Designing Tutorials into your Games

[Mariotroid]

Metroid Prime did a pretty good tutorial with the Frigate Orpheon. It managed to make a minimum viable product for the game. It didnt capture everything the game has to offer but it added up. You learned to shoot, morph ball, scan visor and use missiles. The game wouldn't be the same without the opening sequence.

The developers could have made the game without it, but I'm glad they didnt.