metroid prime hunters is a first-person action-adventure video game for the nintendo ds console. it was developed by nintendo software technology and published by nintendo. it was released in north america on march 20, 2006, in europe on may 5, 2006, and in japan on june 1, 2006. when the nintendo ds launched in 2004, it included an early demo of "metroid prime hunters", which at that point was titled "metroid prime hunters: first hunt".