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@mstan mstan released this 15 Aug 03:31
· 16 commits to main since this release

Public prerelease alpha — bugs are expected. Early-testing build;
please report issues.

New: full controller support

Metroid Prime Hunters is now fully playable on a gamepad — something the
melonPrimeDS reference this project's Prime Controls follow does not
have (it is keyboard/mouse only), so this controller scheme is this
project's own.

  • Left stick moves (and works as a D-pad in menus).
  • Right stick aims the camera, with a dedicated Pad aim
    sensitivity
    setting on the Prime Controls mod page.
  • Every Prime Controls action has a gamepad binding, shown and
    remappable in the launcher under the new Gamepad section — right
    alongside the keyboard/mouse rows. Defaults: RT shoot, LT
    scan-fire, A jump, B morph ball, X missile, Y UI OK, LB
    beam, RB boost/zoom, R3 (right-stick click) scan visor, D-pad
    left/right scan-message arrows, Start menu. Subweapons 1–6 start
    unbound and can be mapped to any pad button.
  • Aiming engages the moment you use the right stick, a trigger, or a
    bound pad button, and idles back out when released — the touchscreen
    and menus keep working while the sticks rest. Mouse and pad can be
    used together.

New: online identity on the dashboard

  • An ONLINE card under the Player 1 card: set your player name
    (the console nickname Nintendo WFC / Wiimmfi shows to other players).
    Defaults to ndsrecomp; clear the field to keep your firmware dump's
    own nickname. Your per-install console MAC is shown read-only.
  • Works on both paths: retail dumps and the built-in FreeBIOS +
    generated firmware.
  • Note: the game copies the console nickname into its own save profile
    on first boot — an existing save keeps its old profile name unless
    renamed in-game or started fresh.

Fixes

  • The runner creates its bios folder itself on a first no-dump launch
    (Linux AppImage first-run fix, from v0.2.1).

Getting started is unchanged from
v0.2.0-alpha:
Windows — unzip, ROM next to the exe, Play. Linux — ROM next to the
AppImage, run it. No ROMs, BIOSes, or firmware included.