There were many reasons to watch the Nintendo Direct that happened on Wednesday. The biggest was to see if Nintendo would reveal any surprises that would genuinely shock fans. Some met those criteria, including the return of Professor Layton, some big collections of past franchises, and so on. But easily, one of the most shocking announcements was that of Metroid Prime Remastered. Why was this one so far above the rest? Well, the biggest reason was that they shadow-dropped the digital version of the game on the same day! The physical version is coming out on the 22nd.

Nintendo has done shadow drops of games in the past, but they weren’t necessarily “high-ranking” titles for their systems. Moreover, there have been rumors for the entire Prime Trilogy to get remastered and brought to Switch for years. So to see the first game getting the sole remaster and then dropped into our laps minutes later was a bit of a shock.

That being said, those who have tried out the game have had nothing but positive things to say about it. Here are a few of the reviews that have come out for the game: