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Playstation distractions aside, my Metroid P2E bonus disc arrived:

Metroid Prime 2 Echoes won't hit stores until November 15, 2004, but novice and veteran bounty hunters can pick up an official bonus disc with a playable demo in the new Metroid Prime Bonus Bundle! If you already own a Nintendo GameCube, you can receive a bonus disc by registering your GCN and five games, or you can get it with a subscription to Nintendo Power magazine.

[ Metroid Prime 2 Echoes - Bonus Disc ]

Better than Metroid Prime 2 for sure. The HUD has been reworked a bit, giving it a more subtle “lock on”. Much design work has been done on the pirates, and the newer 2 types the demo shows are reminiscent of Scizor, but still cool. The demo starts off with Samus having the “light” and “dark” guns, which doesn't make sense, so I'm hoping it's just the fact it's a demo. Game feel was very similar to Metroid Prime, and I'm sure there are some great surprises too.

The bonus disc comes with a preview (including Halo rip-off opening movie), a trailer (snippets of game-play), a demo (not a lot, basically what was displayed at E3), a gallery (including a nifty shot of an updated chozo), and a time line of where the games fit chronologically (including story synopsis).

If you have a GameCube and 5 registrable games (mostly anything published by Nintendo directly since Mario Sunshine) I highly recommend ordering this great freebie. If you don't have a GameCube, go buy one and get Metroid Prime and this bonus disc for free.