Some are kept permanently when you find them, but others break after being used a certain amount of times, or can be destroyed if you fall in battle. There are also mod chips that provide different functions, and again, you’re limited in what you can equip. You can only select a few to bring per mission though, with replenishments found in destroyed boxes. There are also several subweapons and items that you can pack, like Repair Kits to replenish your health, decoys to distract enemies, and various weapons like missiles, flame shots, ice missiles, and so forth. Though you never actually see the face of the marine you’re controlling, you can customize them to an extent, like their color, as well as their voice, where you can give them a male or female voice (in Japanese or English) and change the pitch to make them sound distinct. There’s obviously no Morph Ball either, since that’s a Samus Aran thing. Your mecha can double jump, and also hover for short distances, though the walking speed is painfully slow and there’s no way to run. With a New 3DS or Circle Pad Pro, the C-stick can also be used to turn the player, making for standard FPS dual analog controls. On a regular 3DS, the controls are similar to the GameCube Metroid Prime games, with a lock-on function, as well as gyro functionality that lets you look around when holding the R button. The game mercifully ditches the control pad/touch screen scheme used in Metroid Prime Hunters. The game supports local as well as online play, though the multiplayer is missing voice chat, which even Hunters had, instead relying on canned phrases. Accordingly, you don’t play as Samus, but as one of these nameless soldiers, taking on 22 missions across three planets. The narrative centers on the marines of the Galactic Federation, who appeared prominently in Metroid Prime 3.

The game was developed by Next Level Games, the Canadian studio known for the Wii version of Punch-Out!! as well as the later Luigi’s Mansion games.įederation Force is a multiplayer-focused spin-off, similar to Metroid Prime Hunters on the DS, though with a focus on cooperative rather than competitive play. It briefly re-emerged with Metroid Prime: Federation Force, released for the 3DS in 2016.

The Metroid series was sent into hibernation after Retro Studios moved on to work on the Donkey Kong Country Returns franchise, and Other M was a flop.

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