Metroid Prime Hunters
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North American box art
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo Software Technology |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Masamichi Abe |
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| Writer(s) | Richard Vorodi |
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| Series | Metroid |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | First-person action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 85 out of 100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B+ |
| EGM | B |
| Eurogamer | 8 of 10 |
| Game Informer | 8.5 of 10 |
| GamePro | 4.5 of 5 |
| Game Revolution | B+ |
| GameSpot | 8.6 of 10 |
| GameSpy | 4.5 of 5 |
| GamesRadar | 9 of 10 |
| GameZone | 9.0 of 10 |
| IGN | 9 of 10 |
| Nintendo Power | 85% |
| X-Play | 3 of 5 |
| The Australian | 9 of 10 |
| The Guardian | 4 of 5 |
| The Independent | 4 of 5 |
| The Press | 90% |
| The Sunday Times | 5 of 5 |
| The Times | 5 of 5 |
| The Toronto Sun | 4.5 of 5 |
| The Washington Times | 3 of 5 |
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| Publication | Award |
| IGN Best of 2006 | Best Action Game (DS) |
| Nintendo Power Awards 2006 |
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Metroid Prime Hunters is a first-person action-adventure video game published by Nintendo and developed by its Redmond-based subsidiary Nintendo Software Technology for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. A part of the Metroid series, it was released in North America in March 2006, with other territories later. The game features a single-player campaign in which is set between the events of Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. There, players assume the role of bounty hunter Samus Aran as she investigates a mysterious message that originated from the Alimbic solar system.
Hunters contains more first-person shooter aspects than the previous titles in the Metroid Prime series, with removal of assisted aiming, more action-oriented gameplay, and various multiplayer modes. The game was created to utilize the Nintendo DS hardware, such as Wi-Fi and voice chat capabilities, and introduced other bounty hunters with unique weapons and alternative forms. Metroid Prime Hunters was announced by Nintendo at the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo. A pack-in demo version of the game, titled Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, was included with the Nintendo DS when it launched in November 2004.
Reviews were generally favorable towards Hunters, with much praise to its gameplay and graphics, although it faced criticism to its control scheme. Metroid Prime Hunters received several honors; including an "Editors' Choice" award from IGN, which also named the game the "Best DS Action Game" of 2006, while Nintendo Power gave it awards for "Best Graphics", "Best Shooter/Action Game", and "Best Wi-Fi Functionality". Over 410,000 copies of the game were sold in North America in its first month of release, and it was the fourth best-selling game during its debut month in Japan. Metroid Prime Hunters was re-released on the Wii U's Virtual Console service in Japan in 2015, and in North America and Europe the following year.
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