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THE LATEST NEWS FROM JANUARY 2003

After a troubled development at Retro Studios, the GameCube exclusive Metroid Prime finally emerged – and the first-person adventure received glowing reviews in its US import form.

Samus’ first adventure in over six years received a 10/10 score in games™ – the first in the young magazine’s history – with the reviewer praising it for feeling like Super Metroid and integrating series staples like the Morph Ball that “you’d never expect to work in a first-person game”. Edge’s 9/10 review lauded the retention of player agency, noting

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