Well, rest assured, the wait has not been for nothing. Following up on the recent online success of Mario Kart DS and Animal Crossing, Nintendo want us to keep in mind what will perhaps be the biggest Wifi Connection game yet, and have released some new information about Metroid Prime: Hunters to that end. It has been announced previously that the game will be online via Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection service, but here's the new info we've received:
- Metroid Prime: Hunters is set between Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- The game will be set on 5 separate planets, with over 25 different areas, all of which can be used in multiplayer deathmatch. Will we finally see Zebes (From Metroid 1 and 3) or SR388 (From Metroid 2 and 4) in 3D?
- There will be several playable Bounty Hunter characters, each with their own unique ship, armour and features. One of the hunters, Weavel, is able to remove parts of his body for use as gun turrets, ala Perfect Dark's briefcase gun.
- The single-player quest will be a non-linear hunt for the Alimbic artifacts. Samus must fly to a planet and search for the items, but the other hunters are also after them, and if they get it first, Samus must then get in her ship and hunt the hunter! (Note: It has not been made clear if the game will contain space flight gameplay between planets, or if it will be via cutscene only).
- Nintendo are apparently so pleased with the character designs of the other bounty hunters in the game, they are already considering spin off games for some of them!
Metroid Prime: Hunters is scheduled for release on March 20th in the USA, no PAL release date has been set. We'll keep you informed of updates!
Like Sin Ogaris, I hope that after several playthroughs you can be good enough to gather all the pieces without fighting the other space pirates.
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