Hunters is the one Metroid game I think still needs a remake, such good concepts and features limited to and by the DS that'd be amazing to see expanded upon on something like the Switch

What a great time in handheld gaming. I remember crowding around my neighbor when he was the only one with a ds I'm town and a demo of hunters. It was and still kind of is one of the craziest handheld games I've ever seen. Unmatched. Love the multi-player. Wish they expanded on that for consoles

I really hope Prime 4 has some Hunters-esc multiplayer.

Although this doesn't relate to cut content in this game, Metroid Prime Hunter's multiplayer, after beating the game, a map modeled after the room of the final boss of Prime Hunters, was unlock. And the only pickup-able weapon in that map, is the weapon you are given to fight the final boss. Thing is, with how much your max Energy (health) is reduced in multiplayer (being a total of 200 Energy if I remember right) and the fact this special weapon that only appears on that map is so strong, if you shoot it against a wall at pointblank range, you kill yourself instantly, due to the blast radius upon impact of the shot hitting something

Seriously wish they would remaster this game and put it on the Switch. Thanks for the vid. Great job

What an awesome and nostalgic trip down memory lane this video was. Had no idea what this beta and cut content was or looked like for one of my most favorites games of all time. I poured so many hours into the First Hunt tech demo alone. Figured out how to glitch out of all the maps. As for the full release, I know I clocked in nearly a thousand hours of playtime on my first cartridge. Beat the story mode multiple times. Achieved (and maintained) max 5 star rank in online multiplayer which was extremely unforgiving and competitive since your star rank would actually lower if you lost or intentionally disconnected from online matches. What was so groundbreaking and still impressive to me at the time for this game was that it essentially played like Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 Arena except on a a Nintendo handheld and the touchscreen aiming controls (while yes often times cramp-inducing) really did feel more akin to aiming with a mouse than an analog stick once you got used to aiming with a stylus. Throw in all the Hunters unique abilities, sandbox of weapon types, a HUGE selection of maps, and really cool online features like the text AND VOICE chat, plus the "Rivals" system that let you add players you randomly encountered online and this became my perfect go-to Nintendo DS game during my young teenage years. I've never been more competitive with any shooter than I have with Metroid Prime Hunters. At one point I even created and ran my own online clan for this game comprised of neighborhood friends, people from Nintendo Wifi game message boards, and people I met online as "rivals" that would eventually become friends because we figured out how to write our Friend Codes in our names to add each other so we could chat online in lobbies 😂. Some of these people I originally met online in Metroid Prime Hunters I still keep in contact with today! Anyway, this was a very important game to me as a kid and it holds a lot of significance for me. It's an extremely underrated Metroid title too that I don't think gets enough credit or recognition for what it achieved because it was so multiplayer-focused as opposed to all the other more single player centric Metroid titles

If you enjoy this video please give it a thumbs up! assists up a lot with the algorithm! Update Notes: -The enemy seen in 5:15 should be clarified as a variant of the existing enemy called the "Lesser Ithrak" and "Great lthrak". It's of the same species, thus would be a third variant, but it has a completely different attack pattern, animations, and colouring at that.

Dam, i loved that game. It's like Quake, but with Metroid Setting.

You know, you drew me in with zelda, but how passionate you are to these cut locations and other things keeps me coming back for more, keep it up

Makes one wonder why they didn´t make a Metroid Prime Hunters 3D for the 3DS using the original high fidelity models.

Having more bounty hunters makes for such a great story. Metroid prime 3 benefitted from it, and I really hope prime 4 continues the planet hopping bounty hunter chase that prime hunters started. I also really hope prime 4 brings back multi-player.

That creature that hangs is an Ithrak. It is still found in the final product.

I hope this is remastered and re-released for the Switch.

Nintendo is missing out on alot of cash not releasing a reboot of this series

Yeah I remember that awkward control scheme. The original DS had a little nub that could strap to your thumb and for this game it was pretty much essential. It was like using a thumbstick with it and therefore a lot more comfortable. I tried playing with the stylus once and it was so bad I can't blame anyone for deducting points if that was the only way to play. Considering later models of DS didn't include the strap, that ended up being the case after all! Those poor people!

I have been waiting for this video for such a long time you have no idea. I haven't even started watching and im exploding with excitement. Thank you so much for all of your content! YOU are how I am such a Samus nerd today! 🎮🕹️💜💯 Also, Hunters is my favorite Metroid of all time tbh. I DOMINATED the arenas and had a 5 Satr rank (up with the asians, and man were they GOOD) I even made rando friends on matches showing me all kinds of glitches and wall hacks. It's how I did my glitched run the very last I remember playing on my old DS. Ahh the memories. Also, Trace KILLS with that Alt. stealth melee. and was deadly with imperialist sniper. Trace empire! 👌🕹️

Thanks for the video dude. Really interesting stuff, I didn't know we could've had the possibility of ship battles, imagine how amazing would that be

Thank you for making a video about this. Though I do know about the cut content, you added some insightful context and additions I didn't know. MPH is arguably my favorite metroid game. The levels have the coolest looks, the multiple hunters idea was executed well, and the new weapons were fun. I wish the game could have been recreated and expanded since I always wish the levels were larger, the story more layered, and more bosses lol.

I wouldn't say the online went completely smoothly. Players would constantly exploit glitches; including hiding behind walls (meaning that Trace head-sniping was becoming notorious).

You talked so much about the demo First Hunt, but I think you forgot to mention that it featured wireless multiplayer, with players only being able to choose differently colored Samuses.

I remember hearing how the hunters were supposed to navigate rooms and possibly even move across the planets and spaceship in real time. I can guess why this went unused. Either too much for the DS to properly register or they realized that this could cause the player just to let the other hunters do stuff in the rooms for them.

I had both the First Hunt demo and the final game. 👍 Good stuff!

Great and interesting video, but I was going to say that actually the guardians do use other weapons, they just dont have a texture change. Usually for the second octolith missing in each area they use the weapon you found (except for shock coil) and are immune to said weapon. Also im pretty sure hunters single player was lacking because the devs ran out of budget getting those pre rendered cutscenes made.

Still my favorite DS game. Really wish they gave it another shot. The controls were pretty easy for me to get used to with the button and touch screen combo. I know it was difficult for most and why some didn't wanna bother, but I had a blast.

I would love a remake of this game.

The shock coil door was actually used in the game, although it was only once or twice.

Less gooooooooooooooo another Metroid prime unused content vid

Hey i don't know if you going read this comment but hmmmm can you do Silent Hill beta too? I really like to think this Silent hill games have somethint hide what they dont use or something like that, well i love this vídeo good work!

The Half-Life-looking creature actually DID make it into the final game as the Greater and Lesser Ithrak. Funnily enough, its weak point is actually its tail! Also, some Guardians do technically still have different weapons; they just don’t get matching palette-swaps.

Honestly I wouldn't mind a remake of this on the switch. This is the last game that really needs a remake instead of everybody saying super should get one

Emulating this with anti aliasing and resolution upscaling is great

Finallyyyyy

That half-life enemy looking this is actually in the full game

Man, I would love a remake of this game.

I just got this back and god does it make me feel old 😅 after 40 minutes my hand is killing and my eyes hurt lol

Awesome!!!, I recall i took this game to work lol i love metroid, hunters not my favorite but hey, its a DS lol

Bro I loved the multi for this. Never had an issue with the controls though, probably because I went thumbstrap over stylis maybe?

I actually bought this game early this month.

I am still proud that I was able to complete Hunters 100% with those button controls. 😵‍💫

Were concepts from Metroid Prime 1.5 actually used in Hunters?

Soo this is metroid combat envolved?

Hunters remaster on switch

Les gooo

9:22 Zoomers do appear in the final game, though their models are simpler than the ones in First Hunt.

Trace

anyone who tried to play metroid prime hunters without the DS thumb nub (attached to the wrist strap) was doing it wrong

Prime Hunters being released on DS was a huge mistake, the game was so clunky and had god awful controls.

God I really hope prime 4 has multiplayer like this. But It's unrealistic sadly