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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption | 
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Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
Buy Used: $26.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  99 reviews
Sales Rank: 394
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: RVLPRM3E
UPC: 605433010161
EAN: 0605433010161
ASIN: B000FQBPDU
Release Date: August 27, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | First-Person Perfect - Control Samus by moving with the Nunchuk controller and aiming with the Wii Remote controller, allowing for a level of immersion unlike anything they have ever experienced | | • | Wonderful Weapons - Samus employs well-known power-ups like the Grapple Beam and Morph Ball to survive. Using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers, you will be able to grasp and pull things by using actual arm movements, as well as execute amazing feats like aiming and blasting in midair or at a full run. | | • | Phazon's Powers - The game also incorporates a new system involving Phazon. If you fill Samus' Phazon supply to a certain level, Samus will temporarily go into hyper mode, a state in which she can pull off incredible feats. On the flip side, if she exceeds the maximum Phazon level, she'll perish. | | • | For the first time in the Metroid series, Samus' ship will be used in active game play |
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Product Description
The Galactic Federation's Base Sector Zero is under attack by Space Pirates. As Samus you must boot up the generator to restore the defense systems. But at the end of her path, someone awaits you. If you think you knew what it felt like to be the bounty hunter behind the visor, think again. Take aim at evil with Nintendo's revolutionary controller. You control Samus by moving with the Nunchuk controller and aiming with the pointer, allowing for a level of immersion unlike anything you have ever experienced before. Through the eyes of Samus, you experience a quantum leap in first-person control as you wield the Wii Remote. Samus will employ well-known power-ups like the Grapple Beam and Morph Ball on top of new surprises to help her survive her coming trials.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 94 more reviews...
 MASTERPIECE! A Must Own Title. August 28, 2007
80 out of 88 found this review helpful
Let me start off by saying- hands down, this is one of the best video games i've ever played! I've been playing games for over 20 years, and have played all the greats on all the systems. Metroid Prime 3 deserves a spot along with the best of the best. This game literally changes the playing field for first-person shooters / adventures. The control is unbelievably precise, you can aim perfectly and naturally with the wiimote. After playing Metroid on Wii it's actually hard to use the dual analog controllers again, they feel so stiff and imprecise. There's fantastic motion-based controls as well, like thrusting the nunchuck forward and then back to rip the shield of enemies with your grapple beam. Graphically, Metroid 3 sets a new standard on the Wii, it's by far the best looking game on the system. The graphics are so good in fact, they almost give games on my 360 a run for their money. The art design is superb, from the aliens to the level design. Puzzles and power-ups are top notch, you even get to use Samus' ship for the first time ever. There are many worlds and locations to explore, each with distinctive characteristics, and beautiful graphics. The boss battles are some of the best i've ever played, you have to work hard to figure out their weakness and beat them, and it's just so gratifying. All of this wouldn't work without the superb controls, which i really can't emphasive enough. The aiming is spot-on, wherever you point, Samus aims and fires. The other thing that really sets this game apart is the gameplay- way more thinking is required than average first-person shooters. Besides blasting bad guys, you truly have to explore the many worlds and solve puzzles, which is the epitome of all Metroid games, and lots of fun. It's never tedious or frustrating though, you can always access a logbook to see current objectives, or even get hints if your desperate. I could go on and on about how great this game is, but you get the idea. Metroid Prime 3 is a true masterpiece, and is an absolute must-buy for any self-respecting Wii owner. In my humble opinion, this is one of the best games of all-time.
Ultimate Prime! September 1, 2007
33 out of 36 found this review helpful
I'm a fan of the Metroid series and really came to love Metroid Prime on the Gamecube. The first game in the series really was a revolutionary design. I loved the controls for Samus on the GC controller and the scanning ability opened the door to a deep story. The second game was not as revolutionary and involved the most backtracking of the bunch along with managing the light/dark worlds and switching stuff in one to affect the other. Despite the faults of MP2: Echoes, the series was a fantastic mix of action and adventure with a disturbing backstory on top of it all.
As much as I liked the first two, Metroid Prime: Corruption is the best of the series. The control scheme on Wii is great. Those that complain about the map button being out of reach or that switch the jump and shoot buttons don't know what they're talking about. I guess what you want to use the trigger button for is a matter of preference, but the initial control scheme works fine for me. I also have no problem dropping my thumb down the the "1" button to check out the map and I don't need to look at the Wii remote to do so.
The voice acting is a welcome addition and well done.
Complaints posted here that Corruption looks like N64 graphics at times are ridiculous. This game's got more ploygons than the N64 could ever handle and is running at 60fps. Maybe you need to get your TV replaced if the game looks bad.
The graphics look fantastic on 480p. While they don't have the resolution of the Xbox 360 or the PS3, most people will be perfectly fine with the graphics. They're DVD quality and the design is excellent. Besides, you didn't buy the Wii because it had the best graphics, right? You bought the Wii because of the experience.
And the experience of Metroid Prime 3 is a great one. The game is involving and will eat away hours of your time as you jump from planet to planet and landing pad to landing pad, picking up more missions and details on the story as you go along.
The graphics are the best on a Nintendo game ever. The controls are great and customizable, so you can fiddle with what works for you. The story is immersive and the puzzles are fun but not too difficult, though you've got to scan everything you can and think on your feet.
If you want a great experience then you need to get corrupted.
One of the best games to hit the Wii yet August 28, 2007
33 out of 37 found this review helpful
The Metroid Prime series took Nintendo's much loved series to a new level with the first two installments of the series on the Gamecube. Now, finally, the Prime trilogy is completed with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, which is undoubtedly the best FPS on the Wii, and one of the best overall game to hit the system yet. Once again playing as intergalactic space heroine Samus Aran, you should feel right at home here the minute you fire up the game. Even with a new control scheme that takes advantage of the Wii-mote and nunchuk controls, veterans of the series will have little to no trouble getting into the swing of things. As you can expect, there are a fair share of inventive puzzles and great levels to explore, and the boss battles are nothing short of spectacularly memorable as well. If there are any downsides to Metroid Prime 3, it's that the game can be too easy for some, and that as a whole, doesn't really do a whole lot more differently than the previous Metroid Prime games have done. That aside though, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is a more than worthy conclusion to the Prime trilogy and has been more than worth the wait as well. It also goes without saying that this is the best FPS on the system yet, and one of the best games available for the Wii at this time.
Metroid Prime 3 Rocks! August 28, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Wow. Having purchased the game yesterday from the Nintendo World Store and squiring it home to play, I have to say that I am completely impressed. In essence, whatever you didn't like about prior Metroid installments has been remedied. I've waited for this game a long time (it's been delayed for almost a year) but in truth it is well worth the wait. The control scheme using the Wii remote and nunchuk is extremely responsive, well thought out and accurate (most importantly). The way Samus interacts with her environment is incredible- the morph ball is well executed and used appropriately, as is your double jump. The visuals are a knock-out! I've had a Wii from launch, and this is the best looking title, period. I am running it on an HDTV with the Nintendo-brand component cables, and it really makes a difference. This game looks head and shoulders better that the first two Metroid Prime games (especially with its liberal use of particle effects).
Some cons: I didn't like that you are forced to map your missiles to the down arrow of the d-pad, but such is life. You have to hit the down button in order to actually fire them, which I found unwieldy. I beat the first boss just fine like that, though. I guess you get used to it. The only other negative thing I can think of it that the load times (yes, there are load times) are sometimes long. I'll shoot a door open, and then find myself stupidly standing in front of it wondering if it's going to open or not. Other than that, I haven't found anything really negative to say.
The voice acting is a welcome change, and I like that Samus is around other people this time. The creatures that I have encountered thus far are varied and look great, and there are a lot of them. Metroid forces you to think out of the box. There is one sequence where you are besieged by a host of little creatures. You could blow them all up, or you can fold into the morph ball, roll into an exhaust port and zoom away from danger. Awesome.
All told, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is easily the best game to come out for the Wii so far (and this coming from an Excite Truck junkie!)
As an aside, I bought mine from the Nintendo World Store in Manhattan because it's available there now, vs. Thursday, but you'd be better served to buy it on Amazon. The employees at the store are robots who treat everyone like tourists and have been consistently rude to me and others. I love Nintendo, but there's no joy in the store. The game rocks though! And seriously, the Wii is still selling out on Amazon? It's been out almost a year!
Unlike Most Movies, This Series Keeps Getting Better August 28, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Metroid Prime 3 is the best first person shooter I have ever played, like all the other Metroids it is an action game, a puzzle, a shooter, an RPG, an adventure, and a sci-fi game. It has all of the greatest generes put all together into one game. As you probably already know, you use the wii-remote to aim your arm cannon. You also can do pretty much everything else as the previous Metroid Primes, a variety of visors, including scan, you have missles, power bombs, a variety of different beams, and you can go into morph ball form. Some added abilities is the grappling hook, you may have had this in the other Metroid Primes, but now you can use your nunchuck to shoot it out and pull it back in. Not only can you swing from it but you can all ripp enemies' shields away.
Some other added content to this game is something called Hyper Mode, it is similiar to Spider-Man3 for the Wii, it will cost you one energy tank to enter by holding down the + button, it makes you become more powerful and invincible. But if you enter it for too long you will fall into Corrupt Hypermode, at which a red meter will start to rise, and if it fills all the way out, Samus will become corrupted and the game ends, so you should exit Hypermode before it is too late. There are so many other awesome things, including the return of Dark Samus!
I normally buy all my games online so that I can get them cheaper, but I could not stop myself from rushing to Target and buy this game the day it came out. This certainly is a must have Wii game, much better than the Legend of Zelda in my opinion. In this game, you certainly are The Bounty Hunter!
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The Nintendo Wii goes on sale on Sunday, November 19. Thanks to the inclusion of the simple--but infectiously fun--Wii Sports game, the Wii is the first console in recent memory that lets you have fun straight out of the box. Still, there are a few key Wii accessories you'll want to pick up to maximize your Wii experience--especially if you're buying it as a gift.
Extra controllers: Like all recent consoles, the Wii ships with just a single controller (well, one two-part controller: one Wiimote, plus one nunchuk). But the real fun of the system is playing the head-to-head Wii Sports games such as tennis and boxing. To do so, you'll need at least one extra set of controllers--and again, that's one Wiimote ($28.99) plus one nunchuk ($12.99). The Wii supports as many as four, but just the one extra controller set should suffice--at least for Christmas morning.
Rechargeable batteries: The Wiimote takes two standard AA batteries. They're included--with the Wii, and with the sold-separately version of the controller mentioned above--but avid players may find the juice draining pretty quickly, especially if they keep the nunchuk attached (it draws its power from the Wiimote). Instead of buying an endless stream of costly AAs, consider investing in a set of rechargeables. You can score a charger and four rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries for less than $25.
GameCube controllers: The Wii is fully backwards compatible with the Nintendo GameCube, but there's a catch: to play the GameCube games, you'll need a GameCube controller ($15.99). You can even go wireless with the Nintendo WaveBird ($59.99). If you already have a GameCube, your existing controllers will work just fine--just plug them in to one of the four ports underneath the flip-up panel on the Wii's topside. GameCube controllers should also work with the Wii's "Virtual Console" games--which saves you the trouble of having to buy a Classic Controller.
GameCube memory cards: One other annoyance when playing GameCube games: your progress can only be saved to GameCube memory cards, not to the Wii's internal memory or to an SD card (we're hoping Nintendo fixes this with a future firmware update). Like the controllers, your old GC cards will work just fine--there are two slots right next to the GameCube controller ports. If you don't have any onhand (and you want to save your games on GC titles), you'll need to spring for a $26.90 (2GB) memory card.
Wii Points: One of the big attactions of the Wii is its Virtual Console, which lets you purchase classic games that originally came from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), the Super NES, the Nintendo 64, the Sega Genesis, and the TurboGrafx16. By the end of 2006, at least 30 titles should be available, including Donkey Kong (NES), Super Mario 64 (N64), and Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis). To purchase the downloadable titles, you'll need to use a Nintendo currency known as Wii Points (similar to the Microsoft Points on Xbox Live), which currently have an exchange rate of 100 points per U.S. dollar. You can buy Wii Points directly through the console's online store, or use prepaid cards (2000 Wii Points) available in various denominations.
SD card: If you're close to filling the Wii's built-in 512MB of storage with your Virtual Console games, you can always expand your available space with an SD card. Nintendo sells its own, but any run-of-the-mill card will do. Fairly spacious 1GB cards are available for less than $20--even less with mail-in rebates--and they'll work in plenty of other gadgets as well.
Wireless access point: In addition to the downloadable Virtual Console games, the Wii offers online "channels," including news, weather, and even an Opera Web browser (head-to-head online gaming is said to be coming sometime in 2007). You can get online for free via the Wii's built-in Wi-Fi. To do so, of course, you'll need a nearby wireless access point or router. Alternately, you can plug the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector into any nearby PC on a wired network, and the Wii--plus your Nintendo DS--will be able to use it to get online instead.
Component video adapter: The Wii doesn't have the graphical horsepower to handle high-def graphics, but it can do DVD-level 480p video, which will look considerably better on large HDTVs. To see the Wii's games in 480p, you'll need Nintendo's proprietary component video adapter, which should run about $20. |
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