolated on a foreign planet.
Oh man, that Chozo ghosts theme. Those encounters were always so scary.
big facts
Fun fact, you can take one down immediately with a super missile 😃
I have found my people... Metroid is honestly what impacted me the most as a child I might have to buy it again and play it as an adult
Oh yes do it. 20yrs baby its sooo awesome. Start playing again today after all that time, and it still feels like the first. The music. Everything just plain awesome and 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Probably one of the best soundtrack for a game ever made. i'll never forget the feelings i had playing it
Metroid games are fucking amazing! i played them on gamecube and wii and they are freaking awesome! Can't get enough of this legend
1:05:34 Let the epic journey to fight evil begin.
Themes like this are reasons why I love the Metroid series.
There is no game before or after that feels like metroid prime. My personal GOAT. The atmosphere in this game, the puzzle solving and exoration. Just insane. I still play it
Such a brilliant game. We need it on Switch. C'mon Nintendo haha :)
1:50:33 The song that stuck with me the most, especially the melody at 1:51:40
God it’s so sad we’ve gone this long without a fps Metroid game.
The Phendrana Drifts Theme has been stuck in my head for months now. Game still looks great even after all these years
1:50:27 is my favorite and I'm so glad it's here! I was just thinking of this game the other day and how awesome it was and is! The music alone had me hooked, but this game was so revolutionary, I...just... no words.
The only game ever worth a console. 60 FPS and pure gameplay awesomeness.
100% Hardmode scanning, and still not tired of this game.
This was the game that got me into the Metroid series. In 2002 the exploration was and still is breathtaking.
@ 49:14 Epic Exploration Music.... 'nuff said.
Gotta love the Metroid Prime final boss theme. God I remember playing that, that theme is epic.
it's so WEIRD
Still to this day, one of the best soundtracks ever created.
The Gamecube will forever be my favorite console. My top three titles (Mario Sunshine, Double Dash, and Prime 1) will always have a special place in my heart.
Chris Purolover true that
So true for me too ! I have so much nostalgy by coming here !
I would just add, for my part, Super Smash Bros Melee & Zelda the Wind Waker !
Double dash will always easily be the best mario kart in my eyes
I was sure of this too during 14 years. I bought a Switch a few weeks ago, and I have to tell that the MK8 is really interesting and can be very challenging as well. Not better than MKDD, but same level in my opinion ! I suggest you to try it if you got the opportunity. And more than try, play it !
thousand year doooor
This Ost is The Best of history of videogames and my favourite song of all videogames is 1:07:25 Magmoor Caverns Main Theme , FANTASTIC SONG!!
18:43 Oh god the goosebumps. Maybe my favorite part of the OST, it's so good.
The game itself = incredible. The soundtrack = masterpiece. It really pulled you into the game experience and I can say I can't name too many others who have this unique combination.
Chozo Temple Artifact with the harp arpeggio and the classic Metroid tune is so beautiful...I actually LOVE this entire score. One if the beat in video game history imo
Never tire of hearing this incredible soundtrack. Especially this one 1:58:53
I played several of those tracks as opening in my DJ set in raves. Super good to build up tension
How many people recognised it?
I finished this game today for the first time. This game is incredible. Masterpiece.
This game's music was absolutely perfect. Set the tone and atmosphere so well for a Metroid game. I remember getting this game the christmas of '02 and was scared shitless.
Such an amazing game.