REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Nov 15, 2004--You might be comfortable in the armor. You might wield the arm cannon with devastating precision. And you might even be a master at maneuvering the Morph Ball. Yet nothing you`ve encountered has prepared you for the edge-of-your-seat adventure of ''Metroid(R) Prime 2 Echoes,'' launching today exclusively for Nintendo GameCube(TM).
''Not only is this the most graphically beautiful and intellectually challenging `Metroid` adventure ever,'' says George Harrison, Nintendo of America`s senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications, ''but the game also, for the first time, lets up to four players compete to determine the best bounty hunter of all.''
''Metroid Prime 2 Echoes,'' developed by Retro Studios, continues one of the most fabled franchises in interactive entertainment and is a sought-after title for the holidays. The first-person shooter chronicles the adventures of Samus Aran, the baddest bounty hunter in the galaxy, as she blasts her way through a planet that`s been split into light and dark halves.
The deep, single-player storyline begins as Samus finds herself trapped on a mysterious planet, populated by creatures of both light and darkness. She must bolster her suit`s power to battle enemies and solve puzzles, all while a hostile entity stalks her. Players explore the environment using new scanning equipment and new weapons that yield different results, depending on the type of enemy. Players use the new Light Beam and Dark Beam, as well as staples of the ''Metroid'' arsenal like the Morph Ball, Grapple Beam and Missile Launcher.
In the game`s multiplayer mode, up to four players don metal suits to try to blast their opponents into oblivion. Jump and shoot to find special power-ups or roll away from a punishing attack.
The original ''Metroid(R) Prime'' was named the 2003 first-person action console action game of the year by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, and ''Game of the Year'' by the International Game Developers Association, GameSpot.com, GameSpy.com, IGN Cube.com and Planet GameCube.com.
The worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home and portable video game systems. Each year, hundreds of all-new titles for the best-selling Game Boy(R) Advance, Nintendo DS(TM) and Nintendo GameCube(TM) systems extend Nintendo`s vast game library and continue the tradition of delivering a rich, diverse mix of quality video games for players of all ages. Since the release of its first home video game system in 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 1.9 billion video games and more than 170 million hardware units globally, creating enduring industry icons such as Mario(TM) and Donkey Kong(R) and launching popular culture franchise phenomena such as Metroid(R), Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo`s operations in the Western Hemisphere.
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