Metroid Prime meets Unreal Tournament and the two make one helluva baby!
While the world maps turn out to be surprisingly large in size they also leave one feeling like they are holding your hand and leading you to where you need to go. My only gripe with the game thus far is that the sense of exploration has largely been skipped by the developers in favor of an edgier, more fast-paced adventure. First person shooter? Not hardly. Locating artifacts is still the main mission while shooting up baddies takes a seat in the back however, defeating other bounty hunters after the same treasure has made gun battles a more important aspect of Hunters than the console Prime games.
As with the other Prime games the boss fights are exciting and engaging requiring fast thinking and a steady aim. The other bounty hunters attack you at various intervals in the game and, if they defeat you, they take your bounty. The difficulty of the other hunters varies with each one having their own special weapon and morph mode.
The multiplayer is by far the best found on any handheld game, with an excellent variety of game modes and a huge assortment of well-designed maps with various sizes.
Finding opponents on Nintendo Wi-Fi is fast and easy, I have not tried the VoIP chat yet so I can not comment on its functionality.
This game is a must have title for DS owners and if you don't have one, it is another good reason to go out and buy one.