Last week a friend of mine started playing Metroid Prime for the first time. While he enjoyed the game immensely, to me it was a bit of revelation to watch him play.
How will Metroid Prime Trilogy players cope?
I never experienced Metroid Prime as Metroid Prime. I always experienced it as “that game that came after Super Metroid“. As a result I blazed through the game. I never really stopped and thought about things. Well, I did think about how the game was structured and why certain choices were made. But I didn’t realise how uninviting the game is. While watching my friend play the game, it hit me square in the face as he explored the ice country of Phendrana Drifts for the first time. As he picked up the Boost Ball upgrade, I remembered the next upgrade: the Space Jump Boots.
Which can be found at the very start of the game…