And then when it sees Samus, its first instinct isn't to fight her, the first thing it does is run away, which makes it smarter than most deadly creatures Samus has killed. Samus on the other hand just goes after it relentlessly without even a shred of hesitation.
Metroid Prime is a cosmic horror. Something that seems like it came from the depths of space. For me it's demonstration of Phaaze's horror and evil. Just a taste of it.
@@corvus9359 I like to propose a theory. The reason for it running from Samus at the start is because unlike the other Leviathan Guardians that Samus would later face far in the future had their infected planets guarded by the Space Pirates thus allowing the guardians to mature into the bosses in Prime 3, Metroid Prime had no such luxury as the Chozo's first instinct upon learning of its existence was to lock it down so that it would never see the light of day. Of course the Space Pirates stumbled upon it and it basically gained so much tech from them due to them experimenting on it before retreating to the core of Phazee Meteor in the Impact Crater which the Space Pirates could not get into because of the Chozo's seal over it. Not like it would've mattered as the second they would have stepped into that place they would not be equipped to deal with the intense radiation inside the crater because if they could there would've been at least some instance of the Pirates attempts to breach the crater. But due to this Metroid Prime only had its hive and its ability to produce its countless amounts of infant metroids there was very little in terms of viability for it to use the environment to its advantage thus why it sole relied on the stolen space pirate tech to try and kill Samus only for it to fail and forced it out of its shell and proceed to get showered by its own phazon.
Just finished the remaster. Wished they removed that f**** useless room before the boss whose only purpose is to fuck up your nerves with these unlimited metroids
The fusion metroids were annoying as heck, but they were part of the experience, and you could instakill them with power bombs or just run past them anyways. I always ran past them. It's not that difficult if you don't fall off the platforms.
Looking at this boss fight again, I actually think the Metroid Prime was scared of Samus. When it awakens, instead of fighting her, the first thing it does is run away, which it continues to do until it's eventually backed into a corner. In its essence form, it repeatedly roars at her and makes itself appear bigger as if it's trying to intimidate her, which to me feels like desperation. Samus on the other hand, just goes after the deadly giant monster relentlessly without even a hint of hesitation. Definitely one of the most badass video game characters of all time.
Not a far cry to say that Metroid Prime DID in fact flee maybe because of seeing the Phazon Suit on Samus. Since Phazon is a weakness of itself, that's where the "Flight or Fight" response came in. That and Prime was the Great Poison that lived a long time. Naturally the question is: Who is Prey and Who is Predator..? XD
@@LayneCocaine That's basically what I'm trying to get at. Unlike most creatures that will immediately attack Samus the second they lay eyes on her, the Metroid Prime acts like a cornered animal, rather than an apex predator.
I realized that basically everyone is afraid of Samus in the game. The Space Pirates even call her the Hunter in the logs and when they created Omega Pirate they assess the odds of it beating her.
8:32 There's just something about this moment that sticks with me. Here's the most dangerous lifeform on the planet, maybe in the universe, and Samus just sprints full-speed into battle against it, no hesitation whatsoever. So heroic and badass, and without needing to ever utter a single word of dialogue.
It's funny how his attacks are just: ram into you, create Shockwave, create metroids. Nothing too showy or flashy, but the story, design, setting, and definitely the music make it feel so much more epic. This game was formative for me as a child, and I'll never not love it.
Either that, or it's trying to get a read on Samus because it knows she has it backed into a corner, and this fight is its only chance for survival. Earlier, when the Metroid Prime first lays eyes on Samus, it must've known she was a genuine threat because the first thing it does is run away instead of fighting her.
I think my favorite thing about the storyline in Metroid Prime is that, Samus didn't have to go and kill it. She only went down to Tallon IV to chase Ridley and Space Pirates and at this point in the story, she's already dealt with them. Samus was like, "Welp, my ship's still fixing itself, might as well go for a full clear." She really is the fuckin Hunter
Not entirely true, as you saw from the scans from the scan visor in Samus's Helmet, Metroid prime was/is a "Phazon producing life form", I highly doubt she was going after it just for sport, she probably knew how much of a danger phazon was and decided to take it down as a precaution not just for her own sake, but also (as you saw in the later prime games) for the well being of others
@@SMittal9279 That and because metroids are generally too dangerous to be kept alive, even with the looming threat of X-parasites on the horizon. The latter issue does demand a certain amount of them to be kept around though (not that anyone knew until it was too late), but Metroid Prime in particular is one that's best put down.
0:37 In case no one noticed there’s a improved run animation when you go deeper underground and it’s so much better and huge improvement in the remastered version over the original version run animation
I just can't believe how fucking immersive this game is . 39 years old , have been playing games for more than 25 years and i have seen nothing this immersive before . Look at all the details , just fucking look . The way she shields herself from incoming attacks , the way the visor reacts realistically to all that's happening on screen . The way Metroid takes up the whole screen like some sort unspoken mystical force not from our world . The cool way the guns change function and color to facilitate with the fight or how eack visor differs drastically from one another , uncovering with each state a new part of metroid's mysterious yet intriguing nature . Time and again have i finished this game before but also time and again do i stand in awe and amazement by how this masterpiece looks .
Prime’s death is pretty brutal, you blast it with so much radiation that it mutates into some hideous incomprehensible blob then explodes like a party balloon, in the ending with dark samus you can even see piles of it’s viscera lying on the ground
Samus irradiated the creatures brain so badly that all of the effects that the chozo had experienced it felt 100 fold. It started to evolve so fast that it became horrifically mutated and violently unstable. If you look at the concept art it’s better. The Metroid screams in agony as it starts to fission. It continues copying itself until it’s a screaming mass of faces. Then it begins to fission unevenly. Creating less and less perfect more malformed copies. At this point its genes are falling apart and it devolves into a mass of blue phazon flesh containing its irradiated brain. The unstable mass begins to violently expand pulling the brain apart with it. It continues to expand shreiking In excruciating agony until it ruptures and bursts… of course it manages to contain some of its dna in the suit creating dark Samus. It’s a very alien but very violent death. The creature is screaming like an animal burning…
@@zacharykenniston748no I assume youtube just ate it, it does that sometimes. Even trying to post different things doesn't always fix it. It usually just eats from like a single thread iirc
I just did a play through on Wii Trilogy with music at 0% and now for my 2nd Remastered play through. I find it more immersive, you're much more connected with your surroundings. And easier to notice the hum of upgrades.
@@knux5796 Gravity suit is the best in the series though. Phazon suit is my least favorite, personally. Not because of the concept, but the execution. I felt like the color balance just doesn't quite hit for me. Meanwhile, the Dark Suit from Prime 2 is a similar concept, but executed better.
Ik it’s not as emotionally complex as Mother Brain in Super. But Metroid Prime’s still my favorite Metroid boss because it forces you to utilize all your skills. First gun types, then visor types.
Just beat the game after two hours fighting with Meta Ridley and two hours fighting with Metroid Prime. Wow. My first time playing Metroid game and gotta say it was bit of a struggle but I loved it.
It is amazing how some of the bosses (including Metroid Prime) now look much more menacing and scary at times compared to the Gamecube original. I literally can't believe that Metroid Prime in his exoskeleton can now actually scare me a bit from seeing that face reveal and those glowing red eyes. Despite me having finished the game several times, Metroid Prime in the original GCN release never really scared me or frightened me, while in the remaster, he looks much more scarier than before that I now actually startle a bit when seeing his red eyes.
Dude same I was curious how they were gonna make prime look and I was not disappointed by the result prime looked amazing back on the gamecube and they just managed to make it look way more badass
Similar story, though I always found both forms of Prime to be cool as hell, to the point where I'd draw them, and I like aliens and whatnot. What bothered me were the space pirates and the Sheegoths. The sheegoths slightly unnerved me in the original, but in this one they're spookier for sure. In general, the improvements in lighting made the shadowy areas more terrifying and gave Prime a bit more of a horror edge to it.
I couldn't cycle through weapons fast enough on the GameCube controller during the final phase just before the core fight. I gave up after I don't know how many attempts, 20? Finally finished the game on Wii Trilogy, third try, and Remastered. Ready for a second final boss fight in Remastered. Core fight is a piece of cake, if you're stocked up on power bombs to get rid of the annoying Metroids.
I played this game as a kid. i really loved Prime Remastered, I felt like it gave the game new life, even if it was still fundamentally the same game I had played a billion times but with updated graphics. When I was a little kid, I had a weird relationship with scary imagery. A lot of things that I can obviously tell were supposed to be scary, like the sight of the massive Omega Pirate far in the distance in its soft blue stasis tank against the inky blackness, just read to me as "woah cool monster!" to my three year old brain. The way that Metroid Prime looks like a face when you first open the door to the infusion chamber was the same, I was just like "cool!" When I played Prime Remastered, I opened the door, saw the Metroid Prime hanging from the ceiling, and saw _that damn face._ I did NOT want to go into that room. Knowing it was the same boss I had fought billions of times only barely helped. A lot of people talk about how they wish they could forget everything they know about games like this, so that they could re-experience it all blind once more. Prime Remastered gave me a taste of that feeling, showing me the chill the devs wanted me to feel the moment I opened the door to the Phason Infusion Chamber and saw a bony disembodied face, seeming to radiate evil from the blue glow of the Phazon as it stares me down and dares me to step forward.
I love how the remastered version is. It is like some Alien Movie. But have no intention playing this game again. I don't wanna go through the horrors of this game. It took me over 8 to 10 years to beat this game cuz I was scared when I was little and I didn't now where am I supposed to go next. Then I found out that I had to collect all the Chozo Lores and I did not want to go back to the areas where I did not get them the first time especially the areas where Shadow Pirates hangout.
I was the same way with the resident evil franchises but you'd be surprised how therapeutic it is to conquer those scary memories and thoughts and makes you realize it ain't so bad I love the RE series now I recommend this game to anyone curious about it 100%
Resident Evil is pretty cool and I have played it 1 time before during my middle school years. And I don't like how we have low ammo and the characters can't run fast enough to get away from any mutant freak trying to kill them
@chaosx3297 lmao yeah it's scary af but I think it just adds to the adventure I mean it is supposed to be a survival horror, I find myself revisiting old games alot more recently than I ever have before just nostalgia I guess 😅
I'm the same way, I'm still playing old games from my elementary to high school years. I got that new Sonic Frontiers Game and I still haven't played it yet.
Is it just me, or does this version of Metroid Prime (The Boss) feels more alive and animated than the original one? Something about this one just seems scarier.
It's insane to me that this game looks this good and runs flawlessly at 60fps and they couldn't get the incredibly low polygon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet to run at a stable 30 for what seems like almost a year
@@DekkarJr That’s a terrible viewpoint to live by though. Though blame is totally valid in cases, thinking that “the consumer deserves someone to blame” can lead to scapegoating, which doesn’t solve problems and in fact actually can lead to more problems then when people started out with. Anyways, the real answer is that it’s probably both. There is a lack of quality control that goes into Pokémon games, and it’s obvious to see that when they are pumping out games left and right. However, Metroid Prime’s room structure does make it have to load less at one time then Pokémon does due to its room narrowness, which almost certainly contributes to why Metroid runs better then Pokémon does.
Great stuff: it's so amazing to see this Iconic sequence brought right back into the HD life We all live today! 💫 8:50 The 'Phaase' jingles are still some of the most arcane, eerie and atmospheric sounds anywhere: Legendary!
The music leading up to the final boss fight and then when it shifts to the main soundtrack is always my favorite part I have a save file that I just go back to from time to time just to experience the magic all over again it truly is art personified
As someone who has the metroid prime trilogy on the nintendo wii, everyone's who has bought this should be very happy with their purchase. This game looks so cool with high quality graphics!
Some people say that VEGA looks a lot like mother brain. As both a Metroid and DOOM fan, I could not be more flattered. It just shows how well this series has endured.
I just use the power bomb as soon as they spawn so prime can get the full brunt of it it deserves every last shot lol I ain't wasting it on the smaller scrub metroids, I think it's a better strategy for harder difficulties too but I see where you're coming from
The only thing I don´t like is the effect of the canon getting frozen when you use the Ice Beam, I think it looks better in Gamecube, but the rest it looks so cool.
I’ just finished Metroid prime remastered on my switch first time playing prime I always played the 2d Metroid’s games I love prime a lot I think it’s my number one Metroid game for me my top 3 are Metroid prime Super metriod Metriod dread
This is why they should remaster corruption the whole game looks like this. The beautiful blues of the phazon. I’m thinking of that one area before mogenar (worst boss I’m a video game ever) that is absolutely breathtaking
Finished this today and smashed it on my second try with close to full health. My first try i had a slither of health left on the boss but couldnt figure out which camera filter to hace 😂
@SmashedKane Doing it on my first playthrough too.😅 New to the game series and just looking at the game's final boss, I'm impressed. The MP looks incredible and bangs so well with its music.
@@smashedkane8711 The game has scared me a few times. Trust me! I just past the incinerator and barbed wasp boss and needed to calm down. First person shooters aren't a thing I do and Prime is placing me at my limit. I'm also stuck and trying to find the other upgrades and boss.😅
@Sapphire Jade thats the magic of metroid you can explore every crevice of the world has to offer and find things you never even knew were there I still find stuff from the entire series years later that I had no idea about lol it's even fun to speed run 😄
I believe it's kind of like a shield for the radioactive phazon you encounter throughout the game, it'll tear you up pretty bad after you get that suit you become immune to its effects. I always liked that design choice personally
Do you mean the hyperbeam? So at 11:08 do you see when he puts that phazon puddle down?, just stand over it and shoot at him you have to choose different visors if he's Invisible in your current one and just rinse and repeat and you're golden ✨️
@@Loundsifyyou don’t need missiles for Metroid prime Core you can just select the ice beam then freeze the Metroids then shoot a missile to a frozen Metroid or use a power bomb or hyper beam for metroids
Do you have to be outside of the hypermode goo stuff to come out of morph ball mode? Sometimes i go into morph ball because of the metroids then it takes multiple presses to get out of it!
Yeah the 2nd part is pretty lack luster tbh but the the 1st part isn't that bad I actually like it alot especially on hard prime can really mess you up
@@smashedkane8711 indeed, in hard mode i noticed that the bosses get insanely aggresive overtime, Ridley, Omega Pirate, Metroid Prime do this, i started the final boss with all the tanks filled and, i only had 3 by the time i was battling the essence, i swear i was in full tension, in the end i killed it with 25% of my last tank, just think of how nervous i was with the low health beeping.
@@Boi-xo1ho when I was playing the prime hack for pc I was getting my ass handed to me lmao i had like barely one tank left going into the second phase
This game i know it like the palm of my hand, tho ive finished it like 5 times: 1 on gamecube, 2 on wii, and 2 on the Switch, been thinking on goin a 3rd time
nohing wrong buying this again, with an absolute masterful remastering using the same engine..this game is will hold up forever..and Im not even saying this from a nostalgiac point of view..this, Rez , okami and windwaker are gonna stand the test of time..
100% agree. I try and replay the trilogy each year to keep it fresh. If I'm not playing this game, then I'm listening to the OST or watching playthroughs like this. The fact this series has endured for so long tells me it isn't going away any time soon.
i know this game is on switch but if I were to get a switch would I be able to connect it to my pc and play it on a full screen with mouse and keyboard?? This is my favorite game of all time!!
Nope. However you can play the Trilogy (Wii) Version of the Game with a modded Emulator Version called Primehack. It adds a bunch of features like kbm Support and FOV settings
How do i effectively know what visor to use to see him in the last phase? cause it seems all trial and error. i go to my thermal, sometimes he's there, and sometimes not. Same with Xray and normal. How can i tell which one to use?
Well I think it's mainly just random but at one point I could've sworn it was similar to the order in which you got them in the game, like thermal than xray but yeah I think it's just random lol
I really thought this was the best boss in the game. That and maybe Ridley’s second stage. Overall the bosses in Prime one were pretty mid, the combat in general feels the most dated aspect of the game. A good boss should make you move more, and make you think more, and none of the bosses really did that for me except Ridley and Metroid Prime.
I agree fully with this, all the other bosses ain't really anything tbh they don't give that sense of danger that ridley and prime give off they keep you on your toes and I hope prime 4 lives up to the hype I have faith in retro 🤞
@@smashedkane8711 when you consider the shaky development history of Metroid Prime and the limitations of the hardware and controls it’s nothing short of a miracle that the game came out so well. It’s still incredibly impressive of a game released in 2002.
Agreed. I wish they'd have gone a step further and shot for a full remake, at least when it came to the bosses. The only bosses that really keep me on my toes are Omega Pirate and Prime Exo. Even Ridley's second phase for me drags for a bit and leans on the repetitive side. My hope is that they're doing more interesting things with the gameplay and combat mechanics for Prime 4. Graphically, though, this remaster bodes well.
@RenegadeChain most definitely those 2 bosses are the best in the game for how much they can destroy you if you're not careful especially on hard mode the games beautiful and it's a step up this franchise needed, dread was awesome but was still missing that FPS flair for me personally so I'm hype to see where they go next
Notice how they brought it back the damage from deflection against Prime? It's noted as being the only time deflected beams and weapons hurt Samus, but only in the GameCube version. I noticed she got hurt by the super missile so they obviously brought it back for realism like the ice gun freezing I'd presume, but bosses are one place where that should happen tbh.
@@smashedkane8711 my favorite suit design is the regular power suit from 2 that carried over to 3 the visor has also a mean look to it with the side accents
When I saw that Nintendo was actually pulling the most Nintendo move possible and releasing this *on its own without the other two games* , I immediately laughed at the fact that people were still going to actually buy it and praise them for it. Now that I see gameplay of it for the first time and see that it really is just the original but a little bit more polished... I'm laughing harder. And I just know there's people out there who still own the original in totally playable form, still bought this, and think it's actually worth it. Hey, good for you, buddies. (I mean sure, being able to look around and move at the same time is probably nice, but then you're effectively buying new controls for your 20-year-old game.)
What I love most about Metroid Prime is that lore-wise it’s the culmination of Nature, the Chozo, and Space Pirates collectively saying “….oops.”
And Phaaze just laughing at this
@@nightshroud9671 Gigachad Phaaze chilling and sending unstoppable phazon meteors
And then when it sees Samus, its first instinct isn't to fight her, the first thing it does is run away, which makes it smarter than most deadly creatures Samus has killed. Samus on the other hand just goes after it relentlessly without even a shred of hesitation.
Metroid Prime is a cosmic horror. Something that seems like it came from the depths of space. For me it's demonstration of Phaaze's horror and evil. Just a taste of it.
@@corvus9359 I like to propose a theory. The reason for it running from Samus at the start is because unlike the other Leviathan Guardians that Samus would later face far in the future had their infected planets guarded by the Space Pirates thus allowing the guardians to mature into the bosses in Prime 3, Metroid Prime had no such luxury as the Chozo's first instinct upon learning of its existence was to lock it down so that it would never see the light of day. Of course the Space Pirates stumbled upon it and it basically gained so much tech from them due to them experimenting on it before retreating to the core of Phazee Meteor in the Impact Crater which the Space Pirates could not get into because of the Chozo's seal over it. Not like it would've mattered as the second they would have stepped into that place they would not be equipped to deal with the intense radiation inside the crater because if they could there would've been at least some instance of the Pirates attempts to breach the crater. But due to this Metroid Prime only had its hive and its ability to produce its countless amounts of infant metroids there was very little in terms of viability for it to use the environment to its advantage thus why it sole relied on the stolen space pirate tech to try and kill Samus only for it to fail and forced it out of its shell and proceed to get showered by its own phazon.
Just finished the remaster. Wished they removed that f**** useless room before the boss whose only purpose is to fuck up your nerves with these unlimited metroids
that really was annoying
When I played it on gamecube it was super fucking annoying- just there to drain you and nothing more.
The fusion metroids were annoying as heck, but they were part of the experience, and you could instakill them with power bombs or just run past them anyways. I always ran past them. It's not that difficult if you don't fall off the platforms.
Lol I died on my first try on the Metroid Prime core. When I replayed that first room, I just jumped past the metroids and avoided them 😂😂😂
Sounds like a skill problem. Have you heard of Power Bombs?
Looking at this boss fight again, I actually think the Metroid Prime was scared of Samus. When it awakens, instead of fighting her, the first thing it does is run away, which it continues to do until it's eventually backed into a corner. In its essence form, it repeatedly roars at her and makes itself appear bigger as if it's trying to intimidate her, which to me feels like desperation.
Samus on the other hand, just goes after the deadly giant monster relentlessly without even a hint of hesitation. Definitely one of the most badass video game characters of all time.
Not a far cry to say that Metroid Prime DID in fact flee maybe because of seeing the Phazon Suit on Samus. Since Phazon is a weakness of itself, that's where the "Flight or Fight" response came in. That and Prime was the Great Poison that lived a long time. Naturally the question is: Who is Prey and Who is Predator..? XD
To be fair not any different from any cornered animal
@@LayneCocaine That's basically what I'm trying to get at. Unlike most creatures that will immediately attack Samus the second they lay eyes on her, the Metroid Prime acts like a cornered animal, rather than an apex predator.
Take note that this was all before Samus went Anakin Skywalker on all the Metroids.
Needless to say, she has seen it all
I realized that basically everyone is afraid of Samus in the game. The Space Pirates even call her the Hunter in the logs and when they created Omega Pirate they assess the odds of it beating her.
8:32
There's just something about this moment that sticks with me. Here's the most dangerous lifeform on the planet, maybe in the universe, and Samus just sprints full-speed into battle against it, no hesitation whatsoever. So heroic and badass, and without needing to ever utter a single word of dialogue.
I'd argue Gorea is more dangerous, or maybe the X parasite.
Also it literally runs away
I was hoping the final boss name would be renamed to “Metroid Prime Remastered” as a joke, lol!
Lol that would be dope!
Lmao goated comment
As if Nintendo would ever be this creative
The scariest thing from this is when you first open the door and are greeted to what’s in the thumbnail staring at you…
It's got like this grimacing stare it's incredibly intimidating 1st go around
I like how even this big badass Metroid makes the cute Metroid chirp-squeal when it gets hurt
Probably the most memorable final bosses of all time. Getting to this moment as a child was one of my key memories.
It's funny how his attacks are just: ram into you, create Shockwave, create metroids. Nothing too showy or flashy, but the story, design, setting, and definitely the music make it feel so much more epic. This game was formative for me as a child, and I'll never not love it.
This game just looks so good, it's literal eye candy
It's figurative eye candy
@@neilbeaton9498 definitely 😄
It's good, better than the game cube version!
One of the best boss themes ever. Always loved this fight.
I like how Prime’s Essence’s eyes narrows before the battle as if it’s showing that it’s done playing around and is now out for your blood.
you know that boss aint playing around either it means business lol
Either that, or it's trying to get a read on Samus because it knows she has it backed into a corner, and this fight is its only chance for survival. Earlier, when the Metroid Prime first lays eyes on Samus, it must've known she was a genuine threat because the first thing it does is run away instead of fighting her.
I think my favorite thing about the storyline in Metroid Prime is that, Samus didn't have to go and kill it. She only went down to Tallon IV to chase Ridley and Space Pirates and at this point in the story, she's already dealt with them. Samus was like, "Welp, my ship's still fixing itself, might as well go for a full clear." She really is the fuckin Hunter
Not entirely true, as you saw from the scans from the scan visor in Samus's Helmet, Metroid prime was/is a "Phazon producing life form", I highly doubt she was going after it just for sport, she probably knew how much of a danger phazon was and decided to take it down as a precaution not just for her own sake, but also (as you saw in the later prime games) for the well being of others
@@SMittal9279 That and because metroids are generally too dangerous to be kept alive, even with the looming threat of X-parasites on the horizon. The latter issue does demand a certain amount of them to be kept around though (not that anyone knew until it was too late), but Metroid Prime in particular is one that's best put down.
The first phase is one of my favorite boss themes ever. Such a bizarre and cool track.
0:37 In case no one noticed there’s a improved run animation when you go deeper underground and it’s so much better and huge improvement in the remastered version over the original version run animation
I think all the animations and cutscenes were remade in the remaster.
the original run is so dopey in comparison
Yeah, that's one of the things that really got me. The original run animation was so bad. The new one is a godsend in comparison.
What a treat coming back to this after 15+ years. Thank you Nintendo.
21 years to be exact. The 20th anniversary was last November the 18th.
I beat the game on normal mode, and immediately started over and played through again on hard. I've never done that before with a game.
It has an addicting style not many games like that honestly, just goes to show how well Retro did on this game
did the same, in fact I was rooting for finishing in normal to just start in hard as soon as possible
I just can't believe how fucking immersive this game is . 39 years old , have been playing games for more than 25 years and i have seen nothing this immersive before . Look at all the details , just fucking look . The way she shields herself from incoming attacks , the way the visor reacts realistically to all that's happening on screen . The way Metroid takes up the whole screen like some sort unspoken mystical force not from our world . The cool way the guns change function and color to facilitate with the fight or how eack visor differs drastically from one another , uncovering with each state a new part of metroid's mysterious yet intriguing nature . Time and again have i finished this game before but also time and again do i stand in awe and amazement by how this masterpiece looks .
Beautifully said
This game was just way ahead of its time. Truly a masterpiece.
@@piercolina6236 Yeah man , Metroid's second form especially is so otherworldly.
Only Nintendo can reléase Masterpieces like this
Truly one of the best games ever made in my opinion & 20 years ahead of its time FOR SURE.
Prime’s death is pretty brutal, you blast it with so much radiation that it mutates into some hideous incomprehensible blob then explodes like a party balloon, in the ending with dark samus you can even see piles of it’s viscera lying on the ground
I agree I have a theory on what happened
Samus irradiated the creatures brain so badly that all of the effects that the chozo had experienced it felt 100 fold. It started to evolve so fast that it became horrifically mutated and violently unstable. If you look at the concept art it’s better. The Metroid screams in agony as it starts to fission. It continues copying itself until it’s a screaming mass of faces. Then it begins to fission unevenly. Creating less and less perfect more malformed copies. At this point its genes are falling apart and it devolves into a mass of blue phazon flesh containing its irradiated brain. The unstable mass begins to violently expand pulling the brain apart with it. It continues to expand shreiking In excruciating agony until it ruptures and bursts… of course it manages to contain some of its dna in the suit creating dark Samus. It’s a very alien but very violent death. The creature is screaming like an animal burning…
I never understood what was happening as a kid.
Where’s my long comment? Did it offend someone?
@@zacharykenniston748no I assume youtube just ate it, it does that sometimes. Even trying to post different things doesn't always fix it. It usually just eats from like a single thread iirc
This game has some of the greatest bosses ever I must say. They're epic.
Love the twisted music. Really makes Metroid into something just better than the average game. Crazy synths and such.
I just did a play through on Wii Trilogy with music at 0% and now for my 2nd Remastered play through. I find it more immersive, you're much more connected with your surroundings. And easier to notice the hum of upgrades.
the phazon suit is just next level badass i wish the red was a bit more lava like but still i love it.
It's probably my favorite suit in the series tbh I wish there was always an option to have it equipped in any game
gamecube phazon suit is the best looking version my opinion..
true. always so sad when metroid prime rips it off of you, and ur left with that god awful gravity suit🤮
@knux lmao it's not horrible but yeah compared to the phazon suit it's hot dog water 😅
@@knux5796 Gravity suit is the best in the series though. Phazon suit is my least favorite, personally. Not because of the concept, but the execution. I felt like the color balance just doesn't quite hit for me. Meanwhile, the Dark Suit from Prime 2 is a similar concept, but executed better.
Prime was one of a kind, Coming back 18 years later was a treat. Hope they do the next for sure 😊
It's been.. 21 years
@@Nami8302_OwO: Who cares! It’s still a treat.
@@macruz8503 I care, it's as old as I am!
I love the little noise and dance that his first form makes after you’ve hurt him enough.
“highly evolved, phazon-producing life form”
I can remember fighting this thing back in the day, and this description sent chills down my spine
Ik it’s not as emotionally complex as Mother Brain in Super. But Metroid Prime’s still my favorite Metroid boss because it forces you to utilize all your skills. First gun types, then visor types.
Just beat the game after two hours fighting with Meta Ridley and two hours fighting with Metroid Prime. Wow. My first time playing Metroid game and gotta say it was bit of a struggle but I loved it.
I hope they do prime 2 and 3 again
Same bro same
It is amazing how some of the bosses (including Metroid Prime) now look much more menacing and scary at times compared to the Gamecube original.
I literally can't believe that Metroid Prime in his exoskeleton can now actually scare me a bit from seeing that face reveal and those glowing red eyes. Despite me having finished the game several times, Metroid Prime in the original GCN release never really scared me or frightened me, while in the remaster, he looks much more scarier than before that I now actually startle a bit when seeing his red eyes.
Dude same I was curious how they were gonna make prime look and I was not disappointed by the result prime looked amazing back on the gamecube and they just managed to make it look way more badass
Similar story, though I always found both forms of Prime to be cool as hell, to the point where I'd draw them, and I like aliens and whatnot. What bothered me were the space pirates and the Sheegoths. The sheegoths slightly unnerved me in the original, but in this one they're spookier for sure. In general, the improvements in lighting made the shadowy areas more terrifying and gave Prime a bit more of a horror edge to it.
Never beat this on the GameCube back in the day. Finally done it! Thank you now only corruption to play and complete 💪
I couldn't cycle through weapons fast enough on the GameCube controller during the final phase just before the core fight. I gave up after I don't know how many attempts, 20? Finally finished the game on Wii Trilogy, third try, and Remastered. Ready for a second final boss fight in Remastered. Core fight is a piece of cake, if you're stocked up on power bombs to get rid of the annoying Metroids.
I played this game as a kid. i really loved Prime Remastered, I felt like it gave the game new life, even if it was still fundamentally the same game I had played a billion times but with updated graphics.
When I was a little kid, I had a weird relationship with scary imagery. A lot of things that I can obviously tell were supposed to be scary, like the sight of the massive Omega Pirate far in the distance in its soft blue stasis tank against the inky blackness, just read to me as "woah cool monster!" to my three year old brain. The way that Metroid Prime looks like a face when you first open the door to the infusion chamber was the same, I was just like "cool!"
When I played Prime Remastered, I opened the door, saw the Metroid Prime hanging from the ceiling, and saw _that damn face._ I did NOT want to go into that room. Knowing it was the same boss I had fought billions of times only barely helped.
A lot of people talk about how they wish they could forget everything they know about games like this, so that they could re-experience it all blind once more. Prime Remastered gave me a taste of that feeling, showing me the chill the devs wanted me to feel the moment I opened the door to the Phason Infusion Chamber and saw a bony disembodied face, seeming to radiate evil from the blue glow of the Phazon as it stares me down and dares me to step forward.
On hardmode is such vicious fight against the allmighty Metroid Prime.
The music is kick ass in this game
i wish if u had a save from metroid prime that if u carried it over to 2 ud get to keep the phazon suit and phazon beam
Hope they Remaster Echoes and Corruption too.
That would be so sick!
I love how the remastered version is. It is like some Alien Movie. But have no intention playing this game again. I don't wanna go through the horrors of this game. It took me over 8 to 10 years to beat this game cuz I was scared when I was little and I didn't now where am I supposed to go next. Then I found out that I had to collect all the Chozo Lores and I did not want to go back to the areas where I did not get them the first time especially the areas where Shadow Pirates hangout.
I was the same way with the resident evil franchises but you'd be surprised how therapeutic it is to conquer those scary memories and thoughts and makes you realize it ain't so bad I love the RE series now I recommend this game to anyone curious about it 100%
Resident Evil is pretty cool and I have played it 1 time before during my middle school years. And I don't like how we have low ammo and the characters can't run fast enough to get away from any mutant freak trying to kill them
@chaosx3297 lmao yeah it's scary af but I think it just adds to the adventure I mean it is supposed to be a survival horror, I find myself revisiting old games alot more recently than I ever have before just nostalgia I guess 😅
I'm the same way, I'm still playing old games from my elementary to high school years. I got that new Sonic Frontiers Game and I still haven't played it yet.
@@chaosx3297 you know sonic riders wasnt half bad either lol might try that out for nostalgia sake sometime and of course sonic heroes
Is it just me, or does this version of Metroid Prime (The Boss) feels more alive and animated than the original one? Something about this one just seems scarier.
It's got a bone to pick with Samus this is her rematch from 2002 lol
It’s the audio too. That growl is crazy good compared to the original.
It's insane to me that this game looks this good and runs flawlessly at 60fps and they couldn't get the incredibly low polygon Pokemon Scarlet and Violet to run at a stable 30 for what seems like almost a year
It's is because of narrow environments. Less compute power needed than big opened erea.
@@marsgal3857 What about its because devs and publishers are greedy and incompetant? :)
Cus that's REALLY what it is.
@@DekkarJr why can't it be a mix of both?
@@frostfyre780 Because the consumer deserves someone to blame :D
@@DekkarJr That’s a terrible viewpoint to live by though. Though blame is totally valid in cases, thinking that “the consumer deserves someone to blame” can lead to scapegoating, which doesn’t solve problems and in fact actually can lead to more problems then when people started out with.
Anyways, the real answer is that it’s probably both. There is a lack of quality control that goes into Pokémon games, and it’s obvious to see that when they are pumping out games left and right. However, Metroid Prime’s room structure does make it have to load less at one time then Pokémon does due to its room narrowness, which almost certainly contributes to why Metroid runs better then Pokémon does.
One of the best final bosses ever
Highly evolved apparition, that's for damn sure!
Great stuff: it's so amazing to see this Iconic sequence brought right back into the HD life We all live today! 💫
8:50 The 'Phaase' jingles are still some of the most arcane, eerie and atmospheric sounds anywhere: Legendary!
The music leading up to the final boss fight and then when it shifts to the main soundtrack is always my favorite part I have a save file that I just go back to from time to time just to experience the magic all over again it truly is art personified
As someone who has the metroid prime trilogy on the nintendo wii, everyone's who has bought this should be very happy with their purchase. This game looks so cool with high quality graphics!
Exactly like doom 2016 boss fight
That means Doom ripped off Metroid.
@@robertkenny1201 even as a doom fan, ur right
Some people say that VEGA looks a lot like mother brain. As both a Metroid and DOOM fan, I could not be more flattered. It just shows how well this series has endured.
I usually deal with the smaller Metroids in Hyper Mode first
I just use the power bomb as soon as they spawn so prime can get the full brunt of it it deserves every last shot lol I ain't wasting it on the smaller scrub metroids, I think it's a better strategy for harder difficulties too but I see where you're coming from
12:10 Metroid: WHERE MY MONEY AT HUH HUH HUH GIMMIE MY F~beep~KING MONEY!!!!! >:(
Lmfao 😂
This remaster is phenomenal.
If they can do metroid prime 3 corruption remastered that'd be amazing. Since the wii is going el deleto.
Yeah I agree prime 2 is my personal favorite though it's more nostalgic for me
The only thing I don´t like is the effect of the canon getting frozen when you use the Ice Beam, I think it looks better in Gamecube, but the rest it looks so cool.
Really? I think it's pretty dope tbh but I respect your opinion
I’ just finished Metroid prime remastered on my switch first time playing prime I always played the 2d Metroid’s games I love prime a lot I think it’s my number one Metroid game
for me my top 3 are
Metroid prime
Super metriod
Metriod dread
It is so satisfying to discharge the phazon beam and watch the Prime squirm. I almost lose all my health because of the damn metroids.
I’ll never forget thinking that the Meta Ridley was the final boss😢. Was so happy to beat that guy. Then…….THIS….😅
I swear this game is like Zelda, Halo and Mass Effect into one at times. Is that a reaper?
a metroid prime 4 on the switch with improved mechanics, new enemies, visuals, soundtracks would complete my life.. this and elder scrolls 6 :'(
This music is so fucking beautiful dawg.
Back on Game Cube...I thought it would be a giant head just hanging around. Well...
I died so many times to the core, it was not easy but I enjoyed it.
Look at this beautiful perfection
This is why they should remaster corruption the whole game looks like this. The beautiful blues of the phazon. I’m thinking of that one area before mogenar (worst boss I’m a video game ever) that is absolutely breathtaking
Awww darn, he doesn't look like a giant face anymore.
What surprised me was the creature, Metroid Prime actually had a mouth!
Finished this today and smashed it on my second try with close to full health. My first try i had a slither of health left on the boss but couldnt figure out which camera filter to hace 😂
13:35 If she could just ran away immediately, Dark Samus wouldn’t be born.
How did the Space Pirates build a door to Metroid Prime's room if they were never able to access the crater?
The chozo did
This game was a beast, completed it on casual though 😂😂
no shame in that, I did the same for my 1st playthrough
@SmashedKane Doing it on my first playthrough too.😅 New to the game series and just looking at the game's final boss, I'm impressed. The MP looks incredible and bangs so well with its music.
@Sapphire Jade I envy you I wish I could experience this series brand new sometimes but i hope you're enjoying it and kicking some alien butt!
@@smashedkane8711 The game has scared me a few times. Trust me! I just past the incinerator and barbed wasp boss and needed to calm down. First person shooters aren't a thing I do and Prime is placing me at my limit. I'm also stuck and trying to find the other upgrades and boss.😅
@Sapphire Jade thats the magic of metroid you can explore every crevice of the world has to offer and find things you never even knew were there I still find stuff from the entire series years later that I had no idea about lol it's even fun to speed run 😄
Genuine question: whys there an aura around Samus's Phazon Armor? Graphical bug or design choice? Any insight? Thx in advance
I believe it's kind of like a shield for the radioactive phazon you encounter throughout the game, it'll tear you up pretty bad after you get that suit you become immune to its effects. I always liked that design choice personally
@@smashedkane8711I always liked the aura of the shield as well……it’s the small details.
@Mauricio facts I always look forward to getting it everytime I replay!
0:05 Metroid Prime looks like a pissed off face
It's Andrew Jones' face
Android Jones
I wonder if Prime 4 is gonna have another MP final boss or something completely new and horrific
The last Metroid must terminate the first.
There can only be one
hello my friend!On 11:22 which button i must to press for this attack i cant make it
Do you mean the hyperbeam? So at 11:08 do you see when he puts that phazon puddle down?, just stand over it and shoot at him you have to choose different visors if he's Invisible in your current one and just rinse and repeat and you're golden ✨️
@@smashedkane8711 ohhh thank you so much my friend i understand :)thanks a lot have a nice weekend
@@Patramanis you too brother anytime 🙏
This boss is a master piece
Why don't you have a full byte of missiles?
Cause I'm a scrub and didn't get all the missle expansions 😔
You don't need full. I had 150 and probably only used 70 missiles at the end.
@@Loundsifyyou don’t need missiles for Metroid prime Core you can just select the ice beam then freeze the Metroids then shoot a missile to a frozen Metroid or use a power bomb or hyper beam for metroids
Do you have to be outside of the hypermode goo stuff to come out of morph ball mode? Sometimes i go into morph ball because of the metroids then it takes multiple presses to get out of it!
Hence the name of the game.
DAMN FISSION METROIDS!
Both parts of the boss fight cud have been much more challenging especially the essence...I cud think of few things...
Yeah the 2nd part is pretty lack luster tbh but the the 1st part isn't that bad I actually like it alot especially on hard prime can really mess you up
@@smashedkane8711 indeed, in hard mode i noticed that the bosses get insanely aggresive overtime, Ridley, Omega Pirate, Metroid Prime do this, i started the final boss with all the tanks filled and, i only had 3 by the time i was battling the essence, i swear i was in full tension, in the end i killed it with 25% of my last tank, just think of how nervous i was with the low health beeping.
@@Boi-xo1ho when I was playing the prime hack for pc I was getting my ass handed to me lmao i had like barely one tank left going into the second phase
@@smashedkane8711 YEEES, Jesus, its so epic tbh, going toe to toe with a boss
This game i know it like the palm of my hand, tho ive finished it like 5 times: 1 on gamecube, 2 on wii, and 2 on the Switch, been thinking on goin a 3rd time
Power Bomb is the most badass weapon in the game!!
nohing wrong buying this again, with an absolute masterful remastering using the same engine..this game is will hold up forever..and Im not even saying this from a nostalgiac point of view..this, Rez , okami and windwaker are gonna stand the test of time..
100% agree. I try and replay the trilogy each year to keep it fresh. If I'm not playing this game, then I'm listening to the OST or watching playthroughs like this. The fact this series has endured for so long tells me it isn't going away any time soon.
I learned that boss isn’t actually a Metroid so I thought a name, "Phazon Prime" sounds better.
i know this game is on switch but if I were to get a switch would I be able to connect it to my pc and play it on a full screen with mouse and keyboard?? This is my favorite game of all time!!
Nope. However you can play the Trilogy (Wii) Version of the Game with a modded Emulator Version called Primehack. It adds a bunch of features like kbm Support and FOV settings
My Goodness! is this on hard or easy mode? I started playing the remastered on normal and I think it will take me 6 months to defeat this boss
I think its just on normal but hard mode is no joke thats for sure
How do i effectively know what visor to use to see him in the last phase? cause it seems all trial and error. i go to my thermal, sometimes he's there, and sometimes not. Same with Xray and normal. How can i tell which one to use?
Well I think it's mainly just random but at one point I could've sworn it was similar to the order in which you got them in the game, like thermal than xray but yeah I think it's just random lol
thanks! i think the trick is, whatever color he glows just before turning invisible, go to the opposite visor. @@smashedkane8711
Longest fight in gaming history?
missed ALOT of missile pick ups. would have made final battle alot easier
Good game bullet sponge bosses hold it back.
I really thought this was the best boss in the game. That and maybe Ridley’s second stage. Overall the bosses in Prime one were pretty mid, the combat in general feels the most dated aspect of the game. A good boss should make you move more, and make you think more, and none of the bosses really did that for me except Ridley and Metroid Prime.
I agree fully with this, all the other bosses ain't really anything tbh they don't give that sense of danger that ridley and prime give off they keep you on your toes and I hope prime 4 lives up to the hype I have faith in retro 🤞
@@smashedkane8711 when you consider the shaky development history of Metroid Prime and the limitations of the hardware and controls it’s nothing short of a miracle that the game came out so well. It’s still incredibly impressive of a game released in 2002.
Agreed. I wish they'd have gone a step further and shot for a full remake, at least when it came to the bosses. The only bosses that really keep me on my toes are Omega Pirate and Prime Exo. Even Ridley's second phase for me drags for a bit and leans on the repetitive side. My hope is that they're doing more interesting things with the gameplay and combat mechanics for Prime 4. Graphically, though, this remaster bodes well.
@RenegadeChain most definitely those 2 bosses are the best in the game for how much they can destroy you if you're not careful especially on hard mode the games beautiful and it's a step up this franchise needed, dread was awesome but was still missing that FPS flair for me personally so I'm hype to see where they go next
You need to play Prime 2 if you haven’t. Aside from the Boost and Spider Guardians, the bosses in that game are far better
Is it prime the spider?
Thats a mutated metroid, but yeah hes like spider crab lobster thing lol
腹下した時の俺のお腹の音みたい
La mujer era más chela y más delgada. ☹️ no quedó igual el remaster.
Notice how they brought it back the damage from deflection against Prime? It's noted as being the only time deflected beams and weapons hurt Samus, but only in the GameCube version. I noticed she got hurt by the super missile so they obviously brought it back for realism like the ice gun freezing I'd presume, but bosses are one place where that should happen tbh.
I agree it's a great feature to a great game
I surprised for Samus design, is the same from Súper Matroid and also from the original Metroid Prime, ok Echoes put the Zero Mission design
The metroid series is legendary for sure, I dont think she has a single suit I didnt really like across all the games tbh
ooooooooh design*
@@Espeo92 thanks XD
@@fermidu8811 haha no problem... it's also at the end, too xD
@@smashedkane8711 my favorite suit design is the regular power suit from 2 that carried over to 3 the visor has also a mean look to it with the side accents
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I love this boss, but the endless fission metroids at the start is so annoying
When I saw that Nintendo was actually pulling the most Nintendo move possible and releasing this *on its own without the other two games* , I immediately laughed at the fact that people were still going to actually buy it and praise them for it.
Now that I see gameplay of it for the first time and see that it really is just the original but a little bit more polished... I'm laughing harder. And I just know there's people out there who still own the original in totally playable form, still bought this, and think it's actually worth it. Hey, good for you, buddies. (I mean sure, being able to look around and move at the same time is probably nice, but then you're effectively buying new controls for your 20-year-old game.)
I wish this boss was better, it’s soooo underwhelming
This bossfight is REALLY GOOD
...but it also kinda sucks :/
Lack of save points just kills it, u die and have to start all over from the start of level
THERE'S A REMASTER?!
Hell yeah man they did a silent release of it on the Nintendo store try it out its pretty well done honestly
@@smashedkane8711 HOLY HECK I GOTTA PLAY MY CHILDHOOD GAME
I fucking hate this boss fight
It's 2024 those graphics look like from 2017. Time to upgrade your system Nintendo
I love this game metroid prime 1...other metroid games sucks no good
Wrong the only Metroid games that sucked we're Federation Force and Other M.