Five decades before the game's events, a Phazon meteor collides into the planet and leaves a scar causing environmental damage and splitting the planetary energy. The Luminoth lived peacefully, protecting the planet's pure natural energy, which they call the "Light of Aether". Synopsis Metroid story chronologyĮchoes takes place on a rogue planet in the Dasha region, Aether, inhabited by a race known as the Luminoth. Multiplayer in Echoes features the same control scheme as the single-player mode, including the lock-on system for circle strafing while targeting. It has six arenas and two modes: Deathmatch, in which players attempt to kill their opponents as many times as possible within a set amount of time and Bounty, which focuses on collecting coins that injured characters drop. Įchoes also features a multiplayer mode that allows up to four players to engage in combat using a split screen. Power Suit upgrades can reduce or nullify damage caused by the atmosphere. Safe zones are either permanent, or need to be activated by firing certain beam weapons at force field generators. Dark Aether's atmosphere is caustic and damages Samus's Power Suit, requiring the player to move between "safe zones" that allow Samus's health to slowly regenerate. Although the maps in both dimensions have the same general layout, rooms often vary in their designs, creatures, and objects. Įchoes features the parallel dimensions Light Aether and Dark Aether changes in either dimension often reflect changes in the other. The others reveal and highlight interdimensional objects or cloaked enemies, and create a visual representation of sound.
One, also seen in the previous game, is a scanner that searches for enemy weaknesses, interfaces with mechanisms such as force fields and elevators and retrieves text entries from certain sources. Several visors are available, and each performs a different function. The head-up display simulates the inside of Samus's helmet and features a radar, map, missile ammunition meter and health meter. Equipment players collect include the Screw Attack, which allows Samus to somersault in midair and off certain surfaces, and new beam weapons that have limited ammunition. Progress requires both dimensions to be explored, using power-ups that Samus acquires over time. Gameplay involves solving puzzles to uncover secrets, platform jumping, and shooting enemies. it takes place in an open-ended world with interconnected regions.
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is an action-adventure game in which the player controls the protagonist Samus Aran from a first-person perspective. The head-up display shows a radar, map and remaining ammunition. The player, controlling as Samus Aran, battles against the Pirate Commandos. In 2009, an enhanced version was released for Wii as a standalone game in Japan and as part of Metroid Prime: Trilogy internationally. Over 800,000 copies of the game were sold worldwide. Since its release, Echoes has received several video game industry awards, as well as spots on "top games" lists by Nintendo Power and IGN. The game's single-player mode was acclaimed by critics, citing its graphics, atmosphere and music, though its steep difficulty and multiplayer mode were met less positively. Nintendo launched a viral marketing campaign to promote the game that included several websites written as if taking place in the Metroid universe. Retro sought to differentiate the game from its predecessor, with a heavier focus on storytelling and new gameplay mechanics. Samus must travel to four temples to ensure the destruction of the Ing, while battling the Ing, wild creatures, Space Pirates, and her mysterious doppelgänger Dark Samus. She discovers that the troops were slaughtered by the Ing, a hostile race that came from an alternate dimension of Aether. The story of Echoes follows bounty hunter Samus Aran after she is sent to rescue Galactic Federation Marines from a ship near Aether, a planet inhabited by a race known as the Luminoth. The sequel to Metroid Prime (2002) and the first Metroid game with a multiplayer feature, Echoes was released in North America, Europe and Australia in 2004 and in Japan under the name Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes in May 2005. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is an action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube.
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