Metroid Prime Hunters

Metroid Prime Hunters is a first-person action-adventure video game published by Nintendo and developed by its Redmond-based subsidiary Nintendo Software Technology for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. A part of the Metroid series, it was released in North America in March 2006; in Europe and Australia in May 2006; and in Japan in June 2006. The game features a single-player campaign in which is set between the events of Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. There, players assume the role of bounty hunter Samus Aran as she investigates a mysterious message that originated from the Alimbic solar system.

Hunters contains more first-person shooter aspects than the previous titles in the Metroid Prime series, with removal of assisted aiming, more action-oriented gameplay, and various multiplayer modes. The game was created to utilize the Nintendo DS hardware, such as Wi-Fi and voice chat capabilities, and introduced other bounty hunters with unique weapons and alternative forms. Metroid Prime Hunters was announced by Nintendo at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2004. A pack-in demo version of the game, titled Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, was included with the Nintendo DS when it launched in 2004.