Metroid Prime is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. Metroid Prime is the fifth main Metroid game and the first to use 3D computer graphics and a first-person perspective. It was released in North America in November 2002, and in Japan and Europe the following year. Along with the Game Boy Advance game Metroid Fusion, Prime marked the return of the Metroid series after an eight-year hiatus following Super Metroid (1994).
Samus in battle with a Flying Pirate. The player character is controlled from a first-person perspective.
While Samus is in Morph Ball form, the view changes to a third-person view.
Concept artwork of the Impact Crater
Metroid is an action-adventure game franchise created by Nintendo. The player controls the bounty hunter Samus Aran, who protects the galaxy from Space Pirates and other malevolent forces and their attempts to harness the power of the parasitic Metroid creatures.
Metroid Prime, released in 2002 for the GameCube, introduced 3D graphics and first-person shooter gameplay to the series.
Metroid: Samus Returns, released in 2017 for the Nintendo 3DS