|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game Information
- Platform: Nintendo Wii
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 12 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 12. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 12 years of age or over. - Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
Related Items
- Most Popular
- Adventure
- Arcade & Platform
- Role Playing
- Fighting
Product Description
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.
The Galactic Federation`s Base Sector Zero is under attack by Space Pirates. Samus must boot up the generator to restore the defence systems. But at the end of her path, someone awful is waiting for her.
Characters:
Samus, Dark Samus, the Galactic Federation and many new bounty hunters.
How to progress through the game:
The war initiated by Dark Samus and the Space Pirates rages across many planets as they attempt to corrupt each with Phazon seeds. Players use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to explore alien landscapes, hunt for weapons and information, and destroy the seeds. Saving the planets from Corruption isn`t enough, though. Eventually, players must take down Samus` mortal enemy, Dark Samus.
Special powers/weapons/moves/features:
Besides using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers to pull off amazing feats like aiming and blasting in midair or at a full run, players also will have an array of different weapons at their disposal. In true Metroid fashion, these will become powered up as the game progresses. Not only that, but the controller will be used for a number of other game elements beyond the traditional first-person shooter standards.
- Players control Samus by moving with the Nunchuk controller and aiming with the pointer, allowing for a level of immersion unlike anything they have ever experienced.
- Through the eyes of Samus, players experience a quantum leap in first-person control as they wield the Wii Remote, the ultimate device for the first-person shooter genre.
- Samus will employ well-known power-ups like the Grapple Beam and Morph Ball, as well as a bunch of new surprises, to help her survive her coming trials.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
This is a fantastic finale to the great metroid prime series and definately the best yet.
For those who dont know you play a bounty hunter called Samus and you try to complete objectives on various planets and this game never dissapoints. The visuals are lush, the sound is atmospheric and now this time with full voice overs which gives the story more meaning, and the best bit is the fantastic controls. Now when ive played the prevous two adventures i can say you will never want to go back when you have tried this.
The only downside you may find that this game is challenging at times and is only for the hardcore.
However i strongly recommended this, and about flaming time the wii got some classic titles, and with mario galaxy just around the corner you can finally dust off those remotes and start playing once again. Fantastic.
For those who dont know you play a bounty hunter called Samus and you try to complete objectives on various planets and this game never dissapoints. The visuals are lush, the sound is atmospheric and now this time with full voice overs which gives the story more meaning, and the best bit is the fantastic controls. Now when ive played the prevous two adventures i can say you will never want to go back when you have tried this.
The only downside you may find that this game is challenging at times and is only for the hardcore.
However i strongly recommended this, and about flaming time the wii got some classic titles, and with mario galaxy just around the corner you can finally dust off those remotes and start playing once again. Fantastic.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I never really got into the Gamecube Metroid games much, so I hesitated for a long time before deciding to try this one. It's turned out to be one of the best games I've played on any platform, I've played through is so many times, and still love going back to it.
For those not familiar with it, it's an excellent FPS with some good puzzle, platforming, and exploration elements, but not so much that it stands in the way of the action.
The combat sectiongs are probably the closest thing to the Halo series on the Wii, but the exceptionally well-implemented Wii controls make the controls feel so much better than any joypad-controlled FPS.
It plays a bit differently from most FPSs though, with more platforming, puzzling, exploring, and a smaller number of tougher enemies, making you work harder to defeat them.
The boss fights are exceptionally well-done, some of the most enjoyable boss-battles I've played in any game - but you do have to use strategy to defeat them, use your visor to scan the boss, and gain hints about weaknesses etc. - just using traditional FPS-style strafing and firing won't get you very far against most of the bosses.
The graphics are amazing - not just technically (although it is probably the best looking game on the Wii besides Super Mario Galaxy) but also the effort that has gone into the design of buildings, enemies, levels, textures, artwork - it is truly beautiful to look at in places (the planet Elysia in particular), and the music is very good in places (again, Elysia stands out).
It's less linear that most FPS's, you have a certain freedom to explore - there are gentle hints guiding you in the right direction, but on the 1st playthrough, you might sometimes find you're not 100% sure what to do next - it's the kind of game that from time to time makes you stop and think - but you can easily consult a walthrough, or look through the files you collect as you go through the game, giving you hints, as well as information and a quite-interesting background story of the long-extinct alien races who built the worlds you're exploring.
For those not familiar with it, it's an excellent FPS with some good puzzle, platforming, and exploration elements, but not so much that it stands in the way of the action.
The combat sectiongs are probably the closest thing to the Halo series on the Wii, but the exceptionally well-implemented Wii controls make the controls feel so much better than any joypad-controlled FPS.
It plays a bit differently from most FPSs though, with more platforming, puzzling, exploring, and a smaller number of tougher enemies, making you work harder to defeat them.
The boss fights are exceptionally well-done, some of the most enjoyable boss-battles I've played in any game - but you do have to use strategy to defeat them, use your visor to scan the boss, and gain hints about weaknesses etc. - just using traditional FPS-style strafing and firing won't get you very far against most of the bosses.
The graphics are amazing - not just technically (although it is probably the best looking game on the Wii besides Super Mario Galaxy) but also the effort that has gone into the design of buildings, enemies, levels, textures, artwork - it is truly beautiful to look at in places (the planet Elysia in particular), and the music is very good in places (again, Elysia stands out).
It's less linear that most FPS's, you have a certain freedom to explore - there are gentle hints guiding you in the right direction, but on the 1st playthrough, you might sometimes find you're not 100% sure what to do next - it's the kind of game that from time to time makes you stop and think - but you can easily consult a walthrough, or look through the files you collect as you go through the game, giving you hints, as well as information and a quite-interesting background story of the long-extinct alien races who built the worlds you're exploring.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Anyone who has been worried about the lack of "real" games on the Wii can now rest easy. I'm normally more of a PC gamer and console games often struggle to keep my attention, but this is probably the best FPS I have ever played. The control mechanism is BETTER than mouse and keyboard, and they have finally got the graphics right. This game really shows what the Wii is capable of - it may not have all of the fancy textures of a PC game but the smoothness is unbelievable and the alien planets are far more complicated and imaginative than you might expect. Streaming loading means almost no annoying waiting for level loading like on most console games. Pure brilliance - more please!
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Best metroid yet
Best 3d metroid yet. Closer to the first one than the second but with more set pieces and a grander feel. Top notch.
Published 2 months ago by M. Collier
Easy to stop playing when you get stuck
Hmmm. I liked this at first, but now I'm a bit 'meh' about the whole thing. It feels as if you need to care about the unfolding story and what will happen next - I'm new to the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by L. Hennessy
Great game!
"Metroid Prime 3 - Corruption" is an amazing First Person Shooter experience. It has innovative and challenging gameplay, a cool story and it is definately a welcome addition (and... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Nicholas Lucas
Not as good as I'd hoped
I enjoyed this initially. The graphics are quite fluid, getting to grips with the manoeuvrability and firing technique took a day or two. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jackiesmackie
Ruined by Controller
I'm a big fan of the Metroid game series but have a major critisism with the Wii controller and nunchuck as the control system which in my view really takes a lot of the pleasure... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Paul
this game is ace as
I'ts worth playing if u ask me i love the new things samus can get and its nice to have summit new and bring classics back and make it worth ur wile i would use a wii motion plus... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mrs. K. D. Smart
Nintendo-classic in the bargain bin?!?! Shock-horror!!!
Oooo, finally, a Nintendo-published classic at a great price! This is my first foray into the Metroid franchise (shame on me...yes, yes, I know... Read more
Published 24 months ago by GJ Schaap
Superb showpiece but ultimately a little unfulfilling
I recently bought a Wii after long deliberations between it, a PS3 and an XBox. As a one-time hardcore gamer who had since, erm, grown up and had less and less time for games, I... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2010 by Mitya
Best shooter on the Wii
I've not found a better shooter on the Wii; a must have if you like shooters and own a Wii.
Published on 19 Feb 2010 by S. Mackeson
Great FPS
This is a great FPS. The controls are amazing and I like all the little puzzles you have to work through. Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2009 by Daši Gunnarsson
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
![[Start the discussion]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/start-new-discussion-sec._V192198663_.gif){kind=small}
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
|
