{"id":124006,"date":"2022-04-18T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-130308"},"modified":"2022-04-18T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:30:00","slug":"a-fan-made-mod-of-metroid-prime-is-the-remaster-youve-been-hoping-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/18\/a-fan-made-mod-of-metroid-prime-is-the-remaster-youve-been-hoping-for\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fan-Made Mod of Metroid Prime Is the Remaster You&#8217;ve Been Hoping For"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d0692394f72fe\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d0692394f72fe\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"YYs5nsAv45w\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A new mod for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/metroid_prime\">Metroid Prime<\/a> promises some serious upgrades to the &#8220;vanilla&#8221; experience of the game, introducing 4K visuals, 60fps gameplay, and a host of new textures, assets, and lighting upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>The mod, called &#8216;MPR Phaze 1&#8217;, is <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AetherPrimus\/MPR\/releases\/tag\/1.0.1\">available now<\/a> but will require players to own a copy of either Metroid Prime on the Gamecube, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/metroid_prime_trilogy\">Metroid Prime Trilogy<\/a> on the Wii.<\/p>\n<p>It uses a custom version of the Dolphin Emulator to introduce the upgraded features, with the team behind it claiming that the endeavour is entirely legal since the mod doesn&#8217;t include any Nintendo-created assets.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of features from creator Samus Prime:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; Jaw-dropping new visual pass, including all-new textures\/lighting\/particles and more<br \/>&#8211; Restored features from the GameCube release, previously disabled on Wii<br \/>&#8211; PrimeHack integration for native keyboard\/mouse controls &amp; dual-stick gamepad controls<br \/>&#8211; Adjustable Field of View slider (included in PrimeHack)<br \/>&#8211; UI customization, including coloring and adding\/removing HUD elements<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"MPR 01\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8f57289778f01\/mpr-01.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTAgMjUwIj48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8f57289778f01\/mpr-01.450x.jpg\" alt=\"MPR 01\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"MPR 02\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a125184f4d60e\/mpr-02.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTAgMjQ3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"450\" height=\"247\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a125184f4d60e\/mpr-02.450x.jpg\" alt=\"MPR 02\"><\/a><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Images: Samus Prime<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>That&#8217;s not the only Metroid Prime news of the day; did you know that the game originally started out as a third-person shooter called &#8216;MetaForce&#8217;? Yeah, no lies &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/04\/metroid-prime-was-once-a-third-person-shooter-about-eugenics\">check it out<\/a>. Not only that, it turns out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/04\/random-nintendo-didnt-know-what-a-bounty-hunter-was-before-metroid-prime\">Nintendo wasn&#8217;t even sure what a bounty hunter was prior to Metroid Prime<\/a>. Hopefully they&#8217;ve got the definition down in preparation for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/metroid_prime_4\">Metroid Prime 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Let us know if you&#8217;re planning on installing MPR Phase 1 for that sweet 4K goodness in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube A new mod for Metroid Prime promises some serious upgrades to the &#8220;vanilla&#8221; experience of the game, introducing 4K visuals, 60fps gameplay, and a host of new textures, assets, and lighting upgrades. The mod, called &#8216;MPR Phaze 1&#8217;, is available now but will require players to own a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}