hiPerhaps the best Nintendo DS game at the show is none other than Metroid Prime: Hunters. Being developed by NTS, Metroid Prime: Hunters is using the Metroid Prime engine on the GameCube but with it being scaled back just a little bit.
Whether or not this game will be only a multiplayer game is unknown, but without a doubt, I can say that MP:H is one of the best multiplayer games I have ever played on a handheld machine.
Using the touchpad, d-pad, and the L trigger players can roll in a ball, shoot, lock-on, charge, obtain upgrades, and battle it out against 3 other players in a full fledged 3D Metroid environment.
The control scheme is as follows. By pressing rapidly on the touchpad you can constantly shoot and by pressing and holding down on the touchpad you are able to use the charge beam. The touchpad also acts as a way to change your perspective by touching near the bottom, top, left, or right to be able to look in the proper directions. By combining the touchpad to change perspectives with the d-pad to walk around the controls are very simple and use to have great multiplayer fun. By pressing the touchpad near the lower left you can activiate the ball and roll around. And of course, by pressing the L trigger you can lock on to other players.
The Wi-Fi capabilities of the DS was not being used for this game because of showroom interference but Nintendo reassures that the speed of the game is not affected by using Wi-Fi.
Without a doubt Metroid Prime: Hunters will be a great launch title for the system and I cannot wait for a more indepth version of the game!
