U-2023 uhlelelwe ukuba ngomunye weminyaka emikhulu emlandweni we-Nintendo Switch. I-hybrid console kaNintendo, maduze nje izothola i-'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom', inekhathalogi yayo yokwenziwa kabusha kwe-'Metroid Prime'. Isihloko sokuhlola nesenzo (esinamashothi amaningi) esakhelwe okokuqala i-GameCube, enye yalezo ziduduzi ezigcine sezikhungathekile ekuthengisweni ekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka yi-PlayStation 2.
Njengamanduleli wayo, iNintendo 64, i-Gamecube ibingeyona inkundla esetshenziswa kabanzi ngabathuthukisi bangaphandle. Iningi lobucwebe obuhle kukhathalogi yayo, njengesiqalo 'se-Luigi's Mansion', i-'Twilight Princess' zeldas kanye ne-'The Wind Waker' noma 'Super Mario Sunshine', athuthukiswe yinkampani yase-Kyoto ngokwayo. Kwenzeka into efanayo ngempela ngale 'Metroid Prime', esacatshangelwa, eminyakeni engama-20 ngemuva kokukhululwa kwayo, njengomunye wemidlalo yevidiyo ehamba phambili emlandweni. Ngakho, ngokuvamile.
Njengoba abalandeli be-saga nalabo asebevele banikeze isihloko ithuba ngaleso sikhathi bayokwazi, isenzo senzeka emhlabeni oyincithakalo i-Tallon IV, egcwele ama-nooks nama-crannies nezimfihlo. Indawo yokulahleka nokuhlola. Umsebenzisi ulawula u-Samus Aran, umlingisi oyinhloko wesaga, kulokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okwenzeka kumuntu wokuqala, okungafani nalokho okwenzeka ku-'Metroid Dread' yakamuva.
Ezingeni lokulandisa, igeyimu yevidiyo inokujula okungaphezu kokubonwa ngamehlo. Nakuba, yebo, ungalindeli ukuthi bazokunikeza konke okwenziwe ngendlela yama-cinematics. Lapha kuzodingeka uhlaziye yonke imininingwane ebhaliwe ohlangana nayo endleleni. Ngayo yonke into, sikwenza kucace ukuthi i-saga yeMetroid ihlale ikhanya kakhulu kumdlalo wegeyimu kunodaba, kulokhu okubonakala kungaphansi kwethu.
Ihluzo ziyathuthuka ngokuphathelene nenguqulo yokuqala, njengoba kulindelekile, nakuba kukhona futhi izinguquko ekwakhiweni kwesiphakamiso, ekukhanyeni nasekulawuleni - kunezinhlobo ezifika kwezine ezihlukene, ezizokhethwa 'umdlali wegeyimu'- . Ngezinga lesithombe, umdlalo ungena ngamehlo. Ngobuchwepheshe isezingeni lalokho okulindeleke ku-Switch. Futhi lokhu sikusho kube kuhle. Sekukonke, umsebenzi uyabonakala futhi uthembekile kakhulu kowokuqala.
Njengazo zonke ezinye izihloko ku-franchise, i-Metroid Prime ayiwona neze umdlalo wevidiyo othengekayo ngokuya ngokudlaleka. Ngeke uchithe lokhu uzishutha ngaphandle kwemvumelwano noma isizathu. Lesi siphakamiso sinabaphathi abaqinile futhi sikufaka esivivinyweni kusuka kokungaphumeleli kokuqala. Ngaphandle kwalokho, uma wenza naye, kungcono uzimisele ngokuhlola. Ngaso sonke isikhathi uma ushona, ivela esiteshini sokugcina egcinwe kuso, ngakho-ke uma unganakile, ungase ulahlekelwe ukuqhubeka okuphawulekayo.
Sesikushilo lokho, okwenza kucace ukuthi ubunzima bungenza isiphakamiso singabi esilungele ezintsha, sikuthatha njengethuba elihle (kabusha) lokuthola omunye wemidlalo ebaluleke kakhulu emlandweni. I-Nintendo Switch, eyakhelwe abasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-120, iwuhlelo olufanele lokuzijabulisa.
