Editing Metroid Prime Hunters (section)

==Marketing and release==
[[File:La consola del pequeñajo.jpg|thumb|upright|The demo version of the game, ''Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt'', was bundled with the [[Nintendo DS]] at launch.]]
A preview of ''Metroid Prime Hunters'' was featured at E3 2004, which players control different colored variations of Samus in a [[deathmatch (video games)|deathmatch]].<ref name="IGN E3 2004 Hands-on" /> A [[game demo|demo version]], titled ''Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt'', was included as a [[pack-in game]] with the [[Nintendo DS]] when it launched in North America on November 21.<ref name="EGFirstHunt">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news220904metroidprimehunters |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208043928/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news220904metroidprimehunters |title='' Metroid Prime: Hunters'' demo bundled with DS |first=Tom |last=Bramwell |work=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=Gamer Network |date=September 22, 2004 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> As a single-player game, it consists of training scenarios with no specific plot, while the multiplayer portion allows up to four players to compete via the Nintendo DS' local wireless communications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/09/21/metroid-a-ds-pack-in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810231850/http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/09/21/metroid-a-ds-pack-in |title=Metroid a DS Pack-in |first=Craig |last=Harris |work=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=September 21, 2004 |access-date=August 11, 2015 |archive-date=August 10, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[GamesRadar]]'' wrote a positive review for the demo, citing it as "a fine showcase for demonstrating what the Nintendo DS hardware is capable of".<ref name="GR-MPHFirstHunt">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/metroid-prime-hunters-first-hunt-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208194709/http://www.gamesradar.com/metroid-prime-hunters-first-hunt-review/ |title=''Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt'' review |work=[[GamesRadar]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |date=February 15, 2006 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In early 2006, a [[trailer (promotion)|preview video]] for ''Hunters'' was made available for download through the [[Nintendo Zone#DS Download Station|DS Download Station]].<ref name="DSKiosk">{{cite web|url=http://www.videogamer.com/news/ds_download_stations_across_the_us.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208075922/http://www.videogamer.com/news/ds_download_stations_across_the_us.html |title=DS download stations across the US |first=James |last=Orry |work=VideoGamer.com |publisher=Candy Banana |date=February 10, 2006 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Nintendo UK and BT">{{cite press release|url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/nintendo-uk-and-bt-openzone-roll-out-nintendo-wi-fi-connection-hotspots-to-retailers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208123831/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/nintendo-uk-and-bt-openzone-roll-out-nintendo-wi-fi-connection-hotspots-to-retailers |title=Nintendo UK and BT Openzone roll out Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection hotspots to retailers |publisher=[[Nintendo of Europe]] |date=March 22, 2006 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=live |quote=Other Nintendo goodies downloadable to your DS will include special items for ''[[Animal Crossing: Wild World]]'' and a very special ''Metroid Prime: Hunters'' movie.}}</ref> A playable demo was also available from the Download Station in North America.<ref name="KioskHunting">{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2006/04/03/kiosk-hunting-here-and-there-but-mostly-there/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208154028/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/03/kiosk-hunting-here-and-there-but-mostly-there/ |title=Kiosk Hunting: Here and there, but mostly there |first=Ludwig |last=Kietzmann |work=[[Engadget]] |publisher=[[AOL]] |date=April 3, 2006 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=live |quote=Columbus, OH: [[Best Buy]] (store #295) got a station featuring demos of ''[[Tetris DS]]'', ''Metroid Prime Hunters'', ''[[Meteos]]'', ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'' and ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!|Brain Age]]''.}}</ref>

In 2006, Nintendo promoted the release of ''Metroid Prime Hunters'' in the United States with a [[television commercial]], featuring a gravedigger burying dead bounty hunters in a futuristic setting. The commercial was directed by [[Len Wiseman]], known for his work on the ''[[Underworld (film series)|Underworld]]'' series, and was produced by the [[Leo Burnett Worldwide]], while the special effects were handled by Ntropic.<ref name=MPHAdvert>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/03/10/wiseman-directs-samus |title=Wiseman Directs Samus |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |work=[[IGN]] |first=Craig |last=Harris |access-date=August 23, 2012 |date=March 10, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150701/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/03/10/wiseman-directs-samus |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> According to Wiseman, the commercial intends to "give the players a sense of how high the body count is going to be in this game, the amount of mayhem, and just how vicious [[Samus Aran|Samus]] can be".<ref name="NP-Dig">{{cite interview |title=Behind the Scenes: On the Hunt |first=Len |last=Wiseman |subject-link=Len Wiseman |interviewer=Matt Burke |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] |publisher=[[Nintendo of America]] |date=May 2006 |page=98 |issue=203}}</ref> In May, Nintendo of Europe and [[HMV]] held the "Hunt Is On Tournament" competition in several locations throughout the United Kingdom, with [[BT Openzone]] providing a video link.<ref name=HMVCompetion>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hmv-launches-metroid-prime-hunters-competition/1100-6151475/ |title=HMV launches Metroid Prime: Hunters competition |publisher=[[CBS Interactive Inc]] |work=GameSpot |first=Phil |last=Elliot |access-date=August 23, 2012 |date=May 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220033129/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/hmv-launches-metroid-prime-hunters-competition/1100-6151475/ |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''Metroid Prime Hunters'' was released on March 20, 2006 in North America,<ref name="GameSpot-ReleaseSummary">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/dsmetroidprimehunters/similar.html?mode=versions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212133801/http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/dsmetroidprimehunters/similar.html?mode=versions |title=''Metroid Prime: Hunters'' Release Summary |work=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=September 27, 2015 |archive-date=February 12, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="NOAPress">{{cite press release|url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/11147/hunters-stat-tracking-revealed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208055218/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/11147/hunters-stat-tracking-revealed |title=Hunters Stat-Tracking Revealed |publisher=[[Nintendo of America]] |date=February 28, 2006 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WiFiSuccess">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/98384/Nintendo_Updates_On_WiFi_Success_Animal_Crossing_Debut.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208141703/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/98384/Nintendo_Updates_On_WiFi_Success_Animal_Crossing_Debut.php |title=Nintendo Updates On Wi-Fi Success, ''Animal Crossing'' Debut |first=Simon |last=Carless |work=[[Gamasutra]] |publisher=[[UBM plc]] |date=December 7, 2005 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> followed by the release in Europe on May 5,<ref name="GameSpot-ReleaseSummary" /><ref name="NewDetails">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news030306metroidds |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080158/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news030306metroidds |title=New ''Metroid'' DS details |first=Ellie |last=Gibson |work=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=Gamer Network |date=March 3, 2006 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> in Australia on May 23,<ref name="GameSpot-ReleaseSummary" /> in Japan on June 1,<ref name="GameSpot-ReleaseSummary" /><ref name="Famitsu">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=10254 |access-date=August 21, 2015 |script-title=ja:メトロイドプライムハンターズ まとめ [DS] |language=ja |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |publisher=[[Enterbrain]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923015644/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=10254 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> and in South Korea on December 6, 2007.<ref name="GameSpot-ReleaseSummary" /><ref name="Korean-release">{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendo.co.kr/DS/soft/metroid/main.php |script-title=ko:메트로이드 프라임 헌터즈 |trans-title=Metroid Prime Hunters |language=ko |publisher=Nintendo |access-date=August 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054025/http://www.nintendo.co.kr/DS/soft/metroid/main.php |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The game was later re-released on the [[Wii U]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service, in Japan on September 30, 2015,<ref name="MPH-VC-JP">{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/dapj/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918122307/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/software/vc/dapj/index.html |script-title=ja:Wii U バーチャルコンソール - メトロイドプライム ハンターズ |publisher=[[Nintendo]] |language=ja |access-date=September 19, 2015 |archive-date=September 18, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MPHArrives-JP-VC">{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/09/metroid_prime_hunters_arrives_on_wii_u_virtual_console_in_japan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001055033/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/09/metroid_prime_hunters_arrives_on_wii_u_virtual_console_in_japan |title=''Metroid Prime: Hunters'' Arrives on Wii U Virtual Console in Japan |first=Thomas |last=Whitehead |work=Nintendo Life |publisher=Gamer Network |date=September 30, 2015 |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-date=October 1, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> in North America on June 2, 2016,<ref name="NA VC Nintendo Life">{{cite news|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/06/nintendo_download_2nd_june_north_america|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602141346/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/06/nintendo_download_2nd_june_north_america|title=Nintendo Download: 2nd June (North America)|first=Thomas|last=Whitehead|work=[[Nintendo Life]]|publisher=Gamer Network|date=June 2, 2016|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NA VC Gamezone">{{cite news|url=http://www.gamezone.com/news/metroid-prime-hunters-comes-to-wii-u-virtual-console-10-years-after-its-original-release-3437767|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602140404/http://www.gamezone.com/news/metroid-prime-hunters-comes-to-wii-u-virtual-console-10-years-after-its-original-release-3437767|title=''Metroid Prime Hunters'' comes to Wii U Virtual Console 10 years after its original release|first=Jose|last=Cardoso|work=GameZone|publisher=GameZone Next|date=June 2, 2016|access-date=June 2, 2016|archive-date=June 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and in Europe on September 15.<ref name="Nintendo Life Download - Sept 15, 2016">{{cite news|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/09/nintendo_download_15th_september_europe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913163702/http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/09/nintendo_download_15th_september_europe|title=Nintendo Download: 15th September (Europe)|first=Thomas|last=Whitehead|work=[[Nintendo Life]]|publisher=[[Gamer Network]]|date=September 12, 2016|archive-date=September 13, 2016|access-date=December 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>