

Critics internet-wide have even celebrated it as a new gold standard for remasters, which I’d agree with-the game plays intuitively on the Switch, to an impressive degree. Metroid Prime Remastered, which shadow-dropped after last month’s Nintendo Direct, has been heralded as a triumph and a delight that does the original game more than proud. Developed by Retro Studios in the U.S., rather than Nintendo’s in-house Japan team, Prime was a huge surprise success-and hit. As beloved as the Prime series has become, it’s hard to imagine that the general public scoffed at the idea of turning Metroid into a 3D first-person shooter. At the time, Metroid was very definitively known as a 2D platformer. Originally released in 2002, Metroid Prime is easily one of the most iconic and definitive first-person shooters ever released.
