15 Games That Drastically Changed Their Series’ Formula

METROID PRIME

Metroid Prime was the series’ first foray into 3D, having skipped the N64 generation after the seminal Super Metroid launched on the SNES- and what a game it was. With Prime, Metroid went from being a side scrolling game to a first person one, and yet, even with such a major, major shift, it was a quintessential Metroid experience. Metroid Prime has to be, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the best games to have been released in the sixth generation of console gaming, and thanks to its modern yet faithful take on what . makes the series tick, it is also one of the best Metroid games of all time.