Great touch screen controls and awesome multiplayer create the best shooter on the DS.
User Rating: 8.5 | Metroid Prime: Hunters DS
If you are looking for a good first person shooter for the Nintendo DS or another game to use with the Wi-Fi connection, look no further than Metroid Prime: Hunters. The Metroid Prime series hit the video game world by storm with the first two Metroid Prime games on the Nintendo Gamecube. Hunters is the first of the series to be featured on the DS, and fans of the series will probably find themselves enjoying this game. Apart from the other two games this game has a shorter story, one that is not as in depth and interesting. The story is based around an ultimate power in which you need to find in the Alymbic Cluster. There are also six other bounty hunters much like Samus who are all after the same prize. Through much of the game you will encounter these hunters and will have to defeat them, after a while however they will become pretty easy. For each planet you need to recover three artifacts so you can gain entrance to the final boss who is guarding the octolith. The octoliths are collected throughout the game and there are eight in total. The story of this game is about ten hours long which is pretty good for the Nintendo DS. But the main reason to get this game is not the adventure mode, it is the multiplayer. The multiplayer in this game is amazing, like other DS games you can play single card and multicard play which offers many different hunters and modes to choose from, but this game also has the Nintendo Wi-Fi connection. The Wi-Fi works really well obviously because you can have fights with people from around the world and it works just as well as the other Wi-Fi enabled games. So check this game out if you are a fan of the series or are looking for another great Nintendo Wi-Fi enabled game.
The graphics in this game are somewhat average for the Nintendo DS. At some times they can look fuzzy or unclear, but on the other hand the worlds and levels including occasional cut scenes are all beautifully designed.
The sound in Hunters is what you would find in typical Metroid games. You have the sound of shooting and scanning. It comes along great and adds good intensity to the game.
This game has quite a bit of value to it. For the price of a regular DS game, Hunters is definitely worth the money. First off you have the ten hour adventure to play through and also hours of multiplayer that you will end up playing over the Wi-Fi connection.
Overall Metroid Prime: Hunters is a great game. So if you own a Nintendo DS and have the Wi-Fi connection you should buy this game immediately.
