Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Switch eShop
8th Feb 2023, £34.99
8th Feb 2023, $39.99
Nintendo Switch
- 3rd Mar 2023, £34.99
- 22nd Feb 2023, $39.99
- Series
- Tags
- Official Site
- nintendo.com
Reviews
Review Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch) - A Long-Awaited And Stunning Return Of A Legend
Prime example
It’s difficult to believe now, but there was once a time when the notion of a first-person Metroid game seemed unfathomable. Prior to the release of Metroid Prime back in 2002, the franchise had been confined to the 2D realm, with complex environments full of secrets and hidden equipment that bolstered your abilities and combat...
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Metroid Prime Remastered Guides
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Remakes And Remasters
Remake you feel my love
Updated with Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed. Enjoy! It used to be the case that, if you missed out on a particular game, your only way to catch up was to buy the original console and the original game. Then, thanks to services like the Virtual Console, you could emulate those old games without having to own any old consoles,...
Guide Metroid Prime: The Story So Far - Everything You Need To Know Before Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
It's just a Phaaze
Metroid Prime Trilogy, the Wii compilation of Retro Studios' first-person take on the Metroid series, launched in North America on 24th August 2009, exactly 15 years ago. In honour of that sparking release (well, a little less sparkling than the originals in some places due to a few missing effects), we're taking the opportunity...
Guide Metroid Prime Remastered: Energy Tank Expansion Locations
Nine lives?
In this entry for the Metroid Prime Remastered guide, we'll be going through every Energy Tank upgrade, linking out to their locations within our wider walkthrough. If you're looking to boost Samus' health up to the maximum level while inching ever closer to that 100% completion rating, then be sure to scan your peepers over the entries...
Guide Metroid Prime Remastered: Missile Expansion Locations
Arm yourselves
In this entry for our Metroid Prime Remastered guide, we'll be listing out all of the Missile Expansion available throughout the game and linking each out to our walkthrough. Collecting all Missile Expansions, beyond simply increasing your firepower, is key to achieving a 100% completion rating in the game, thus unlocking a bonus...
Guide Metroid Prime Remastered: Power Bomb Expansion Locations
Boom!
In this entry for our Metroid Prime Remastered guide, we'll be listing out every location for the Power Bomb upgrades. There aren't many here, but locating them can be a bit of a faff if you're not sure where to look. Each item listed will link out to our full walkthrough, where you'll be able to see exactly how to obtain each upgrade...
Guide Metroid Prime Remastered: Logbook Guide - All Scan Entries
Set visor to scan
In this entry for the Metroid Prime Remastered guide, we'll be listing out every single scan entry found in the game. Each entry will be linked to its position in the walkthrough, so if there's something listed here that you need to add to your log, then click on through to discover exactly where and how to locate it. Metroid...
Guide Metroid Prime Remastered: How To Defeat The Final Boss
The final showdown
In this entry in our full walkthrough for Metroid Prime Remastered, we cover how to beat the final boss, Metroid Prime. This one comes in two distinct stages, each with its own bar of full health (so it's technically two boss fights in one - yay!). That said, it's not as difficult as you might think, so let's get to it. Metroid...
Guide Metroid Prime Remastered: Walkthrough - Impact Crater
Endgame
Welcome to our full walkthrough for Metroid Prime Remastered. This is it; we're almost at the end, folks. We're going to be covering the final area in the game known as the Impact Crater. Here, you'll face off against two major boss characters, but there are also a few scan entries we'll need to add. Let's get to it. Metroid Prime...
Guide Metroid Prime Remastered: How To Defeat Meta Ridley
I've been expecting you, Mr. Ridley
In this entry in our full walkthrough for Metroid Prime Remastered, we cover how to beat Meta Ridley. Meta Ridley is the penultimate boss fight in Metroid Prime and, as such, can be quite formidable. Follow our guide carefully for all the details on how to take this menace down. Metroid Prime Remastered Meta...
Guide Metroid Prime Remastered: Phazon Mines Metroid Quarantine
Home stretch
Welcome back to our full walkthrough for Metroid Prime Remastered. We're really in the home stretch now, which means that this section will focus on the Metroid Quarantine segment of the Phazon Mines. We're going to be picking up the last remaining Power Suit upgrades required to take on the game's final boss battles. So let's get...
Guide Metroid Prime Remastered: How To Defeat Omega Pirate
I am the Alpha
In this entry in our full walkthrough for Metroid Prime Remastered, we cover how to beat the Omega Pirate boss. This is undoubtedly one of the most tricky boss battles in the game, but it's far from impossible. Read on to discover exactly how to vanquish the Omega Pirate. Metroid Prime Remastered Omega Pirate Boss Guide - How To...
Guide Metroid Prime Remastered: Walkthrough - Phazon Mines
Radioactive
Welcome back to our full walkthrough of Metroid Prime Remastered. In this section, we'll be diving into the intimidating Phazon Mines. This is probably the most combat-heavy area featured in Metroid Prime and it's absolutely crawling with Space Pirates. By this point, though, you should have a formidable arsenal at your disposal, so...
Metroid Prime Remastered News
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (24th August)
All the water
Right, the weekend is here again, which means it's time to see what we're all going to be playing over the next couple of days. Before we do so, however, let's recap some of this week's more interesting goings on the in the world of Nintendo. First off, Nintendo held a new Direct broadcast, but perhaps not the one that many would...
News Metroid Prime Samus Gravity Suit Statue Pre-Orders Are Now Open
A new First 4 Figures release
Update: Pre-orders for First 4 Figures' glorious Metroid Prime Samus Gravity Suit statue are now open. The Collector's Edition is available for $179.99, while the Exclusive Edition – which adds a deluxe box and an LED light-up function that illuminates Samus' suit – is currently reduced as part of an Early Bird...
News Digital Foundry Hails Luigi's Mansion 3 As The Best-Looking Exclusive Switch Game
Lean, green, and mean
Digital Foundry has put out a new video taking a look at some of the best-looking Nintendo Switch exclusives since the console launched in 2017. There are some pretty obvious choices here that won't come as a surprise to regular readers, including the likes of Metroid Prime Remastered, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Zelda: Tears of...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th July)
To hell with it
The working week is over and it's time to settle in for the weekend. Welcome back to another edition of What Are You Playing! What's been going on in the world of Nintendo recently, then? Well, we got a boatload of NSO drops as Nintendo served up a whopping seven additions to the NES library including Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Urban...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (22nd June)
Getting primed
Summer's here, everyone! Except if you're in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case, Winter's here, everyone! After a quiet month or so, it's been a busy week in Nintendo land thanks to the June Direct which delivered above and beyond what many of us expected to see three months into Switch's eighth year, with its successor waiting...
News No, The Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Trailer Was Not Running On 'Switch 2'
"All the evidence points to this game running on the original Switch"
Over the last few years, as more and more time passed with barely a whisper from Nintendo or Retro Studios regarding Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, many fans had begun to ask the same question: will it skip the Switch and launch on 'Switch 2'? After all, the game's eventual revival...
Soapbox Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Won't Be The Franchise's 'BOTW Moment', And That's Okay
Keeping expectations in check
When Nintendo closed out its latest Direct presentation with the full reveal of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, the world briefly got a little bit louder as fans celebrated the glorious return of one of the company’s most revered franchises. Finally, after its initial announcement back in 2017, Prime 4 is scheduled to launch...
News Stunning Metroid Prime 'Meta Ridley' Statue Up For Pre-Order, But It'll Cost You
Money, that is, not Chozo Artifacts
A gorgeous statue of Metroid Prime's Meta Ridley is now available for pre-order via Big Bad Toy Store for the measly price of $599.99 (say what now?!). Yes, the latest masterpiece from First 4 Figures is a beautiful work of art, but again, it's a costly one. If you've got the cash, though, then it might well...
News New Peach-Themed Mario Kart Switch Controller Glows In The Dark
Ooh, pretty
If you've got a soft spot for Princess Peach and are in need of a new controller for your Switch, then PDP's latest might just be up your alley. Dubbed the Grand Prix Peach REMATCH GLOW Wireless Controller (good grief), it takes the general form factor of Nintendo's own official Pro Controller and adds in a few bells and whistles (while...
News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Nominated For Another 'Game Of The Year' Award
Winners to be revealed at the New York Game Awards
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom received a lot of nominations last year, and now to top it off it's been nominated for another 'Game of the Year' award, this time by the New York Videogame Critics Circle. The main event will take place on 23rd January 2024 where the winners of the 2024 New York Game...
About The Game
>Suit up for an iconic adventure
Intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran receives a distress signal from a wrecked frigate in orbit around planet Tallon IV. Upon investigation, the frigate reveals itself to be a Space Pirate research vessel home to terrifying genetic experiments using the mysterious Phazon substance. There, Samus encounters her nemesis, Meta Ridley, whom she pursues to the surface of Tallon IV. It’s up to her alone to explore the planet’s interconnected regions, investigate its dark secrets, and end the intergalactic threat posed by Phazon.
Experience this critically acclaimed first-person adventure like never before with remastered visuals, audio, controls, and more.
Revamped visuals and sound
See—and hear—the classic first-person adventure in a new way with high-definition visuals and modernized, nostalgic audio.
New (and classic) controls
Experience Tallon IV with modern dual-analog controls for the first time, as well as nostalgic setups inspired by the original Metroid Prime game for the Nintendo GameCube™ system and the Metroid Prime: Trilogy games for the Nintendo Wii™ system.
Multiple difficulty options
The Casual difficulty reduces the amount of damage Samus takes in combat, helping you worry less about fighting to focus on exploring.
Bonus content
Unlock art created during the development of the original game as well as this remaster, a Soundtrack Gallery, and a 3D Character Gallery.
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This isn't like Nintendo, Shadow dropping a Remaster of what used to be considered the greatest game of all time??? This is so weird
I haven’t played Metroid prime remake but I’ll get it soon I lobe the soundtrack
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