As PC and console gaming grow ever closer graphically, we investigate another kind of convergence: handheld games and grown-up PC genres. Metroid Prime: Hunters is proper FPS gaming on the Nintendo DS.

"Of course, those familiar with Hunters' lengthy incubation will be aware that the one-player game's little more than a backdrop to its real purpose: online deathmatch. Modes are a little thin on the ground, but the good news is diversity is not. Once you've unlocked a few of the levels offline, you can take on a mixture of friends (as in Friends-list friends) and worldwide rivals, and being able to employ the varied tactics of Samus' rival hunters is top fun. Whether you're just hovering above the fray with a charge-beam or leaving your gun-turret legs in the middle of an arena as you scoot around like a spinning top to hack at people's legs, there's strategy to what goes on. And, thankfully, you can only do voice comms in the game lobby. Playing online deathmatch FPS on a Nintendo DS is, frankly, pretty awesome."



Link: Bit Tech