Metroid Prime 3: Corruption may not be the last game in the Prime series. With Other M on the way next year, some might have thought that the Prime series had come to an end but, as Nintendo's Kensuke Tanabe told ONM, the series may still have a future.
For gaming Australians, AusGamers has a handy recurring news post outlining the week's major releases at retail Down Under, this week including the likes of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Brutal Legend and Metroid Prime Trilogy, among others.
Nintendo tied up its "Metroid Prime" franchise nicely with their recent "Trilogy" boxed set, and the company currently has its sights set on "Metroid: Other M," a 2D-ish return to classic "Metroid" gameplay. That project left the "Prime" games' developers at Retro behind to partner with Tecmo. Certain word choices by developers in a recent interview, however, seem to to indicate that future "Prime" games may still be possible down the pipe.
In the release of Metroid Prime Trilogy for Wii, Nintendo censored a curse word from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in the re-release.
411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Cursed Mountain, and Harvest Moon: Magical Melody.
TGS writes: "Nintendo have confirmed that the Metroid Prime Trilogy will be avaliable in Europe on September 4th. It will include all three games in the series and an artbook."
People with hands on experience with Red Steel 2 have said that the controls feel much like that of Metroid Prime and creative director Jason Vandenberghe of Red Steel 2, shares why this may be
If you played through any significant portion of Metroid Prime 3, then you likely encountered a colorful token or two during your progression through the game.
411mania gives a rundown on this week's game releases. Highlights include Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?, Street Fighter IV, DoDonPachi Daioujou Black Label Extra, Shooting Love, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Metroid Prime Wii.
Speed Gamers reports:
Recently we all saw Retro studios redesign their website with a new look, only weeks before E3.
Michael Bay, famous director of Pearl Harbor, The Rock, Armageddon, Transformers, and The Island, has a gift for delivering fast paced action and special effects to the big screen is to be rumored to be talking with Nintendo about directing or producing a film based off of Nintendo's Metroid series.
Nintendo has come out to quash the rumor that a Metroid Prime Trilogy will be coming to the Wii. The rumor stems from a post on GoNintendo, where a tipster claimed that the computers of a known retailer had the game listed under the Wii section. Rumor mill for now, but it could be true.
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TVGB: "I don't know if it's because Nintendo is a Japanese company, but they often bless Japan with games and services well before the rest of the world. One of these features is the Everybody's Nintendo Channel on Wii, which has been live in Japan since November 27 of last year. While Nintendo has announced plans to bring this channel to North America and Europe, they have yet to announce a specific date."
Translation - Space Pirates data decrypted: Ordnance research and development progress report. The development of Dread-Class Turret is going well.
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A rough estimate of the first day sales of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption are in from Japan. As many had anticipated, sales were minuscule compared to Wii Fit. Metroid only sold about 20,000 units on its first day. How long Corruption can go in Japan is questionable, as the previous two installments in the series did not sell well in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Core Gaming Group, Nintendo's representative company in South Africa, launched two popular Wii titles at a press event held this past Friday in Johannesburg. In addition, after roughly a year of the world's best selling handheld console being absent from the South African market, Core Group relaunched the Nintendo DS Lite.