{"id":2354,"date":"2026-02-18T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/piggybacks-fantastic-metroid-prime-art-book-is-nearly-20-percent-off\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T21:30:00","slug":"piggybacks-fantastic-metroid-prime-art-book-is-nearly-20-percent-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/piggybacks-fantastic-metroid-prime-art-book-is-nearly-20-percent-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Piggyback\u2019s fantastic Metroid Prime art book is nearly 20 percent off"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Nintendo\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Metroid-Prime-1%E2%80%933-A-Visual-Retrospective-Lifestyle-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/835325\/metroid-prime-4-review-nintendo-switch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metroid Prime 4: Beyond<\/a><\/em> launched on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 in December, but if you\u2019re itching for some more lore, <strong><em>Metroid Prime 1\u20133: A Visual Retrospective<\/em><\/strong> is a nice way to dig in, especially now that it\u2019s on sale. Normally $49.99, you can currently buy the hardcover version for $41.08 (about $9 off) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Metroid-Prime-1-3-Retrospective-Official\/dp\/1913330273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Metroid-Prime-1-3-A-Visual-Retrospective-The-Official-Art-and-Making-of-Metroid-Prime-1-3-Hardcover-9781913330279\/14437707119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walmart<\/a>, which is one of the first discounts we\u2019ve seen on the tabletop book.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product-block\">\n<h3>Metroid Prime 1\u20133: A Visual Retrospective<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"product-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/MPR_BSHOT_130-131_03_250902-2048x1363-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<h3>Where to Buy:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Metroid-Prime-1-3-Retrospective-Official\/dp\/1913330273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strike>$49.99<\/strike> $41.08 at <strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Metroid-Prime-1-3-A-Visual-Retrospective-The-Official-Art-and-Making-of-Metroid-Prime-1-3-Hardcover-9781913330279\/14437707119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strike>$49.99<\/strike> $41.08 at <strong>Walmart<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/metroid-prime-1-3-a-visual-retrospective-the-official-art-and-making-of-metroid-prime-1-3-piggyback\/c0377ed6f01dc717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strike>$49.99<\/strike> $46.59 at <strong>Bookshop<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Developed in collaboration with Nintendo and Retro Studios, Piggyback\u2019s 210-page retrospective is an excellent homage to the last 20 years of <em>Metroid<\/em>. The book itself resembles a piece of art, stitched-bound in a canvas-like cloth hardcover, with a red embossed outline of the series\u2019 iconic protagonist, Samus Aran. Inside, you\u2019ll find a trove of concept drawings and sketches spanning the entire trilogy \u2014 as well as <em>Metroid Prime Remastered<\/em> \u2014 including detailed illustrations of environments, common enemies, and bosses. It even features concept art that never made it into the final games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">What really makes the book stand out are the behind-the-scenes stories, however. It touches on everything from Retro Studios\u2019 burnout upon shipping <em>Metroid Prime 2: Echoes<\/em> to insights surrounding Nintendo\u2019s secretive development process. The margin notes from series producer Kensuke Tanabe are especially entertaining, as they reveal design debates from over two decades ago.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/games\/803399\/metroid-prime-visual-retrospective-art-book-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read our<em> <\/em>review of the visual retrospective<\/a>.<\/h5>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metroid Prime 4: Beyond launched on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 in December, but if you\u2019re itching for some [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}