# S7E2 - *Metroid Prime: Federation Force*
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Time to squad up Federation trooper! Mech masters Max Roberts and Logan Moore drop into the infamous team-shooter galaxy of *Federation Force*. Was Next Level Games' multiplayer outing distilled *Metroid Prime* or a fiasco best forgotten in the annals of 3DS history?
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# *Metroid Prime: Federation Force*
- Developer – Next Level Games
- Platform – Nintendo 3DS
- Release Date – August 19, 2016
- Game Director – [Jason Carr](https://www.mobygames.com/person/98897/jason-carr/)
- Producers – [Paul Martin](https://www.mobygames.com/person/290371/paul-martin/), [Rob Davidson](https://www.mobygames.com/person/188040/robert-davidson/), and [Kensuke Tanabe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensuke_Tanabe)
- Composers – [Chad York](https://www.mobygames.com/person/383509/chad-york/), [Darren Radtke](https://www.mobygames.com/person/383508/darren-radtke/), and [Mike Peacock](https://www.mobygames.com/person/383507/mike-peacock/)
Metacritic – [64/100](https://www.metacritic.com/game/metroid-prime-federation-force/)
# Links
- [*Metroid Prime: Federation Force* Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime:_Federation_Force)
- [[MFP36 - "I will be Flabbergasted" with Logan Moore]]
- [Petition for cancelation of *Metroid Prime: Federation Force*](https://www.change.org/p/nintendo-petition-for-cancelation-of-metroid-prime-federation-force)
- [*Federation Force*'s trailer is no longer the most disliked Nintendo video](https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-nso-expansion-pack-trailer-has-overtaken-the-metroid-prime-federation-force-announcement-trailer-as-nintendos-most-disliked-youtube-video.507876/)
- [An Interview with Kensuke Tanabe](https://www.cgmagonline.com/articles/the-future-of-metroid-prime/)
- [*Federation Force* Pricecharting](https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nintendo-3ds/metroid-prime-federation-force)
- [Nintendo Buys Next Level Games](https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/5/22215014/nintendo-buys-next-level-games-luigis-mansion/)
- [*Metroid Prime: Federation Force* - Secret Ending](https://youtu.be/-goCv7zyBWU?si=mOw8qNGb4USFVo-e)
- [*Metroid Prime 4: Beyond*'s Reference to *Federation Force*](https://youtu.be/mMAgmdR8jwU?si=5bepMOc7dNN3ILOJ&t=74)
- Soundtrack
- [YouTube](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjyLjyXJQJUP0has5D3CQRO4gFm8ekAXZ&si=MOB5h4oKOO38E-aG)
- *[Metroid Blast](https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Metroid_Blast)* from *Nintendo Land*
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*This episode was originally recorded on June 28, 2024.*
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