OVERMetroid Prime port 0.37.0 and Echoes Unbound 0.7.0: lock-on aim, a dodge button, steadier save states and a new Enhancements page
Odrannnn shipped new versions of both native Metroid Prime ports on October 31: Metroid Prime port 0.37.0 in the morning and Echoes Unbound 0.7.0 for Metroid Prime 2 that afternoon (Pacific time). Both are built from the PrimeDecomp decompilations, so they run as real Android apps with no GameCube emulator, and both ship an arm64 APK alongside Windows, Linux, macOS and iPhone/iPad builds. If you're new to them, start with our Metroid Prime and Echoes Unbound explainers.
Metroid Prime 0.37.0
- Aim Lock-On (Controls > Options, off by default): lock-on picks the target nearest your crosshair instead of the nearest enemy, which makes a big difference with gyro or touch aiming.
- A new Dodge binding lets Samus dash sideways without locking on to anything. It's unbound by default.
- Texture packs can be switched on and off with a key (F7 by default) and imported straight from a .zip.
- You can save and load your own button remap presets.
- New cheats for infinite missiles and power bombs.
- More Metroid Prime Remastered graphics fixes: frozen enemies draw properly, lava pools, crystals and many other materials get their Remastered shading, and animated platforms move again.
- Particle effects no longer rebuild their state every frame, which should help performance.
Echoes Unbound 0.7.0
- A new Enhancements page in the settings menu gathers a full-screen Dark Visor with adjustable static, infinite Light and Dark Ammo, Morph Ball options, and hint and cutscene options.
- Save states are much more reliable: enemies, bosses, doors, pickups, platforms and triggers come back as they were. The developer still says not to rely on them alone, so keep making normal saves.
- Smoother frame rates, and music and sound volume can go above 100%.
- Audio fixes: the title music keeps looping, looping tracks like Dark Agon Temple's no longer cut out, and rapid-fire cannon sounds no longer drop.
- Morph Ball effects are back (ghost trail, boost, spider glass, sparks), along with rain splashing on Samus and creatures and snow drifting in the wind.
- Trilogy discs now show the right button prompts in every language, the scan visor's colors are right with anti-aliasing on, and enemies such as Grenchlers, Dark Troopers and Chykka behave more like the original.
What you need
Your own disc image. For Metroid Prime: Metroid Prime Trilogy (USA R3ME01, PAL R3MP01) or the GameCube game (USA GM8E01 revisions 1.00 to 1.02, PAL GM8P01). For Echoes: the GameCube game (USA G2ME01, PAL G2MP01) or Trilogy. No game files are included, and Overclocked doesn't link any. The Android APKs need Android 9 or newer on arm64. Get them only from the official release pages: Metroid Prime 0.37.0 and Echoes Unbound 0.7.0. More native ports are in our ports directory.