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Metroid Prime: Hunters site activated

Get the skinny on Samus' bounty-hunting rivals on Nintendo's official site for its upcoming DS shooter.

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When the Nintendo DS shipped in November of 2004, it came with a playable demo of Metroid Prime: Hunters. Now, some 15 months after first being able to get their hands on it, DS-owning Metroid fans are less than a month away from the game's expected release date. To help them pass the time until the game's release (or make it that much more agonizing), Nintendo has put up an official Web site for the long-anticipated game.

In addition to basics about the game's features, the site also includes plenty of information and video clips on the seven game modes playable in Hunters, as well as its assortment of rival bounty hunters. Samus is no longer the only game in the galaxy when it comes to bounty hunting, as she'll have to compete with six alien adversaries this time around. The site contains video clips and biographies for each of the hunters, as well as currently inactive sections for the top five Wi-Fi bounty hunters and each character's popularity in wireless online battles.

Metroid Prime: Hunters has been rated T for Teen and will retail for $34.99 when it goes on sale next month.

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I just took a very big, brown, bowel movement.

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I'm looking forward to this

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dis game is gonna be off da chains

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You know what I find annoying? People saying that this game might not be good because they didn

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good god, this took long enough.

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This game could put a big nail in the PSPs coffin.

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I'm gonna pick it up opening day ; )

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I'm not a DS owner. I wish Nintendo would release a new Metroid game for the gamecube. The other two rocked.

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definitely getting this one, i have wi-fi at home

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The site is pretty decent, and the game truly looks like it will live up to the hype, I'll be impoting it for sure, stupid UK releases! I'm not waiting for May!

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this game should own.

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awesome!

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I wouldn't mind paying 50 if it's as good as it seems.

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Since the day I bought my NDS I have been waiting for this game. And now all I have to do is wait and practice in First Hunt.

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cant wait for this game

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I can't wait to play this one!

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That thing is gonna be so cool, I can't wait!

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Finally! It's about time we see this game coming out. I've played the demo many times, and can't wait for what the full version brings us. Of the videos I've seen for it, it looks promising. Seven different characters to play as should make for some interesting firefights.

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Cheaper and better than a PSP game. I own a PSP and I'm not satisfied with its game selection. Why don't more developers make games for it?

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awesome game i usaully hate metroid but i think i'll make an exception for this cool version of it.

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i wish that they put master chief in the game so everybody could gang up on him

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I wonder what it will be like... the graphics look good for the DS.

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Yeah way to go!!!!

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NTSC is the region code for digital entertainment in North America. The game is being developed by Nintendo Software Technologies, or NST. The studio got its start with a bunch of Digipen graduates and has had a ton of guidance from Retro on the project. Oh and fix your grammar before starting that script, lest we have another million-dollar game-to-movie catastrophe on our hands.

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Well, actually, Retro Studios is Nintendo considering that they are now a internal studio at Nintendo (Nintendo bought them) The people who is making this game is NTSC (WaveRace, 1080 Snowboarding) very good internal studio. Off Topic: yes there is a Metroid Prime movie being thought about, not being made as it is still on the backburner. I'm going to write a script but first I need to be refreshen on the story. (I know the story, I just have to make sure I'm not forgetting anything)

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I agree the controls are not awkward just takes some getting used too. you are using to using a gamecube control or a PS2 control Imavnas. if you want to experience a horrible control scheme try playing a PSP. it is impossible to play half of there little game library without the analog. Play Ape Escape and you will see what i mean.

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I can't remember if I read this anywhere or not...is Retro Studios not developing this game? On the page here all I see is Nintendo.

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nice site!

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I actually really liked the control scheme. And I think having a button on the touch screen to jump, for me anyways, would take a lot more time to do.

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How about it would sell twice as much (or more) on DS, Imavnas. Ever think of that, smart one? Oh, and I personally love the controls. Oh, and I can't view the site for some reason.

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The site is cool and the game looks awesome!!! I've read that the game has undergone some transformations during the development cycle, so I'm eager to see the final result.

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this games gonna blow. Why? Because handhelds CANNOT do FPS. Period. Play the demo again DS owners, and youll see what I mean. Yea sure the games production values are high, mainly because its a Nintendo game, but the controls just simply SUCK. This game shouldve released on the Gamecube, a console that NEEDS the support.

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I SO cant wait for this game my only gripe with the controls of the demo was the double tap screen to jump, if they can fix that this game will be awesome (maybe put a jump icon on the bottom screen like the morph ball icon, thatd probably work well) graphicly i think it looks sweet, they did a good job of downgrading the graphics without making it look like a peice of...... anyways cant wait to play this game:D

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Hmm... the link worked earlier, but now it doesn't. Maybe their server crashed after all the people from Gamespot checked out the game website. :P ...Now it works. Must be having mood swings from all the people visiting. :D

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On an off-topic note: March 20th is my birthday >:D!

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I'm a little skeptical about this game, REALLY hope it's good enough for me to buy it.

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I came

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off topic, just wanted to point out that metriod prime is being turned into a movie

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"is the microphone going to be used for this game?" yes for the lobby.

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gomez17,you cant really tell unless you play it.

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is the microphone going to be used for this game?

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metroid looks cool. but its not meant for online multiplayer. not responsive enough

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man oh man this is gonna be awesome.

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nice i can now play a shoter on the ds online =)

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back to the topic.....

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i was just playing around sheesh, i was the second one to post the number thing

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ic how it is

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y all the violence? im just pointing out that i had the first post, and i started off the whole numbered post thing. simmer guy

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gomez17 u wanna start too

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