Metroid Prime trilogy ends with a bang

by: Sean Colleli - posted: 8/30/2007 1:25:00 AM

Nintendo just wants to remind you about the release of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption with this little press release.  After some initial disappointment I've gotten deep into the game, and it just keeps getting deeper.  I hate so sound like a Nintendo fanboy (after all, I own a Sony console now) but Corruption really is that good.  It won't blow your head off with an unforgettable intro the way Bioshock will, but take a few minutes to look around and you'll see just how rich an experience Prime 3 is.  Hardcore gamers, this one is for you, this is the game that makes that Wii purchase worth the cash.  Now if you'll escuse me, I have to get back to being corrupted.  I'll post a review once I figure out how to rate this game--I'm torn between my sense of journalistic objectivity, and the gorgeous alien worlds that are slowly swallowing me whole.

Nintendo's Epic Trilogy Concludes With Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

           First-Person Controls Immerse Players Like Never Before

    REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's launch of Metroid(R)

Prime 3: Corruption for Wii(TM) marks the end of a trilogy -- and the start of

the most active and dynamic Metroid adventure yet.  With the motion-sensitive 

Wii Remote, you become one with heroine Samus Aran's powerful arm cannon,

while the Nunchuk can literally yank armor off enemies.

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    "Metroid Prime 3 has a revolutionary control style that makes it easy for

anyone to immediately jump into the action," says George Harrison, Nintendo of

America's senior vice president of marketing and corporate communications.

"Now, an entirely new audience can experience this amazing first-person

adventure."

    The rich story requires players to use their heads as much as their hands.

Complex puzzles, tough enemies and new challenges put players inside the visor

of the story's heroine. As deadly Phazon threatens to corrupt Samus, she

harnesses its power and attacks her enemies with superpowered weapons. Metroid

Prime 3: Corruption features voice acting, new bounty hunters and three

adjustable control settings for players of all skill levels.

    Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, rated T for Teen, launches today exclusively

for Wii. The game's launch represents the culmination of Nintendo's "Month of

Metroid," which has featured free Metroid Prime 3: Corruption videos available

for download in the Wii Shop Channel and the release of the classic Metroid(R)

and Super Metroid(R) for the Virtual Console(TM). For more information about

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, visit http://www.Metroid.com.

    Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the

content their children can access. For more information about this and other

Wii features, visit http://www.Wii.com.

    The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment,

Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and

software for its Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance and Nintendo

GameCube(TM) systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.4 billion video

games and more than 409 million hardware units globally, and has created

industry icons like Mario(TM), Donkey Kong(R), Metroid(R), Zelda(TM) and

Pokemon(R). A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in

Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the

Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's

Web site at http://www.nintendo.com.