Metroid Prime (NGC)

Since this is kind of my second post I'll tell you something I forgot before, I use abbreviations such as (NGC) for Nintendo Game Cube or (GBA) for Game Boy Advanced. The title will be the title of the game and the system.

Metroid Prime is part of the Metroid series, made in 2002, and made it onto Players Choice in 2003. It is a phenomenal game and is praised by many for storyline.

Short History of Samus Aran: Samus's parents were murdered by the Space Pirates a savage group of aliens that live up to their name when it comes to pirating vessels. The Chozo, a birdlike civilisation of incredible technological genius, adopted her and trained her. She now possesses an athletic ability unlike any seen and a Chozo-designed Power Suit to top it all off.

The Current Story: Samus invaded a Space Pirate ship in order to destroy it. Destroy it she did but not in the way expected, her power suit was damaged and most of her latent abilities (including the Vira Suit Augment [seen in picture above]) are now offline. Samus took her ship down to the planet Tallon IV the home of the Chozo only to find the entire race wiped out and a mysteriously deadly substance corroding the planet! Now it is up to Samus Aran to uncover the poison, solve the cipher, and remove the threat...before it removes her...

Like I said before, it is a really fun game! I haven't beaten it yet but YouTube.com has the final battle. It has enough fighting in it to keep the warriors hooked but puzzlers and item hunters can be kept just as busy as the rest. Every Latent and Extra ability you recover helps you on your way, as well as unlocking previous areas for hours of extras. You can scan things with your scan visor (which also interfaces with Chozo and Space Pirate tech) and you get bonuses such as an image gallery for scanning items, creatures, Chozo lore, and others.

Controls: (pretty simple)

D-Pad: Visor Switch

C-stick: Weapon Switch

Analog Stick: Move

A: Fire

Hold A: Charge Beam (LA)

B: Jump

B (in air after jump): Space Jump (LA)

B (in Morph Ball): MB bomb (LA)

Y: Missile Launcher (LA)

Hold A and press Y: Super Missile (LA)

X: Morph Ball (LA)

L: Lock On

R: Aim