Metroid Prime Remastered vs Original Graphics Comparison

In this video we take a look at the differences between the original Metroid Prime on Nintendo GameCube and the newly released Remaster.
#gaming #metroidprimeremastered #gamespot
Nintendo surprised dropped Metroid Prime Remastered during February's Nintendo Direct. Nintendo and Retro Studios classic Metroid title is now available on Nintendo Switch and it appears to have undergone a bit of an upgrade.
In this video we compare the original Metroid Prime and the remaster. In this video, we'll take your through the opening area of Metroid Prime and take a look at specific sections. Metroid Prime originally released in North America on the Nintendo GameCube back in 2002 and it was met with overwhelming praise. GameSpot even awarded Metroid Prime with its coveted Game of the Year award.
Metroid Prime Remastered is available right now digitally on the Nintendo Switch for $39.99 and a physical release is set for later this month.

[@chrisj9700]

Impressive how the original version has aged so well after 20 years.

[@SymmetricalDocking]

I never played the original but there are even moments that look better in the original, around 4:00 for example. Fantastic work from the devs.

[@griffhawkins8909]

@@SymmetricalDocking its funny you mention the shot at 4:00, because I was thinking myself that I liked how the original had the boss slightly shrouded in darkness, which was almost certainly done for tech limitations. But either this remaster is just incredible

[@jbee02]

@@SymmetricalDocking no sorry i sorely disagree. Though the original is impressive for its time non of it looks better than the remastered. Its not even close.

[@chrisj9700]

@@SymmetricalDocking Fair point actually, I think the charge beam animations actually look better in the original but these are just small things. Overall though it looks fabulous and I can’t wait to play it again. Metroid Prime shows how to do a remaster compared with the debacle of the remastered versions of the classic GTA trilogy and Assassin’s Creed 3.

[@3xeplodng_3agle_studios]

Isn't it? Especially with a good modern TV and a HDMI adapter for the GC. it scales very well for my old Sanyo and does well on nicer newer TV's as well.

[@Tsunakumura]

This is one of those remasteres that just looks like you remember the original - which is usually waaay better than the original actually looked. I'm really impressed by this.

[@LXIVGOLD]

Exactly, it's a perfect effort.

[@michaelcalvin42]

That was my first thought when I saw the release trailer. I knew I needed to see a side-by-side comparison to see just how much better the remaster looked.

[@VideoStalker00]

Came here to say the same thing... I'm just blown away at how different it looks yet feels so familiar. Especially for those who played this game for thousands of time back in the day and over the years.

[@johnathankendricks4447]

Man I played the original game when it came out on game cube ...its like im playing a whole different game..it's beautiful how they took there time to remastered this game 👏 AMAZING 👏

[@phootaphan9166]

Reminds me of the anniversary editions of Halo 1 and 2. I don't notice the upgrade until I switch it back to the original and remember how it really looked 😆

[@rotthrough8904]

Original has aged so well. Amazing what a good artistic vision will do for a game's longevity.

[@adamblue2980]

I hope this is a huge success so we can continue to get more Metroid!!

[@protocetid]

Dread was the top selling Metroid of all time so there’s a greater chance MPR will be a hit. As with anything that's not as popular as it should be, make sure you tell your friends to check it out.

[@adamblue2980]

@@protocetid absolutely, hopefully this can capitalize on Dread's success and guarantee adequate time and resources for Prime 4 to launch polished to perfection.

[@sivalcibal]

If Prime 4 is released, Metroid is sure to be in its prime.

[@Polychi1998]

It’s on Number 1 in Top selling games on Amazon!

[@lmk10000]

@@protocetid I can guarantee you this Remaster will outsell Dread.

[@Punisher6791]

I've played about 2 and a half hours of the remaster and it is amazing. Its worth the 40 bucks. Everything looks better than the gamecube version and the dual stick controls are amazing. Every texture has been redone with higher resolution, shadow maps have been redone with higher quality, water is redone with new textures, wide-screen support is added, several new control options are available, and lighting has been completely overhauled. Outstanding job retrostudios. Now give us Metriod prime 2 remaster.

[@theblowupdollsmusic]

They are not redone textures. There are entirely new models from the ground up. It seems they have literally remade this game from complete scratch to match feel of the original.

[@SergeantTeabag]

@@theblowupdollsmusic I feel like this is a test run of a new engine that they might use for Prime 4. It would make sense logically for them to do so, and by the gods, they even added the cannon effects back. They were missing in the Prime Trilogy version.

[@luis-sophus-8227]

Remaster is short. There's no doubt, Metroid is great again.

[@sspectre8217]

@@luis-sophus-8227i believe that doubt has been settled since Dread. This remaster looks awesome though. To this day it’s still incredible the original Prime came out for the GameCube looking like a PS3 game and this remaster did it justice

[@stevencooper564]

God, I hope we get the other 2. I only ever played the first, but beat it probably 3 or 4 times on the GameCube, and never got around to the others. It's the one glaring hole in my Metroid collection, lol.

[@LXIVGOLD]

This just brings tears to my eyes. Both absolutely marvelous. They treated the remaster with so much respect, and I honestly couldn't ask for more.

[@rudycastillo1286]

Legendary

[@erebus9217]

Same man… I hope this bodes well for Metroid Prime 4

[@PippeML]

Charged beam aside, yep!... maybe they can patch the charged beam? Donno why they made it "blackish" ball... but still, Remastered is absolutely amazing!

[@synapticflow]

@@PippeML Please explain? Are you talking about no smoke coming from the charge beam?

[@elbryan9]

Definitely a noticeable improvement but man, that's pretty impressive just how good the original one was too!

[@platyhelminthes2877]

The original was incredible for its time. The devs defied all expectations and delivered an instant classic. I still have my copy bought second hand from blockbuster video. Being able to see the steam and alien guts on your visor blew me away as a kid.

[@fabiomccaree9218]

on a good CRT I still prefer the original TBH

[@XOB89]

The original holds up incredibly well.

[@mandioca3210]

Yes! The original holds up so well! I remember being amazed at it as a kid, back when I first played the game. Never saw a game that looked that good before.

[@zacharycoulson3482]

The textures in the remaster are unequivocally better but there are some aspects that I genuinely prefer in the original. For one, Samus looks a lot more cartoony in the remaster and a lot of the assets in the original feel darker, grittier, and more realistic despite the lower resolution and polygon count. Just from this video comparison, some aspects like the darker lighting in the parasite queen fight gives the original a more ominous and scary feel. The occlusion in the talon 4 overworld in the original makes the environment feel wet, humid, and more alien where in the remaster it feels more like earth. I found the same thing with Magmoor where it feels like a hot and stuffy alien boiler room in the original but more like a "bowser's castle" in the remaster. While playing through the remaster I'm finding that a lot of the new assets feel more cartoony and less alien which takes a bit away of the feel from the game. I know it's counter intuitive but something about the lower polygon count and darker grittier textures in the original makes the game feel more detailed because it requires you to add your own detail in your head whereas the remaster does all the work for you and the outcome is imo not quite in line with the feel of the original game. I do, however, really like the feel of the main open space of Phendrana in the remaster and the added detail to a lot of the bosses, especially Flaahgra.

[@TheN3crons]

The attention to detail in this game is phenominal. One thing that really captured my eye was the rain effects on samus's weapon and hand. The water effects react how it would move with gravity so looking up will have the rain running down the arm cannon and vice versa when looking down.

[@Zack29810]

*phenomenal

[@maddmike5265]

call me old fashion but there are certain details that prime has then remastered. When Samus starts descending to the next planet there are clouds in the GC version but the REmastered version there aren't. I guess im a stickler for little stuff like that. Im going to purchase it regardless but Us Kid growing up in the simpler times 80s 90s embedded in our subconscious graphics like the before times is revolutionary. Call me old fashion! lol

[@michalhelesic8971]

@@maddmike5265 Agreed. Also rain and snow are less dense... old atmosphere was much better.

[@AleX-hu7ci]

​​​​​@@michalhelesic8971 they needed more rain and fog to compensate for weaker drawdistance and lower details because of gamecubes hardware limitations, now that there are much more detailed enviroments, they decrease snow and rain to enjoy the landscape more and to give the player a better overview , its the right decision. What bothers me personaly, is the fact that they removed the wall lightings from beam weapons, the shots dont reflect on the walls, ceilings and grounds anymore,... :(

[@Cyxap1844]

@@AleX-hu7ci I’ve notice newer games doesn’t like Shadows for some reasons, I’ve played Crysis 2 og & Remastered, the Remastered have less dark shadow when the point is to use thermal vision if u can’t see clear in those dark areas

[@MsSparklesNGlitter]

I really was convincing myself that I could wait for the physical copy coming out on the 22nd but I'm having the hardest time not buying the online copy.

[@patrickcasto8311]

I bought the digital copy. Couldn't wait lol

[@ShiggumsDiggums]

I tried and failed to wait 😅

[@pt87153]

I want the physical copy but it's not even on Amazon yet.

[@mickaeldelgado8916]

Same

[@aurias01]

With Nintendo they will make it unplayable in 2 years. Get the physical copy

[@reala90]

Originally thought they just upscaled the resolution and framerate but wow that's a decent improvement.

[@2477daysaweek]

its always been 60fps

[@DidoInFlames]

It still feels old but normal for nintendo

[@MegaLPlover]

"decent"

[@bryanmarenco8615]

@@DidoInFlames Playstation fanboy

[@user-dm9fx9qn8c]

the feeling that the game is on a new engine, which is not surprising, because according to Retro Studios they have long lost the original game code

[@VideoStalker00]

It's really blows my mind how different the remaster looks in comparison but yet it feels like I'm just replaying the GC version again... It's almost magical. I still just can't believe the amount of quality in this version. Props to the teams involved.

[@KeyT3ch]

Not just a simple resolution bump, this is more akin to a remake now, with updated higher poly assets, better lighting, updated controls schemes, new UI elements, etc. Well done Nintendo

[@SxSxG666]

When you talk about the remake of a game you start from the beginning and make everything new. This is not what happened here. Drawing some new textures is not a remake. They used the original code and ehanced or swaped the graphics.

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

Square Enix should take note.

[@Elegies22]

@@RubyDoobieScoo you must not understand that the "remake" was marketed as such to fool people. It's actually a sequel to the original timeline after Advent Children

[@olsonbryce777]

@@SxSxG666 they didn't use the original code. It was lost

[@reggiefils-aime9798]

@SatanicSexGod you don't know what a remake is lol. It's cool though. But you don't get new lighting, new/changed effects, new shadows, or increased poly count is a remaster. Some elements have been remade and added so it's much closer to a remake than a remaster. Kinda like the xenoblade one port to switch where character models and assets were made better

[@syno486]

There isn't a single asset that hasn't been completely remade in HD in this game, and yet it's completely faithful to the source material down to the animations and camera angles... And with no drops at 60fps? This is easily the best remaster Nintendo has put out in recent memory, bar none.

[@Lucrei.]

The best since Ocarina 3D for me. However that was held back by the hardware, this isn't which is amazing :)

[@yellowblanka6058]

Nintendo didn't make it, like the original it was produced by Retro Studios. Yes, they PUBLISHED it, and it's their IP, but they didn't develop it (if Nintendo had released a "remaster" it would look essentially the same, but with a higher output resolution, texture filtering, and would cost $60)

[@helmi5045]

@@yellowblanka6058 I think I need to remind you that almost no remasters of mainline Nintendo games are made by Nintendo. I'm guessing you're talking about something like Skyward Sword HD? Developed by Tantalus, not Nintendo. Ocarina of TIme 3D? Grezzo.

[@mattm2975]

This is really great too, but Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition is definitely their best remaster hands down from a visual and QoL perspective

[@Lucrei.]

@@mattm2975 Yeah this is totally fair, I forgot about it

[@N-VAMusic]

I am thoroughly impressed with how they have managed to bring the graphics up to date while remaining so incredibly faithful to the original aura that I almost didn't notice the difference at first.

[@JusticiaD]

I know. I haven't played this game since Gamecube and I remembered that it looked very good. I saw the Remastered and I was like, mmm almost the same as I remembered. I was wrong.

[@BreadandFaxes]

Game so far is the exact same experience just with updated graphics. Pretty much exactly what a faithful remaster should be.

[@N-VAMusic]

@BreadandFaxes just bought it digital and it makes me wish Halo CE had gotten this amount of love. Lol

[@wanderingflame318]

This is literally one of those moments that you'd see in memes that say "this is what you remember the game looking like" lol

[@pugnacious6290]

I saw quite a few people complain that this remastered version looks “literally the same” as the original. I think it’s a testament to just how good the OG looked on the GameCube’s hardware but this is definitely a massive upgrade.

[@Mety333]

im so happy a lot of people will get to play this masterpiece now. i got the digital copy and they made the lighting so dramatic it looks stunning and even more atmospheric! Gonna livestream this

[@sethpoirier6271]

No no no dude ! You need to buy the Physical Version ! Digital is weaksauce !

[@Mety333]

@@sethpoirier6271 why not both? I finished the digital version on normal 100%. Will wait for physical for hard mode lol

[@UltimateTobi]

Why is digital "weaksauce"? Why buy a game twice? You're both nuts.

[@thomaspopa3354]

@@UltimateTobi because they can cut support for a digital license any time they want. You don’t own digital games. You only buy a license to play a digital game during the duration that the host service allows you to/is still live. As soon as that service ceases to operate or goes under, you’re SOL.

[@UltimateTobi]

@@thomaspopa3354 That I know. It stands to reason though that this is what he means by "weaksauce."

[@PikaPikaLOL]

It’s insane how good it looks yet how faithful it is to the original. It’s like they recreated it almost frame by frame

[@liljon042]

They did actually, they lost the original source code, and had to remake the entire game from scratch!

[@50sts]

Wow, I did not appreciate how big of an improvement this is from watching the Switch trailer alone. It's easy to forget that this game is 20 years old.

[@DragONheart27X]

It's part remaster, part remake (assets from the ground up not just retouched), I LOVE IT! I hope they give 2 and 3 the same treatment.

[@2477daysaweek]

more then likely will

[@MedalionDS9]

It's a remake... but I think they wanted to cover their asses from setting expectations too high so they call it a remaster.

[@butterccm]

It's probably built off of what they've been working on for Prime 4. It's really great to see.

[@themindfulmoron3790]

@@MedalionDS9 It's not. Remakes are built entirely from the ground up. This is still running on the original engine from what I can tell, just for gameplay. I imagine it's using a separate engine specifically for the visuals. The visuals are remade from the ground up, but the game itself is not. That makes it a remaster. It's actually the same way Halo CE and 2 were remastered.

[@PeanutButterAndJellyBros]

@@MedalionDS9 it's not a remake for crying out loud. I seriously can't believe people to this day are still mistaking remaster as remake and vice versa. Everything between Prime Gamecube and Prime Switch plays the same with a few major modifications to the graphics. It just looks better on the switch and that's it.

[@boltonatorsaomd9368]

I played this game as a kid God only knows how many times. Seeing the remastered version brings tears to my eyes, not just because of how amazing the graphics look now but how faithfully accurate they kept to the original in terms of atmosphere and gameplay

[@Docdoolit]

What’s crazy is the REMASTERED version is what the memory of the game looks like in my head. So wild how that works. One of my favorite games. Tried passing it down to my kids but they only like Banjo Kazooie and OOT. Still a win

[@FirstDarkAngel2001]

I'm glad that the companies are remastering games that are beloved by all, as well as remaking games to be more for a continuous world with new stories to explore.

[@SENATORPAIN1]

Don't thank Nintendo for this.they are very late to the party.

[@noahsabadish3812]

@@SENATORPAIN1 wind waker hd and oot 3D say hi

[@pforgottonsoul]

@@noahsabadish3812 even before then they've been doing it with some of the rereleases on the gameboy handhelds

[@randomjunk555]

@@SENATORPAIN1 they literally created what is considered one of the first remakes.

[@ohbennyboy]

Don't be too glad. Sometimes it's an opportunity to do the bare minimum for maximum profit. Most remasters are anything but a remaster, just an upscale in resolution. Be grateful for the good remasters while quietly hoping developers honour previous games by building from them and making new, quality content for us to love.

[@evanlanger98]

I know how much work goes into making something like this on such short notice. Hats off to you Mr. Seipke!

[@JeanLucSeipke]

Thank you Evan! 😊

[@Arhibes]

That's what I thought as well. Even wondered, why didn't they just release whole Trilogy and decided to just upscale the first one. Now I kinda see why.

[@connorb237]

@@Arhibes they didnt just upscale the first one, its entirely new engine, models, textures, and lighting.

[@Nickmann28]

@@connorb237 New engine? Are you sure? Why do they call it Remaster then?

[@DxWxSycompania]

Short notice? this game is rumored to have been finished since last year

[@connormcneilly8829]

I was mildly hyped when they announced the “remaster” on the direct, but seeing this and realizing it is much more a kin to being a remake makes me so much more excited to get this

[@wattsnottaken1]

I used to play this game with my older brother on the GameCube. He passed away in 2016 so watching this is flooding me with good memories. This is game has such an awesome science fiction vibe. That load up screen is especially nostalgic for me! Sound effects and the colors too with the molecules sticking together

[@jaretco6423]

I'm sorry for your lost.

[@juansanchez209]

Love it! Graphics are much improved while also staying true to the spirit of the original.

[@willjohnboy]

It better be 3 console gens later imagine how it would look if the switch actually had the hardware to complete with ps5 and series x though

[@zaine117]

Improved is an understatement. They completely made the game from the ground up, no wonder it took so long. These are new assets.

[@DerrickPage465]

I agree! And is so cool as heck! I like the improvements!

[@quizkill]

It's the exact same...

[@AlexRodriguez-oo9yu]

@@willjohnboy 2008 called they want their console wars back

[@SHMeira]

This looks like a great remaster with all the work they've done with the graphics. And it even have new control options. Finally Nintendo wasn't lazy. This is almost like the Crisis Core remaster quality.

[@dapagaz]

Yes but unlike crisis core, metroid prime has aged pretty well. Crisis core on the other hand has a relatively poor gameplay, filled with a Lot of secondary missions that are too repetitive justo to extent artificially the duration of the Game!

[@yungmatt009]

I get what you’re saying but “finally” is a bit dramatic if you’re referring to remasters/remakes. OOT 3D, Majora’s mask 3D, WindWaker HD, Link’s Awakening, MK8 Deluxe, just off the top of my head are remakes that were done justice. The upscaling of titles like Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword were some bs though. Hopefully they stop with those type of cash grabs.

[@joaquincastaneda6695]

@@yungmatt009 from that list, just LA is a remake, MK8DX is a port and the rest are remasters.

[@rawman44]

@@yungmatt009 Nintendo wasn't lazy enough when it came to MM3D if you ask me...

[@luis-sophus-8227]

From the DUMPSTER FIRE Mario 3D All Stars, to this?!?!?! It looks like a lie, woooooo

[@Juanpasaenz]

When I first played Prime at launch on GCN, I remember constantly thinking “wow, there’s no way graphics can get better than this”.

[@AGoodVibe]

It feels like 2002 all over again. Can’t wait to play this.

[@TheLastLineLive]

Wow they did good with this. They didn’t change it really to where it would be more remake territory, but they definitely made some notable improvements especially to the weaker looking stuff. I think the OG version’s menu looks cooler though. Other than that big kudos!

[@swishfish8858]

Yeah, that's really my biggest gripe with this remaster, I vastly prefer the old UI. It just had more personality.

[@matthewboyle8626]

Glad I'm not the only one. The OG menus give me Area 51 vibes which I thoroughly enjoyed.

[@protocetid]

I was astonished by how well the UI held up even though I already knew other parts of the game did. MP’s artists were at the top of their class.

[@merimkastrat5846]

Agreed, though thats a minor problem. Overall, amazing so far.

[@olsonbryce777]

Yep the UI, especially the logo, it's really weak.

[@nickfoster9350]

Metroid Prime is one of my all time favourite games, and I devoured it upon its original release.

[@Minarreal]

I think it just goes to show how overwhelmingly impressive the game was when it released for GameCube.

[@AdolfoWWolf]

This is the kind of remaster i like, improved visuals and updated models, but same visual aesthetic, you can see in the opening sequence the jump in detail just from the station structure that the camera get's close, but while watching normally it doesn't pop out that much until you pause and look at it side by side. Loved to see this.

[@jedimasterpickle3]

While there's a couple of designs I prefer the original for, this remaster is gorgeous. I definitely need to buy this.

[@platyhelminthes2877]

I'll always prefer the original, but this is the first remaster I can think of in recent memory that I have no reservations about wanting to buy. That's the reason I never picked up the wii version - it was missing little things like the gunsmoke after spamming the power beam, the ice buildup when charging the ice beam - little, important things like that. But this version looks like the complete package. I'm excited.

[@TrustyButterknife]

The menus look so sterile, they missed out on making it feel like the visor

[@seandunn2062]

@@platyhelminthes2877 Water physics too and apparently the light shafts

[@gimmibox]

Would be nice to include the Trilogy release version on Wii as well Edit: meant in the comparison

[@ChrisMS0815]

No need to, it actually has Wii style motion controls as an option.

[@isimikehinde5584]

It has all the quality of the Wii version actually

[@logannosleep5]

@@isimikehinde5584 There a lil wonky, but that's how I've been playing.

[@brindl3]

🤨

[@Th4tNiggaSpiderman]

@@ChrisMS0815 He said trilogy not Control system

[@tattedmedic]

Man the hype is real. One of my all time favorite games.

[@matthewstreacker7402]

I love that they kept the style of the original game as much as possible

[@VoidedMirror]

This makes the GameCube version look like a DS game 😅 Retro Studios did an incredible job. I hope they remaster Prime 2. It's my personal favorite Prime game.

[@RodaMoonknight]

2 and 3 are on the worls

[@paul-nj1ig]

​@@RodaMoonknight source?

[@eljusticiero322]

@@paul-nj1ig His

[@bigd135ful]

I’m hoping they remaster 2 and 3 now!! 😃

[@rawman44]

@@paul-nj1ig it would make sense. I don't see why they would stop at just 1

[@justin_3027]

It’s always funny for me when I see a remaster of a game I loved as a kid and I think to myself “it always looked that good” and then I look again and realize oh wait it did not at all

[@overwatchtheater8165]

Just goes to show how much graphical standards have evolved, and also how good the game looked for its time.

[@Jaka.Ellinsworth]

Also CRT screen has something to contribute for the display output

[@trb-9743]

Yes, I just thought exactly that !

[@smoothbanana]

@@Jaka.Ellinsworth Yeah it definitely didn't look that jagged before

[@Dhalin]

@@smoothbanana That's the way it is for all systems that came out before HDMI... they were made with CRTs in mind, and they could get away with jagged pixels because the CRTs would smooth them out. The Gamecube and PS2 (and the Wii, too somewhat) is in that unfortunate in-between the old pixel-based graphics of the 16 bit era and the new HDMI HD era. The 8 and 16 bit games had visible pixels even on a CRT so it's not that much of a shock when you load one up on modern hardware, but yet the PS2 and some Gamecube games will look terrible because they relied upon the CRT smoothing effect in that era. Thankfully, SCART cables and SCART to HDMI boxes are a thing to mitigate this some (they look way better than using AV cables on LCD TVs!) but even that will only take you so far. I'm glad they're doing this, and I hope the GC version Twilight Princess is next after the other two Prime games; I only played the Wii version and everybody says the GC version is better (I didn't really like the aim controls TBH, I think a lock-on like Ocarina would be better).

[@Xeav12]

That's an insane overhaul, props to the studio in charge of that, can't wait to play it!

[@gamingrigz5856]

This is so nostalgic for me. The first console I ever bought for myself was a GameCube with money from my first part time job as a kid and I got Metroid Prime with it... I stayed up all night playing that game and was blown away. It really started my love of gaming.

[@NahmOmar]

Looks more like a remake than a remaster. This game is gorgeus. 😍

[@unrulyduke]

Calm down

[@chrisbrown113096]

@@unrulyduke hahah for real 😂

[@isimikehinde5584]

It's a remaster and the best kind, just like what they did to call of duty and Xenoblade Chronicles; redoing the graphics and adding quality of life changes.

[@themindfulmoron3790]

It's definitely just a remaster, but it's done the same way Halo's remasters were done, using the original engine for gameplay and a new engine for the visuals.

[@PeanutButterAndJellyBros]

looks nothing like a remake. The new dead space game, now that's a real remake.

[@element1192]

20 years of hardware improvement allowed for this much better lighting, model quality, and texture resolution

[@BobbyHo2022]

Metroid prime was released in 2002. 21 years prior pacman had just come out. Lol

[@husamanwar5146]

I am new to the whole Nintendo brand, but dear god that's how you do a remaster.

[@AlbinoJedi]

This is amazing. Not only did the original age well but when I first saw footage of the remaster I didn't even notice much of a difference because I thought that is how it originally looked.

[@AI-ex5rw]

This is more of remake then a remaster, looks amazing.

[@damir_van_kalaz]

Nah, it's a remaster, it's just we see remasters done this well so rarely that it feels like it's more than it is.

[@KC-ro9ro]

its not. Its more of a really, really well done remaster. They didnt remake anything except the superficial paint, that they use as a base for the new one (and not reimagined)

[@Polychi1998]

For 40$, this is a good deal!

[@HeavenliManna]

Wow, thanks for a great video! Really helps to show the difference!

[@Haymdahl]

5:08 Space pirates floating in the debris made my day.

[@NoLongerUseThis]

The remaster is how I remember the game looking 20 years ago

[@elladan23]

it is incredible how the memory play a role here, you don't see the difference until you see this kind of videos.

[@neigschaut9402]

Same haha. In my memories the Gamecube Version looked waaaay better.

[@Xhamon]

Guys, you're not crazy. It did look better on a CRT than what you're shown here. (Graphics that were made for CRTs only look good on CRTs. If you want to see examples, I suggest this incredible video called "The 30 Most Mind-Blowing Games Examples of Retro Pixel Art" by Wobbling Pixels. There are no Gamecube examples, but you'll get the idea with the PSX and N64 ones.)

[@MuntedMango]

When this game originally came out on Gamecube I thought to myself "That's it... There's no way games can look better than they are now... This is the peak." Here we are now 20 years later and it looks so much better now!

[@gramblor1]

This and Resident Evil 4 made me feel the same way.

[@1polyron1]

cool story bro

[@scottbertrand98]

I never played Prime when it came out on the GameCube (I was a PS2 kid) But I've been really enjoying the remaster. Excellent game.

[@Bootstothemaximum]

Seeing these side by side hit my nostalgia goggles hard. I initially looked at the remaster trailer and thought, it just looks upscaled and slightly better textures. Yeah no. I was wrong. This looks sick.

[@vexil9706]

WOW they put lot of effort into this dang

[@_Majoras]

it only took the help of 9 different development studios

[@mandobrando]

In the remaster, when the frigate explodes before you jump on the ship, you can see pirates floating in space. Funny new touch!

[@EdicRoss]

And the funny thing is, if you squint carefully at the original footage, you CAN see pirates floating in space but they're very JPEGish so it was easy to think of them as just space debris. It was until this comparison that it finally clicked they were supposed to be corpses!

[@NeThsDomain]

5:55 nice touch putting the hand resting on the blaster in the remastered version

[@BronoTrigger]

Wow, I can't believe they didn't spend more time during the Direct highlighting just how extensive the graphical improvements are. It really wasn't apparent to me until this side by side that it is so much more than an upres'd version, and they put so much work into updating the visuals.

[@doombringer4519]

This being on the same system as Scaler and Violet puts those games to shame

[@Lucrei.]

GameCube game killing a Pokemon Switch game... you hate to see it

[@thellamaman]

First time playing it will be on the switch I am excited 😊

[@platyhelminthes2877]

Apparently, they even brought back the beam effects that were missing from the Wii version! This really is the complete package. As much as I'll always prefer the original, this is a worthy remaster, and I intend to show my appreciation by buying and playing the heck out of it.

[@wilcoxway]

Metroid Prime was WAY ahead of its time for games. The level of immersion was just so high that doing mundane stuff in game like staring at rain or steam vents and scanning everything was amusing.

[@anhtruong7051]

what I remembered it looking like vs what it actually looks like. This looks really good !

[@nightknight445]

Yeah I’ll definitely have to get the physical edition now

[@MukiMuki688]

That Metroid Prime Menu Music... One of the greatest compositions I've ever heard

[@alexhall5370]

I’m so happy it was a little more than just a simple HD upscale. They actually re did a lot of the textures and it all looks amazing. And dual stick controls are really nice to have.

[@yellowblanka6058]

Uh not just textures, there are huge differences in the models/lighting etc. - did you not watch the video?

[@gzus98]

if this is how the remaster looks, Imagine 4. 4 is going to be a beauty

[@christopherhughes3895]

Just downloaded & played a little bit before bedtime. 10/10✊. So glad to finally play this. Didn't own a gamecube so I missed out. Better late than never 😎

[@ot9523]

The GameCube wasn’t cool lol when i was younger it was ps2 and Xbox but the switch is definitely a cool console

[@olsonbryce777]

@@ot9523 you've been misled then. It was arguably the most powerful console (graphically). Only reason I prefer PS2 is because it has more titles. Xbox was strong but didn't have enough great games like gamecube

[@hellomynameiszim1234]

@@ot9523 I was a gamecube guy and never had the xbox or ps2. Friends always came over to play smash and mario party and super mario strikers lol. I even took it to college in 2014 and it was still a huge hit

[@extofer]

@@ot9523 the GameCube was always cool. It just wasn’t as popular. But it had a great library of games.

[@whydoyoukeeptalking]

If you weren't playing melee and double Dash with your friends in HS and even college you weren't living. I had a PS2 and GC and GC games just hit different. PS2 wished it could play Metroid. Not to mention Wind Waker blew my brain away being my first game.

[@zorniki]

It's phenomenal! So many good memories. And the quality of this Remaster is astounding.

[@duarterogo]

I love the detail of the flying corpses after the burst hahaha

[@shadowwalker7767]

So happy this is out. What an amazing improvement as well as a quick release!

[@2477daysaweek]

been in development since the announcement of Metroid Prime 4 i have a feeling 2 and 3 remaster will come out as well

[@jeffrysharrison]

Quick release? They’ve been working on this for quite a while

[@robbiejelsomeno5679]

@@jeffrysharrison I think he means relative to it’s official announcement.

[@rafaelc.c.]

And for 40$ or € it's pretty good.

[@lenzelwashington7027]

Can’t wait to play this for the 1st time.

[@l3n1x]

I love the detail of the space pirates floating off into space as the Frigate explodes

[@Repsahj]

Wow, massive improvements!! Well done! 🏆

[@redfoxbennaton]

Oh my God. THIS is how your remaster and a remake! The world is just as detailed as we remembered.

[@psyberdelicxp6042]

I played the remaster. I'm astonished at the detailing. No repeated textures. On organic environments..I'm playing the GC version for the 1st time on my phone with emulator. Amazing how little needed to be changed.

[@icespeaker81]

The original has more texture variety.

[@JibbSmartGD]

Gorgeous. And I'm hearing great things about the control updates for those who want modern dual-stick + gyro

[@arielf361]

See Rockstar? this is how you remaster a classic.

[@JuanPellat]

It looks way better

[@AC03115]

I'm so glad that they gave the remaster some care! They could've easily just upscaled the textures/resolution and bumped up the framerate. But the fact that they went and redid all the textures and added some new control options makes me so happy that they didn't do just the bare-minimum with this remaster

[@BladeDevil]

Too bad other companies can’t be the same

[@sometf2player752]

Well it’s way more than just redone textures as the maps themselves are higher poly as well as all the models and the lighting is new

[@_Majoras]

@@BladeDevil other companies (especially nintendo) typically don't hire 9 other different development studios to work on one remaster like retro studios did with this remaster

[@paulturcott6816]

Got this game originally when I was in middle school. The remaster is just beautiful. Many emotional moments while playing. Being struck by the atmosphere of the ruins. Listening to phendrana shores calming music while pretending to hunt and shoot the little birds hahah. How time flies.

[@VGamingJunkie]

You know, my thought was interest in what they could do for Prime on the Switch, given how good the Gamecube version still looks. Guess I got my answer, really freaking well!

[@Nicholas_Steel]

There's a bunch of aesthetic design differences throughout the Wii release, but both versions look great when the rendering resolution is equalized between 'em.

[@captainthunderbolt7541]

This really is a heartbeat away from being a fullblown remake!

[@sallyj632]

I struggled with the original controls, but now I'm loving this! Dual analog is what l needed for this game. Now I can actually complete this game 🎮

[@Lucrei.]

This is beyond a remaster... virtually every asset has been remade faithfully but in so much more detail... day one!

[@IxXDOMINATORXxI]

I genuinely can't believe this game is on switch and looks this good. Has to be some early prime 4 tech we're seeing here to make it look this good. Absolutely insane

[@taylorsc8364]

As someone who didnt play the game, i can tell that it is not the remastered version that made the audience satisfied but rather the memories from the past game that made the fans happy about this version. i respect that.

[@swanky2202]

It's a lovely upgrade to match what was I remembering. It feels amazing even if after a while the textures still feel a little flat and low resolution and the FoV is still quite low.

[@SquidJoe]

Now this is impressive. This is one of three and hopefully more GCN games can get this treatment.

[@Spidey-Evman]

This remaster looks so incredible I can’t wait to play it just like I have my whole childhood. This game is such an amazing classic!👌🏼

[@likewise4Gaming]

I’m all in. Already ordered my copy. I remember when the very first Metroid came out for the NES. It was summer of 86. I was 10 at the time and was completely blown away. Been a fanboy of Metroid ever since.

[@ciontachthecthonicchampion3576]

It’s incredible honestly, the Metroid prime games still look great to this day, but to see them get an overhaul…legitimately gave me goosebumps.

[@jeffrysharrison]

Everyone hating on the original and saying how much better this is needs to remember how ahead of its time Prime was in both terms of game play and imagery

[@Lucrei.]

Kids these days have no idea what a revolutionary leap in graphics N64 to GameCube was... the fact that GameCube games can be simply upressed and still look amazing today speaks to their quality

[@mariobueno6109]

I will wait for the physical release, I want to own this masterpiece. I want to see Prime 2 and 3 remakes too!!

[@noirczar5280]

That menu music is so nostalgic to me man ☺️

[@BrodyReyno]

This gives me so much hope for prime 4. Retro Studios still has it. Can’t wait for the next two remasters now

[@TheSocialGamer]

I'm amazed at how well the original holds up by today's standards. I love the 480p visuals of the original and seeing the remaster makes me appreciate the original game even more.

[@GrimAbstract]

Is this a remaster or a remake? They did so good!

[@kasratabrizi2839]

This game is amazing. Tallon overworld is my favorite place to hang around and just do some sightseeing. Imagine we could play this in future using a VR headset.

[@Emberson-9000]

While playing through this on my own, I knew that I looked better, but it was all so familiar like I was seeing the game the way I remembered instead of how it was. The remaster is so faithful to the original game, and I am so grateful that more people will get to play this amazing game at long last.

[@steveforbes9302]

Bought this masterpiece and I’m genuinely shocked at how good it looks. Runs at constant 60fps too!