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General Information

Released in 2002 for the Nintendo Gamecube, Metroid Prime is the first game in the Metroid series to be developed within a 3D environment. On top of this, the series has also taken a new direction by utilizing a first person perspective style of gameplay but at the same time retaining many of the gameplay mechanics that has made the series a classic. The story events within the game takes place between the events of the first Metroid and Metroid II.


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Staff

Name Function
Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, David "Zoid" Kirsch Senior Engineers
Derek Bonikowski, Dax Pallotta, Stephen Zafros Animators
Retro Studios Staff Credit
Steve Barcia Executive Producer
Michael Mann Producer
Mark Pacini Lead Designer
Karl Dechard, Mike Wihan Senior Designers
Jason Behr, Tony Giovannini, Paul Reed, Amanda Rubright Designers
Mark Johnston Lead Engineer
Jack Mathews, Andy O'Neil Technical Lead Engineers
Ted Chauviere, Jim Gage, Steve McCrea, Irving Mah, Kai Martin, Akintunde Omitowoju, Alex Quinones, Marco Thrush Engineers
Todd Keller Lead Artist
Mike Sneath, Chris Voellmann Senior Artists
Chuck Crist, Don Hogan, Andrew Jones, Gene Kohler, Ryan Powell, Elizabeth Pugh, Luis Ramirez, Danny Richardson, Alejandro Roura, Eiben Schafers, LeRoy Strauss Artists
Clark Wen Audio Lead
Frank Bry, Crispin Hands, Ken Kurita-Ditz, Kristoffer Larson Sound Designers (Contractors)
Ryan Harris Production Assistant
Scott Johnson, Rick Kohler, Martin L'Heureux, Frank Lafuente, Tom Papadatos, Audrey Peterson Additional Contributors
NCL Staff Credits
Satoru Iwata Executive Producer
Shigeru Miyamoto, Kenji Miki Producer
Risa Tabata Coordination
Kenji Yamamoto Music
Kouichi Kyuma Music (Assistant)
Tomohiro Kawase, Hideaki Shimizu Connectivity Programming
Hironobu Kakui, Yoshihito Ikebata, Yoshito Yasuda Technical Support
Tomoyoshi Yamane, Chiharu Sakiyama Supervisor (Samus Model)
NOA Staff Credits
Tim O'Leary, Kiyohiko Ando, Scot Ritchey Translator/Billingual Coordinator
Michael Leslie Testing/Coordinator
Leslie Swan Editor
Nate Bihidorff Writer/Editor
Michael Keibaugh Testing Director
Kyle Hudson Testing Manager
Eric Bush Testing Supervisor
Marc Doyal, Jason Mahaffa, Shane Lewis, Michael Chipman, Kathy Huguenard, Jim Holdeman, Tim Casey, Nicko Gonzalez, Jack Smart, Melvin Forrest Testing
Chris Needham, David Hunziker Testing Technician
Kensuke Tanabe, Akira Otani Coproducer
Jeff Miller Producer (NOA)
Thomas Hertzog Testing Project Coordinator


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Release Date

Name Country's Flag Release Date Platform
United Kingdom http://open-site.org/img/lufiaguy/uk_flag.gif 2003-March-21 GameCube
United Kingdom http://open-site.org/img/lufiaguy/uk_flag.gif 2003-March-21 GameCube
United States http://open-site.org/img/lufiaguy/usa_flag.gif 2002-November-17 GameCube
Japan http://open-site.org/img/lufiaguy/japan_flag.gif 2003-February-28 GameCube


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Video Game
Genre: First-Person Adventure
Developer: Retro Studios
Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Gamecube
ESRB Rating: T

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