Gamepro Magazine supplied its readers with a few new facts on the upcoming 3D shooter on the Nintendo DS, Metroid Prime Hunters. Below, six of the most important parts:
1. Metroid Prime Hunters will have 5 different planets, and at least 25 different areas.
2. Weavel can split his body into two sections, one of which is a stationary automatic gun battery. It fires at anyone in the way of the mobile section.
3. Each bounty hunter will have his or her own ship. Designs will reflect similarities to the each bounty hunter's armor structure.
4. The Metroid Prime Hunters single-player adventure will be extremely non-linear. You (as Samus) are trying to get the special Alimbic artifacts, but if a rival hunter gets there before you, you must get in your ship, force down to a planet, and take the artifact from him.
5. Nintendo is trying to make each bounty hunter a separate entity. If Metroid Prime Hunters is a success, man may expect new Metroid games with protangonists other than Samus Aran.
6. The story of Metroid Prime Hunters takes place between Metroid Prime 1 and Metroid Prime 2.