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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Metroid Prime: Trilogy)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | |
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Developer(s) | Retro Studios |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Series | Metroid, Metroid Prime |
Platform(s) | Wii |
Release date(s) | Original release NA November 15, 2004 EU November 26, 2004 AUS December 2, 2004 JP May 26, 2005 Metroid Prime: Trilogy NA August 24, 2009 EU September 4, 2009 AUS October 15, 2009 |
Genre(s) | First-person action-adventure, First-person shooter, Action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Input methods | Wii Remote + Nunchuk |
Compatibility | 4 Playable |
See also... |
GameCube Version |
Metroid Prime: Trilogy is an action-adventure video game compilation developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It features Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on a single dual-layer disc.
Metroid Prime 2 in Trilogy has been updated with many features from Metroid Prime 3, such as its aiming system, bloom rendering, 16:9 aspect ratio, and reduced difficulty level (to play the original difficulty, play "veteran" instead of normal). The update also has higher resolution textures, and uses Trilogy's menus, save system, achievements, and unlockable soundtracks.
Game Pages
This page should be used for specific issues with the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes sub-game of Metroid Prime: Trilogy. For other Metroid Prime: Trilogy games or launcher information, please see the following pages.
- Metroid Prime: Trilogy
- Metroid Prime (Metroid Prime: Trilogy)
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Metroid Prime: Trilogy)
Problems
Performance
Performance in general seems reduced compared to the game's GameCube counterpart. This may be related to the higher resolution textures and various new screen effects added for the Trilogy versions.
Micro-stuttering
All of the Prime games suffer from micro-stuttering: screen redraws and small stops in the video that can become very annoying. It occurs in all graphics backends, but the OpenGL backend has consistently been the most resistant to the problem. DSP HLE and DSP LLE are both affected, though DSP LLE appears to make it worse in some revisions. Its severity varies depending on the revision and settings used, so if you want to play the game you should try a wide variety of combinations. Micro-stuttering can trigger the Black Bar glitch.
Audio Issues
Several sounds don´t play appropriately, and sometimes music stops playing. Use DSP LLE to correct it. See issue 5563.
Black Bar
Whenever Dolphin has trouble with the game and flickers, from a loading hiccup to taking a screenshot, a black bar will appear on the bottom of the screen, taking up 15% of the screen space and "squishing" the game in the remaining space. This occurs in all graphics backends, and there is no known solution, but OpenGL is the most resistant. See issue 5185. Old versions of Dolphin, such as 3.0-135, do not have this issue on all backends.
- PAL users can disable "EuRGB60 Mode (PAL60)" in the Wii settings to prevent this issue.
Bloom Offset
Like Prime 3 and all the Trilogy games, Prime 2 Trilogy has bloom offset problems. Fortunately, it is not very noticeable with this game. There is no known solution to this issue. See issue 5573.
OpenGL Slowdown
OpenGL has problems with slowdown while showing refraction effects, such as raindrops on Samus' visor and the heat effect after firing her weapon for an extended period. On Metroid Prime 3 alone, it also has slowdowns when several grapple points (yellow pulsing) are present on screen at once. Even the strongest computers will slow to a crawl from this, and there is no solution in the OpenGL backend. D3D9 and D3D11 are not affected by this issue.
Dot
When playing above 1x Native internal resolution, there is a dot in the center of the screen. It's small and easy to ignore, but it's always there. There is no fix for this problem.
Visors
Visors will only work if EFB to Ram is enabled. However, EFB to Ram is set as default within the game INI, preventing the user from using anything but EFB to Ram for this game.
Wiimote Lag
The game may experience a small amount of Wii Remote lag. Use "Alternate Wiimote Timings" in the game settings to correct it. Fixed and the option removed by 3.5-354.
Configuration
Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.
Audio
Config | Setting | Notes |
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DSP Emulator Engine | LLE | Helps with sound problems |
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This title has been tested on the environments listed below:
Test Entries | |||||
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
r7689 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.4GHz | nVidia GeForce GTS 250 | Close to perfect -> constant 60FPS, 1280x720, 3xNative textures and DSP-HLE sound (still must use dol swap though) | Zlutz |
3.0-766 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i7-3770k @ 4.4GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6970 | DX11 at 1900x1200 (using internal resolution auto, 4xAA), averages 50 FPS. EFB-copy-to-RAM must be used 100% of the time for the scan visor to function (contrast to MP1 where it is only required for the rarely-used x-ray visor), but fastest cache option can be used (causes very minor graphical glitches). "Skip Destination Alpha Pass" also breaks the scan visor and should be left off. "Accurate V-Beam" (in right-click options) provides noticeable speedup in large rooms with no ill effect. DSP-HLE works fine, except for very occasional loss of BGM (can be resolved by save/load or reset); DSP-LLE does not drop BGM but instead causes crackling and clicking sounds whenever framerate drops below 60 FPS. OpenMP texture decoder, cache display lists, and disable fog/per-pixel-depth are all recommended for slight speedup. DOL swap still required to run. | anon |
Gameplay Videos
- Retro Studios (Developer)
- Nintendo (Publisher)
- Metroid (Series)
- Metroid Prime (Series)
- North America (Release region)
- Europe (Release region)
- Australia (Release region)
- Japan (Release region)
- 2004 (Initial release year)
- First-person action-adventure (Genre)
- First-person shooter (Genre)
- Action-adventure (Genre)
- Single-player (Game mode)
- Multiplayer (Game mode)
- Wii Remote (Input supported)
- Nunchuk (Input supported)
- 4 stars (Rating)
- DSP Emulator Engine (Config Required)
- Tested On (OS): Windows
- Tested On (CPU): Intel
- Tested On (GPU):
- Tested
- Tested On (Release): 3.0
- Tested On (GPU): AMD
- Untested for 10000+ revisions
- Wii games