Metroid Prime Hunters
Metroid Prime Hunters is a first-person action-adventure game that combines exploration, shooting, and competitive multiplayer gameplay. Set across interconnected locations, it features objective-based…
Metroid Prime Hunters is an adventure developed by Nintendo, released 20 March 2006 on Wii U and Nintendo DS. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.
What Metroid Prime Hunters is
Metroid Prime Hunters is an adventure game developed by Nintendo and released in 2006. It is available on Wii U and Nintendo DS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Metroid Prime Hunters is a 2006 action-adventure game developed by Nintendo Software Technology and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released in North America in March 2006, with other territories later. The story takes place in between the events of Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Players assume the role of series protagonist Samus Aran, who investigates a mysterious message that originated from the Alimbic Cluster and comes into contact with a legion of bounty hunters.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Metroid series
Metroid Prime Hunters is the 22nd of 50 entries we hold in the Metroid series. The next entry was Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in 2007. Its critic score of 87 is 5 points above the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Super Metroid at 100.
How it was received
Metroid Prime Hunters holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Players rate it 78, 9 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs.
What it launched against
Metroid Prime Hunters launched on 20 March 2006, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II and Daxter. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Metroid Prime Hunters yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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