Editing Metroid Prime (section)

{{Short description|2002 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title       = Metroid Prime
| image       = MetroidPrimebox.jpg
| alt         = Samus Aran, the main character in ''Metroid Prime'', is in a in a big, futuristic-looking powered suit with a helmet. There is a firearm on the right arm and large, bulky, and rounded shoulders, stands on an industrial-like corridor. Atop the image is the Nintendo GameCube logo, and the text "Only for" in the upper left corner. In the bottom of the image, the title "Metroid Prime" in front of an insignia with a stylized "S", the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality, Nintendo's logo, and ESRB's rating of "T".
| caption      = North American and [[PAL region]] box art
| developer    = [[Retro Studios]]
| publisher    = [[Nintendo]]
| director     = [[Mark Pacini]]
| producer     = {{Unbulleted list|[[Shigeru Miyamoto]]|[[Kensuke Tanabe]]|Kenji Miki|Akira Otani|Michael Mann}}
| programmer   = Mark Johnston
| artist       = {{Unbulleted list|Todd Keller|James Dargie}}
| composer     = {{Unbulleted list|[[Kenji Yamamoto (composer, born 1964)|Kenji Yamamoto]]|Kouichi Kyuma}}
| series       = ''[[Metroid]]''
| engine       = <!-- Leave this section BLANK; "Unreal Engine 2" should not be added as it is speculation. Nintendo/Retro Studios have said nothing about what engine the game is run on. See talk page for more. -->
| platforms    = {{Unbulleted list|[[GameCube]]|[[Wii]]}}<!-- Please DO NOT add "Wii U" or "Nintendo Switch" here. Metroid Prime Trilogy is available via Wii U eShop in emulation; see [[Template:Infobox video game#platforms]] and [[Template talk:Infobox video game/Archive 14#Question on downloadable Wii games on Wii U]]
The Nintendo Switch version was different version released as Metroid Prime Remastered, which is listed in a separate infobox below -->
| released     = {{Collapsible list |title={{nobold|November 18, 2002}}
| '''GameCube'''
| {{Video game release|NA|November 18, 2002|JP|February 28, 2003|EU|March 21, 2003|AU|April 3, 2003}}
| '''Wii'''
| {{Video game release|JP|February 19, 2009}} 
<!-- DO NOT include emulated 
releases (i.e. Wii U eShop) or the Nintendo Switch release. -->
}}
| genre        = [[Action-adventure game|Action-adventure]] <!-- The game's genre is listed by reliable sources as a "first-person adventure/action-adventure", and not a "first-person shooter". Please read [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Archive 104#FPS vs First person action adventure]] before editing this information. -->
| modes        = [[Single-player]]
}}

'''''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 (gaming)|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).

''Metroid Prime'' takes place between the original ''[[Metroid (video game)|Metroid]]'' and ''[[Metroid II: Return of Samus]]''.<ref name="history">{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://metroid.jp/metroid_version2/history/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927010537/http://metroid.jp/metroid_version2/history/index.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=October 1, 2007 |publisher=Metroid Zero Mission Official Site (Japanese version)}}</ref><ref name="time" /> Players control the bounty hunter [[Samus Aran]] as she battles the [[Characters in the Metroid series#Space Pirates|Space Pirates]] and their biological experiments on the planet Tallon IV. ''Metroid Prime'' was a collaboration between Retro in [[Austin, Texas]], and Japanese Nintendo employees, including producers [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] and [[Kensuke Tanabe]]. Miyamoto suggested the project after visiting Retro's headquarters in 2000. Since exploration takes precedence over combat, Nintendo described the game as a "first-person adventure" rather than a [[first-person shooter]].<ref name="fpa">{{Cite web |last=IGN Staff |date=February 23, 2001 |title=Metroid a First Person Adventure? |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/24/metroid-a-first-person-adventure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102214123/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/24/metroid-a-first-person-adventure |archive-date=November 2, 2012 |access-date=July 25, 2011 |publisher=IGN}}</ref>

''Metroid Prime'' sold more than 2.8 million copies worldwide. It won a number of Game of the Year awards and is regarded by many as one of the [[List of video games considered the best|greatest video games]], remaining one of the highest-rated games on [[Metacritic]].<ref name="metacritic">{{Cite web |title=Metroid Prime reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/metroid-prime/critic-reviews/?platform=gamecube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121132248/http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/metroid-prime |archive-date=November 21, 2010 |access-date=September 8, 2006 |publisher=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>

''Metroid Prime'' was followed by ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]'' (2004) and ''[[Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]'' (2007), with ''[[Metroid Prime 4: Beyond]]'' scheduled for 2025. In 2009, an enhanced version of ''Metroid'' ''Prime'' was released for the [[Wii]] in Japan and as part of the ''[[Metroid Prime: Trilogy]]'' compilation internationally. A remastered version was released on the [[Nintendo Switch]] in 2023.