Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

1001 Video Games

The GameCube version of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Innovations

While the Metroid series was over fifteen years old when Metroid Prime 2: Echoes came out, this was the first game in the franchise's history to have any kind of voice-acting and multiplayer.

References

Tallon IV, the planet from the first Metroid Prime, makes a cameo appearance as a part of the background in the Space Station arena.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2004 – Best Console Action Game of the Year
• GameSpy
  • 2004 – #9 Game of the Year
  • 2004 – GameCube Game of the Year
  • 2004 – GameCube Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)