Metroid Prime 3 Corruption$9.99 used at Gamestop: http://www.gamestop.com/wii/games/metro ... ption/3436 After playing Golden Eye on the Wii for a while I started thinking about Metroid Prime on the Gamecube. I didn't even finish Golden Eye and I am curious how the instant aim of the Wii remote would work on Metroid Prime.
First off, a quick look at the controls on Gamecube Metroid Prime:
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My biggest disappointment in the Gamecube versions of Metroid prime is that the look control is not handled by the traditional Yellow C stick.
Instead you have to hold the R Button while moving the left analog stick. The visor search should be the an easy to hit button as well, maybe the R Button? Unfortunately other then a reverse look, the controls are set. A learned routine with painful look to hit the direction pad for the visor search.
Sensor ControlI love the opening screen when operating the ship controls. So far there are only a few buttons. Aim with the Remote, press
A and then operate the on screen ship controls with Samus's hand. Two buttons close metal shields around the ship, maybe used later on the game. Hopefully later levels will offer a more direct contol of the Spaceship, maybe a Starfox level?
A better lookThe Wii has the look mode fixed! No more stopping movement and holding a button to look up or down. The visor button still a trick but not as hard to sequence as the Gamecube. Press the
- button then aim to the visor select on the HUD. The motion control allows for instant aim and look, no more of Golden Eye's aimed off screen error prompt. You can strafe while manually aiming or simply press the
Z button for a lock on aim. Strafe away while keeping your gun on target.
Reconfigure the controls - set the B to fire and A to jumpThe B trigger makes better sense as the gun trigger. Some may prefer the A button since the gun is not rapid fire, holding the button brings up a charge blast. Eventually I'll pick up an Auto fire Remote.
I notice unlocking doors work similar to
Deep Space Extraction. Blast away the rivets, later ones have "Simon" colors that have to shot off in succession. So far I found a three step music sequence that has to be remembered and duplicated. It could be interesting if Simon is fully implemented with a progressive repeat the music and lights to unlock doors.
Accelerometer Motion ControlBoth the Remote and Nunchuck motion controls are used. To open various generator locks pull, rotate and push the Remote. To Grapple hook a target press
Z and twitch the Nunchuk forward. Press
Z again then tug the Nunchuck back to grab the target such as yanking off an enemy's shield.
Morph BallMy runs on a couple of other Wii games
Geon Cube and
Vertigo helped to hone my "Marble Madness" move skills. The Metroid Morph Ball is used to negotiate mazes and tunnels. Some mazes have to be worked, taking different paths to reach various locks. The
A button places a bomb to kill enemies and also which helps the Morph Ball to jump up passages.
Metroid TrilogyAfter discovering the much better controls in the Wii, I really should have bought the Trilogy when it was clearanced out at twenty bucks. Hopefully Retro Studios and Nintendo will release this again.
Metroid Trilogy should have been released this way, not the single dual layer disc.
I wish Trilogy was inside a Special Edition regular white case so it wouldn't be priced so high in the used market. The tin Trilogy Box is too easy to spot for the masses, any real collector should be rewarded for the hunt. While the single dual layer disc is more convenient, there have been some reports of the Wii having problems reading the discs. I think the only other dual layer Wii game is Super Smash Brothers. Was this the reason why Metroid Trilogy got a short run in the stores?
Gamer Limit wrote: http://gamerlimit.com/2010/01/metroid-p ... rs-editionAfter releasing less than five months ago,
MetaCritic’s highest-rated Wii game of 2009, Metroid Prime Trilogy, has stopped being published and shipped.
“Unfortunately, Metroid Prime Trilogy is no longer being shipped. Having said that, you may be able to find what you seek through the secondhand video game market,” says Nintendo, in an email response to
Coffee with Games inquiry as to why the game was no longer available on Amazon.
Did you pick up your copy of an actual Collector’s Edition game yet? Better get on that. They’re going, going… gone.
Eventually I'll get the Trilogy set. For now I am happy with the single layer disc. Since its not a dual layer disc, the Wii disc reader won't have to work as hard.
Come on Nintendo, release the Gamecube Metroids again as a Play Control single layer disc set!
Wiki wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Play_Control!The New Play Control! series, known in Japan as Wii de Asobu (Wiiであそぶ?, lit. Play on Wii) is a program by Nintendo to upgrade several GameCube games for release on the Wii. These re-releases incorporate graphical improvements, which include 16:9 widescreen support.
They also feature reconfigured controls to fit the Wii Remote.
At least I have the uncensored version, a small victory.
Nintendo Everything wrote:http://nintendoeverything.com/22767/Nintendo censors Metroid Prime Trilogy over small curse wordMetroid Prime 3: Corruption featured the first heavy dialogue voice overs in a Metroid game. Actually, the first few minutes of the game sported more exchanges than what can be seen in all of the other Metroid titles put together.
In one particular scene, Admiral Dane says, “Damn! They’re targeting the planetary-defense system.” Yet Nintendo felt compelled to censor “damn” for the re-release of Corruption in Metroid Prime Trilogy. When playing through the game on the Trilogy disc, the sentence can now be seen/heard as “No! They’re targeting the planetary-defense system.”
It’s a bit odd that Nintendo changed one little word this time around. Most gamers probably wouldn’t even think twice about listening to the word “damn” while playing. Seeing as how Nintendo deemed it perfectly fine to leave it in there the first time, it makes one wonder what motivated the censorship of that one word.
A throwback to NES graphics? Why does Samus have big shoulders?