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-The '''.MREA file format''' is used to define areas in Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country Returns. MREA files are broken up into many sections, and each section serves a specific purpose. However for the sake of brevity this article will only cover each revision of the MREA header.
+The '''MREA format''' is a massive format used to define areas in the Metroid Prime trilogy and Donkey Kong Country Returns. MREA files are broken up into many sections, and each section serves a different purpose.
-__TOC__
+* [[MREA (Metroid Prime)]]
+* [[MREA (Metroid Prime 2)]]
+* [[MREA (Metroid Prime 3)]] (also used in DKCR)
-==Universal Header==
+Every MREA format has a version number, and each corresponds to the following games:
-This header is shared between Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country, and is fairly straight forward.
 {| class="wikitable"
-!Offset
+! Version
-!Size
+! Game
-!Description
 |-
-|0x0
+| 0xC
-|4
+| Metroid Prime Kiosk Demo
-|'''Magic Number''' 0xDEADBEEF
 |-
-|0x4
+| 0xF
-|4
+| Metroid Prime
-|'''File Version''' See below
 |-
-|0x8
+| 0x15
-|48
+| Metroid Prime 2 Demo Disk
-|'''Transformation Matrix''' The position of the area in world-space
 |-
-|0x38
+| 0x19
-|4
+| Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
-|'''Mesh Count'''
 |-
-|0x3C
+| 0x1D
-|4
+| Metroid Prime 3 E3 prototype
-|'''SCLY Count''' ''Note: Not in Metroid Prime 1''
 |-
-|0x40
+| 0x1E
-|4
+| Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
-|'''Section Count'''
 |-
-|0x44
+| 0x20
-|4
+| Donkey Kong Country Returns
-|'''Compress Block Count''' ''Note: Not in Metroid Prime 1''
-|-
-|0x48
-|4
-|'''Section Number Count (N)''' ''Note: Only in Metroid Prime 3 and Donkey Kong''
-|-
-|0x60
-|(N*4)
-|'''Section Sizes'''
-|-
-|colspan=3|End Of header
 |}
+[[Category:File Formats]]
+[[Category:Hub Articles]]