We're fully aware that this press release falls in the "No S$%t" category, but we're posting it anyway. It's Metroid.
Get `Primed' for the Holidays -- Metroid is Back!
World's Video Game Players Rejoice as Spine-chilling Suspense Returns for NINTENDO GAMECUBE and Game Boy Advance
REDMOND, Wash.--Nov. 14, 2002--For eight years, her disciples
around the globe have waited.
In four days, Samus Aran returns: leaping forward to explore a
foreboding, sci-fi future . . . tilting backwards in tribute to past
days of pure video game adventure. With not one, but two brand new
games -- Metroid(R) Prime for NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM) and Metroid(R)
Fusion for Game Boy(R) Advance -- this intergalactic bounty hunter
expands her exploits from the comfort of your couch to anywhere a
portable Game Boy Advance can be carried. Both games land on Nov. 18.
"There are few fans in the world of video games more zealous than
Metroid fans," says Peter MacDougall, executive vice president, sales
and marketing, Nintendo of America Inc. "But despite their enthusiasm,
we know some feared Metroid wouldn't be the same in 3-D as it was in
2-D. They were right -- it's better. And some thought the Game Boy
Advance version could never match its Super NES predecessor. Well,
it's surpassed it."
Both games feature the eerie solitude and claustrophobic
exploration that the original Metroid games demonstrated in the '80s.
NINTENDO GAMECUBE owners will confront the varied landscapes of the
planet Tallon IV through a novel, first-person visor perspective.
Metroid Fusion players must 'fuse' with alien enemies in order to save
Samus from a parasite destroying her from within.
Owing to the unique connectivity between the two systems, players
can receive two outstanding bonuses by linking their hardware. By
successfully completing the NINTENDO GAMECUBE version, Samus can be
equipped with the new armored spacesuit featured in Metroid Fusion.
Plus, those who successfully complete the Game Boy Advance adventure
can unlock an embedded version of the original Nintendo Entertainment
System(R) Metroid(R) for play on their NINTENDO GAMECUBE systems.
Developed by Retro Studios and Nintendo, Metroid Prime is an
intense exercise in strategy, exploration and survival.
Metroid Prime is rated T (Teen) and will be available at a
suggested retail price of $49.95. Metroid Fusion is rated E (Everyone)
and carries a suggested retail price of $34.95.
As 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
video game systems. The systems include Game Boy(R), Nintendo(R) 64,
Game Boy Advance and NINTENDO GAMECUBE(TM). Since the release of its
first home video game system in 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 1.6
billion video games worldwide, creating enduring industry icons such
as Mario(TM) and Donkey Kong(R) and launching such franchises as
Zelda(TM) and Pokemon(R). As a wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of
America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for
Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere.
