Metroid Demo Pack-In

[A Black Falcon]

On the DS, that is. It'll ship with a demo cart of Metroid Hunters.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/549/549979p1.html

[OB1]

Man, if only I had posted that before...


*COUGH*

It's also going to be bundled with a Metroid Hunters demo which is nice.

Here's the news item on the Metroid demo, from ign:
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September 21, 2004 - Nintendo has revealed that it will include a demo of Metroid Prime: Hunters with the Nintendo DS system when it launches this November 21st. The demo, titled Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, will offer a first taste of the entire game, including single player modes of the first -person adventure, as well as a handful of multiplayer modes to take advantage of the system's wireless connectivity. Up to four players can join in Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt. The inclusion of a game demo such as Metroid Prime: First Hunt may be a strategy to raise the age of the Nintendo DS' demographic, along with offering more value for the DS' 150 dollar premium. We'll have more on the Nintendo DS soon.

*COUGH*

[OB1]

Oh and something that hasn't been officially revealed yet but from what I've heard is definitely true is that Metroid Hunters will have a pretty decent single-player mode. It won't be a typical Metroid adventure, but instead actual bounty hunt missions, like taking down a certain number of enemies per level or just killing some Metroids. Stuff like that. If it's good enough I might actually buy the game. I've always though that a bounty-hunting Metroid game would be pretty cool. Metroid 2 was almost like that.

[A Black Falcon]

Built-in PictoChat also sounds like a very good idea for the DS...

As for Metroid Hunters, they redid the controls after E3 as previews say... sounds better. Now it'll be a choice as to whether you want that unique control scheme or a more normal one (hence the screenshots with the two screens flipped from where they were at E3)...