![]() ![]() It’s a blessing for my aging hands, for sure. That also means if you press the button in a rhythm, you can maintain auto fire without constantly spamming it. Now, holding the button activates a three-round burst fire that’s great for quickly dealing with teems of lower-health enemies. Previously, a press of the fire button would launch a single bullet at an enemy. ![]() I could only recommend this option to true purists, of course, but I love that the option’s even there to begin with.Īnd when it comes to gameplay, I’m a huge fan of one nifty quality of life update in particular. You can even go a step further and play with the Switch’s official Nintendo Gamecube pad, originally created for Super Smash Bros. Or if you’re really old-school, you can opt for the ‘Classic’ control scheme that perfectly mimics the original release’s button layout. Want to mix right analog stick aiming with a touch of gyro for finer control? You can do that, too. Prefer the motion aiming introduced in the Metroid Prime Trilogy port? There’s an option for that. While the new dual stick control scheme will suit newcomers versed in the best FPS games, Retro Studios has gone the extra mile to cater to all kinds of players. Creative controlĪnother huge aspect of Metroid Prime Remastered is its commitment to replicating pretty much every control option the game’s ever had. Be it Bayonetta 3 ’s tipsy framerate or Pokémon Scarlet and Violet ’s stark lack of detail, playing certain games has – perhaps wrongly – made me believe that the Switch was a little washed up.Īnd yet here comes Metroid Prime Remastered, showing that in the hands of a capable dev, this is a console very much still capable of incredible things.Īs I explore the sufferingly hot climes of Magmoor Caverns, dusty Chozo Ruins, and the ice-cold Phendrana Drifts I experience no performance drops, despite being so much more immersive and detailed than they were back in the Gamecube days. ![]() The Switch’s aging Tegra X1 processor holds back many of the best Nintendo Switch games when it comes to performance. Looking up toward the sky, the heavy rainfall dripping onto Samus’ visor, there was just one thought in my head: “I can’t believe this is running on Switch.” And at a locked 60fps, no less. But it also leaves us wondering whether this is meant to be the start of a big year for the franchise or simply an appeasement as the publisher moves on to other things as the six-year-old Switch enters its twilight years? All we can do is what we’ve been doing: wait and see.Metroid Prime Remastered shows that in the hands of a capable dev, this is a console very much still capable of incredible things Metroid Prime Remastered is certainly good news, and Nintendo fans are rightfully elated. Metroid Dread, a new 2D installment not tied to the Prime series, released in 2021, but that was put together by MercurySteam, the talented developers behind Metroid II remake Samus Returns. There’s no doubt Metroid Prime 4 was affected by this global crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic shut down virtually every office on the planet, forcing game studios to work remotely and pushing back release dates. With safer hands working on the project, it seemed like Metroid Prime 4 was finally on track, but that’s become increasingly harder to tell when we’ve not heard anything new about the project since 2019. Originally, development was delegated to Bandai Namco Studios, who worked on the title until at least 2019, when Nintendo revealed that the project had restarted in-house, with Retro Studios back at the helm of the series it first spearheaded in 2002. Years of silence and at least one false start in development later and Nintendo still hasn’t delivered the game. The first entry since Metroid Prime 3: Corruption wrapped the original trilogy in 2007, part four had been a long time coming and couldn’t get here soon enough. At last, we’d get a continuation of the GameCube series that introduced an entire generation of gamers to Samus Aran and her dangerous sci-fi world. Nintendo brought down the house during its E3 2017 Direct presentation with the announcement that Metroid Prime 4 was on the way. ![]()
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