![]() The three bounty hunters who Samus fights alongside in the beginning are also the main bosses through most of the game, since they’ve obviously been corrupted by the Phazon. It was already a little strange when Samus directly interacted with the friendly Luminoth in Metroid Prime 2, so it’s even more unusual when you can also walk up and talk to various people (most of whom ignore you anyway). Previously, storytelling in Metroid games was relegated to narrations or internal monologues, but it has a much bigger role here, with quite a bit of voiced dialogue for the first time in the series. Perhaps influenced by the popularity of Halo, the Galactic Federation plays a big role in the story, particularly in the beginning. In the Metroid Prime Trilogy, this system was retroactively implemented in the first two Prime games.īeyond the motion functions, Metroid Prime 3 takes the casual userbase of the Wii into consideration with its design to make it a little more approachable to a wider audience. ![]() The multiplayer mode from Metroid Prime 2 is gone, but there’s now an achievement-like system where you get credits for reaching certain in-game goals. These look nice, but heavily date the game as being from the mid-2000s. With the move to the Wii, the visuals have improved slightly, as many areas now have fuzzy bloom lighting effects. Additionally, the new Command Visor lets you summon your ship to certain waypoints, which can be used to blow up things or to aid with some puzzles. The X-Ray Visor from the first Metroid Prime returns, which is used in conjunction with the new Nova Beam. However, the Phazon can overtake you too, requiring you to expel it by shooting as quickly as possible, before Samus becomes completely corrupted. Instead, you’re equipped with the Phazon Enhancement Device (PED), which lets you use an Energy Tank to send you into Hypermode with a powerful laser weapon. The Ice Beam is absent too, but you get Ice Missiles with a similar function, like in Metroid Fusion. The selectable beams are gone, instead you just get beam upgrades. Various enemies can also only be beaten with careful aiming, like drones that attack in a grid formation, and open and close their shutters when they’re vulnerable. This is the first entry in the series where you actually get to sit in the cockpit of Samus’ ship, and you can use the Wii Remote to look around and operate any of the major systems (though it’s still on autopilot so you don’t actually get to fly it). You get the Grapple Beam fairly early on, as well as the Grapple Lasso, which lets you grab and rip things from the scenery, as well as disarm shield-wielding foes. In addition to controlling more like a typical first-person shooter, there are various motions you need to do when activating switches and the like. In contrast, this entry is the only one that was created with the Wii Remote in mind. While the first two Metroid Prime games had motion controls implemented when they were ported to the Wii, they were initially designed to use the GameCube controller. You can move between major points on each planet by flying in Samus’ ship. Finally, the Space Pirate Homeworld also contains some facilities on a planet covered in perpetual acid rain. Elysia has a toxic, gas-filled atmosphere, so the only habitable parts are above the clouds, where several enormous outposts are suspended in the sky. Bryyo condenses many of the types of areas on Tallon IV, including a set of ancient ruins, a jungle, a snow-covered area, and a mining zone filled with fuel gel, basically this game’s equivalent to a lava zone. The adventure takes place over multiple planets this time, each of which have been infected by Phazon attacks in the form of meteor-like rocks called Leviathan Seeds, like Tallon IV from the first Metroid Prime and Aether from the second one. It’s up to you to investigate their disappearances and finish the jobs they were supposed to have started. The real Samus is unconscious for about a month, after which she awakens to learn that the other hunters have already woken up and were sent on assorted missions, only to have fallen off the radar. ![]() They end up getting ambushed by Dark Samus though, who knocks them all out and infects them with Phazon. ![]() She, along with three other bounty hunters, repel the attack, which includes a dramatic battle with Meta Ridley while in freefall. The story begins when Samus is called by the Galactic Federation to defend a base on the planet Norion. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption marks the series’ evolution to the Wii, a move which defines its identity in numerous ways. The entirety of the Metroid series is covered in HG101 Digest 7: Metroid and Kid Icarus, please check it out!
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