- Released
Nov 15, 2004
8,015 days ago- Platforms
- GameCube
- Ratings
Release dates
North America dates- Nov 15, 20048,015 days ago
- GameCube
About
An exploration-driven 3D metroidvania/first-person shooter hybrid and sequel to Metroid Prime (2002) in which Samus lands on Aether, an intricate planet torn into light and dark versions of itself, to help its remaining inhabitants defend against the invaders from its dark incarnation by traversing both the light and dark worlds, acquiring new power-ups and braving oppressive environments.
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How long to beat
IGDB · 4 players- Normal
- 13 h
- 100%
- 83 h
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Game info
Other versions
Studios
Age ratings
- ESRBTAnimated Blood, Violence
- PEGI12Violence
- CEROBViolence
- ACBMNo content descriptors
Languages
7 languagesEnglish, English (UK), French, German, Italian, Japanese and 1 more
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| EnglishEnglish (US) | – | – | |
| English (UK) | – | – | |
| FrenchFrançais | – | – | |
| GermanDeutsch | – | – | |
| ItalianItaliano | – | – | |
| Japanese日本語 | – | – | |
| Spanish (Spain)Español (España) | – | – |
Themes & tags
- Action
- Science fiction
- 60 fps on consoles
- acrobatics
- aliens
- ambient music
- ancient advanced civilization technology
- artificial intelligence
- audio logs
- auto-aim
- backtracking
- boss assistance
- boss fight
- camera shift
48 more tags
- corpse
- creature compendium
- dark second act
- death
- difficulty level
- dimension travel
- disc streaming
- environmental puzzles
- exploration
- explosion
- falling damage
- female protagonist
- fetch quests
- first-person platforming
- foreshadowing
- grapple
- gravity
- greatest hits
- hacking
- hologram
- invisible enemy
- isolation
- linear gameplay
- metroidvania
- motion-sensor bomb
- moving platforms
- multiple endings
- multiple gameplay perspectives
- nintendo gateway system
- optional lore
- parallel worlds
- pirates
- plane shifting
- portals
- post-credits plot twist
- retroachievements
- reversible cover art
- rivalry
- save point
- sequence breaking
- silent protagonist
- spaceship
- split-screen multiplayer
- swarming enemies
- teleportation
- time limit
- titular antagonist
- trilogy
Story & names
The bounty hunter Samus Aran is dispatched to the planet Aether after the Galactic Federation loses contact with a squad of Marines stationed there. She arrives to find the troops slaughtered and soon learns of a devastating conflict: decades earlier, a meteor split Aether into two mirrored dimensions, spawning a malevolent shapeshifting race called the Ing who wage war on the peaceful, near-extinct Luminoth. Enlisted by the last Luminoth sentinel to recover the planet's stolen light energy, Samus must journey between the world of light and its poisonous dark counterpart, battling the Ing, Space Pirates, and a mysterious doppelganger known as Dark Samus.
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Also known as
- Metroid Prime 2: Dark EchoesJapanese title - translated
- MP2Acronym
- 메프2Korean title - acronym
Release dates by region
The Metroid Prime series
All 13 games
Metroid Prime2002
This gameMetroid Prime 2: Echoes2004
Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt2004
Metroid Prime Pinball2005
Metroid Prime Hunters2006
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption2007
Special Mission2008
Metroid Prime: Blast Ball2016 · Standalone expansion
Metroid Prime: Federation Force2016
Metroid Prime Remastered2023 · Remaster
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond2025
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.