Metroid Prime: Hunters delayed

DS News | The hunt's been called off. For now.

We learned today that one of the DS flagship titles, Metroid Prime: Hunters, will be delayed until next year. Originally scheduled for an October 2005 release, it's now been put back to an unknown date, some time in Q1 2006.

The Metroid Prime spin-off has been in development for quite some time, so the most plausible reason for the delay is that the developers require more time to implement usage of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection internet service. Given that this feature was originally not planned for the game, this would definitely be welcome for fans and impending buyer.

However, the online mode has yet to be confirmed. At least we'll have Mario Kart DS to keep us going until next year.

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13 Comments

Chris

6 years ago

Excellent, i'll happily wait if it means the inclusion of online play.

838 La

6 years ago

blah...
Oh well,but is still well worth the wait I guess

Capoeira

6 years ago

This is how I like my bad news. With a bit of good news added.

Qbert

6 years ago

I'm really happy with this, online play will rock

Hyperworm

6 years ago

Woooooo, online Hunters!

If it's true I'll be buying it for sure now

(...and it better support it after this delay or heads will roll

)

Lord InuYasha

6 years ago

Sounds good, too good...., anyway the metroid prime series has been a great test of skill and yet still enjoyable.

...And is that picture off when you die in metroid prime on GC??

Infested Jibbs

6 years ago

Nintendo have been making the transition of their 2d masterpieces/classics to 3d relatively unscathed.Zelda, metroid, mario-all success stories.

I reallllllyyyy thought metorid for gc would fall flat on its face-shows what i know.I must say that metroid hunters is one of the most enjoyable shooters ive played on a handheld, demo or otherwise.It almost makes using a d-pad to control a reticule archaic.

ZNMS

6 years ago

Delayed? But, I'm sure I saw an official Metroid Prime: Hunters box with a price tag of $69.95 at an EB Games store.

Capoeira

6 years ago

Those boxes are going to be sitting on those shelves for a while yet. This news came straight from the developers.

Qbert

6 years ago

EB were trying to get me to pre-order it back around March.

Hyperworm

6 years ago

The rumours of online support are now confirmed, according to IGN.

Couldn't be happier.

Qbert

6 years ago

Don't know if you've all seen this, but over at http://www.metroidhunters.com/ you can watch short video clips of all the Hunters; Weavel, Kanden, Trace, Spire, Sylux and Noxus. So far I think that Sylux is looking the best.

Capoeira

6 years ago

Yeah, it's a pretty cool video, and the music is pretty cool too. I always thought the music in the new metroid games sucked monkey-ass, but this is alright.

All those new 'hunters' make me wonder what the heck this game is going to be about... I'm just approaching it as 'the new metroid game'.

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Australian Release Date:
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Publisher:
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Developer:
  Nintendo Software Technology
Players:
  1-4

Extra:
Wi-Fi connectivity for up to 4 players

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