Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Nintendo GameCube

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

86
Critic Rating
#Shooter

About

An exploration-driven 3D metroidvania/first-person shooter hybrid and sequel to Metroid Prime (2002) in which Samus lands on Aether, an intricate planet torn into light and dark versions of itself, to help its remaining inhabitants defend against the invaders from its dark incarnation by traversing both the light and dark worlds, acquiring new power-ups and braving oppressive environments.

Storyline

The bounty hunter Samus Aran is dispatched to the planet Aether after the Galactic Federation loses contact with a squad of Marines stationed there. She arrives to find the troops slaughtered and soon learns of a devastating conflict: decades earlier, a meteor split Aether into two mirrored dimensions, spawning a malevolent shapeshifting race called the Ing who wage war on the peaceful, near-extinct Luminoth. Enlisted by the last Luminoth sentinel to recover the planet's stolen light energy, Samus must journey between the world of light and its poisonous dark counterpart, battling the Ing, Space Pirates, and a mysterious doppelganger known as Dark Samus.

Playtime Estimates

Main Story16.6h
Main + Extra18.9h
Completionist21.2h
All Styles18.4h
Confidence: 100%Updated: 7/20/2026

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Multiplayer

Local Max4 players
Split ScreenLocal

Languages

LanguageSupport
EnglishInterface
JapaneseInterface
GermanInterface
ItalianInterface
Spanish (Spain)Interface
English (UK)Interface
FrenchInterface

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Game Info

Release Date11/15/2004
DeveloperRetro Studios
PublisherNintendo
PlatformsNintendo GameCube
GenresShooter, Platform, Adventure
IGDB Rating86/100 (191)

Game Modes

Single player
Multiplayer

Themes

Action
Science fiction

Perspectives

First person

Release Dates

Nintendo GameCubeNov 15, 2004
Nintendo GameCubeNov 26, 2004
Nintendo GameCubeDec 2, 2004
Nintendo GameCubeMay 26, 2005