Metroid Prime series

Group Description

This group includes most Metroid games with Metroid Prime in the title. The Metroid franchise is owned by Nintendo and games have only appeared on Nintendo consoles. The Metroid franchise was revived in 2002 when Retro Studios released Metroid Prime, the start of a new series and the games in this group. The development studio had been given the license in 2000 and as such the franchise was continued eight years after the release of the SNES game Super Metroid (1994).

Includes:

• Metroid games with a first-person view where the player explores huge three-dimensional worlds
• Metroid games where the plot involves Phazon to some degree

Excludes:

• Spinoffs, such as pinball games
• Games which do not involve Phazon