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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future: "Behind The Scenes: Metroid Prime". GamesTM. Imagine Publishing. August 31, 2011. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2016. https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/09/nintendo_changed_the_culture_at_retro_studios_following_metroid_prime_crunch https://web.archive.org/web/20141008001756/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/28653/metroid-prime-review/

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I was notified on the Banjo-Kazooie page that only games that are Japanese in origin should have Japanese release dates. Last I checked, Metroid Prime was produced in the United States. Any particular reason why this game is treated differently? MightyArms ( talk) 00:31, 24 August 2019 (UTC) reply

There appears to be a confusion for both Prime and Fusion's release dates. RVandres ( talk) 03:43, 19 December 2021 (UTC) reply

I added italics to Official Nintendo Magazine but it has an apostrophe after it, so all three quote marks in a row made things formatted wrong. Someone should get rid of the space before the apostrophe. ButterCashier ( talk) 11:24, 10 September 2022 (UTC) reply

 Done@ ButterCashier: Hi. I did that here. — Smuckola (talk) 02:40, 12 September 2022 (UTC) reply

@ Igordebraga: Hello. Should this article mention how Nintendo marketed Metroid Prime as a "First Person Adventure", claiming to have invented a new genre? There is some content about that here: First-person adventure — Alalch E. 14:15, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

This is already mentioned in sufficient detail in the article. Popcornfud ( talk) 14:42, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

Thought so, thanks. (Somehow missed it when searching.) — Alalch E. 14:42, 4 September 2023 (UTC) reply

So, I just did a bit of math, and if you factor in the sales from Prime Remastered, Metroid Prime has retaken the title of the best-selling Metroid game. Should this be added? 168.245.214.226 ( talk) 19:41, 24 January 2024 (UTC) reply