I must come to you humble select button that Metroid Prime has bad points. The mid-game where everything becomes a damage sponge and attritrion battle sucks. Then the game design becomes placing the Next Step on opposite side of the map so you are forced to run across the whole world. I’ve been working on this save for years now and have tried to pick it up 3 times this week. I get trapped in a room with 4 uninteresting enemies and just lose my edge and turn it off.
On the big Gamecube 3 I am surprised how far down Metroid Prime has gone for me. The first two hours or so is great but being stuck in this grey cave is so tedious. Super Mario Sunshine is designed around getting your own fun and Wind Waker is so beautiful and charming I can forgive they only made 1/3rd a game.