Metroid Prime Nintendo GameCube Preview DVD trailer

The Metroid Prime Nintendo Preview DVD Trailer is a trailer that was distributed within the 2002 Nintendo Preview promotional DVD that acted as among the early trailers for the game.

The beginning of the trailer features a slightly cut version of the opening scene in the game, with the silhouetted logos of Nintendo and Retro Studios zooming in to the background.

The gameplay footage shown in the trailer predominately consists of battles against the Space Pirates aboard the Space Pirate Frigate Orpheon as well as various explorations of various areas of Tallon IV, such as Phendrana Wastes and Chozo Ruins. It also included some footage of some bosses such as Tharrdus and the Parasite Queen.

Some of the footage in the trailer was reused for the entry for Metroid Prime on The Metroid Legacy, also on the Nintendo Preview DVD.

In addition, the trailer was notable for featuring a guitar riff theme that was not present at all in the actual game, and was reused for its entry in The Metroid Legacy (acting as the only exception to the entries playing unedited audio in the clips representing each of the games up to that point).