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Metroid Prime Still Has A Future (News)

Nov 17, 2009

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.

Asked whether Samus will ever return to DS, Tanabe (who oversaw Retro Studios' series for Nintendo) said "We are always planning to make new games in the Metroid Prime series. Depending on the timing and the situation, we cannot deny the possibility of realising it on DS or DSi."

Australian Game Releases - October 12-18: AusGamers (News)

Oct 12, 2009

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.

Metroid Prime Team Discusses Their Decade Of Samus, Ponders Series' Future (News)

Sep 25, 2009

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.

"As all I take part in is the 'Prime' series, I am not capable of commenting on the whole 'Metroid' series," Retro Studios producer Kensuke Tanabe told Kotaku. "But we will keep considering multiplayer for the 'Prime' series. For instance, I think I can come up with some unique ideas using the Morph Ball, which is a specific skill of Samus'."

Nintendo censors Metroid Prime Trilogy over small curse word (News)

Sep 1, 2009

In the release of Metroid Prime Trilogy for Wii, Nintendo censored a curse word from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in the re-release.

How classic old games would be marketed today (Feature)

Aug 27, 2009

Games from a gentler age given the sexy, cynical and psychotic modern day treatment. ...

411mania: The Release List for the Week of August 24, 2009 (News)

Aug 26, 2009

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.

Metroid Prime Trilogy: Complete Strategy and Cheats (Feature)

Aug 25, 2009

Metroid Prime Trilogy is out, which gives you a great excuse to finally beat all three games, unless you bought a GameCube instead of an Xbox or PS2, then you’re just re-beating them (with motion controls) – way to go. ...

Weekly Releases: 23th - 29nd August (News)

Aug 22, 2009

Weekly Game Releases - 16th – 22nd August for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP and DS.

Metroid Prime Trilogy Dated for Europe (News)

Jul 10, 2009

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."

If video game characters were Pokemon (Feature)

Jul 3, 2009

Ever wondered what it would be like to have video game characters in your Pokemon party? Why choose boring old Bulbasaur when you can choose a beautiful Kasumi? Or a level 50 Sackboy?

We've given 21 game characters the Pokemon treatment, with four moves to choose from and some evolutionary states too.

Who would you choose? ...

Retro Studios helped on Red Steel 2 (News)

Jun 5, 2009

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

Nintendo's worst-case scenario for E3 2009 (Feature)

May 26, 2009

Don’t get us wrong – we’re big time Nintendo fans. But you have to admit, the past year has been rather trying for longtime followers. Last year’s “surprise” reveal of Wii Music at E3 just about made our heads explode, and the continued domination of Wii Play and Wii Fit have us preemptively bracing for the worst possible outcome at next week’s massive trade show in Los Angeles (which we’ll be updating from every six seconds). ...

Videogame music makes Teletubbies better (Video)

May 8, 2009

Metroid Prime 3 falls into the same category as Twilight Princess - the ultimate achievement of the series, yet in desperate need of an evolution.

Videogame music makes Teletubbies better (Feature)

May 8, 2009

We’re taking a slight detour into the world of television for this week’s audio-visual aberration. More specifically the terrifying, hallucinogenic nightmare that is kids’ TV. And more specifically, the Tellytubbies.

We always knew there was something not right about them. Those vacant, blank smiles. Those lumpy, deformed bodies. The penchant for subterranean living and - sweet baby Jesus save us - that horrific ...

Guns that don’t shoot bullets (Feature)

May 6, 2009

“Guns don’t kill people, bullets do.” But do they have to? Not at all, and in fact, this is all the destructive power you’re going to get out of shooting bullets. ...

The Top 7… villains that never stay dead (Feature)

Apr 13, 2009

Death happens a lot in videogames, but for some reason it never seems to stick. From heroes who get infinite do-overs to supporting characters who “die” only to resurface at the nick of time down the road, videogames might be the only medium in which the audience feels surprised, and perhaps even cheated, if a dead character isn’t magically brought back to life. ...

New Play Control Metroid Prime games get Corruption's token system (News)

Feb 23, 2009

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.
These tokens were awarded for a variety of reasons and were a lot of fun to compare with your friends, so it's nice to see them being utilized in the New Play Control versions of Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime: Echoes.

411mania's Release List for the Week of February 16, 2009 (News)

Feb 19, 2009

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.

Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (PSP)
Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? is one of the best platformers I've played in years thanks to it's tight controls and above average presentation. However, this game is definitely not for everyone. In fact, I'm pretty sure that only hardcore platformer junkies and people with infinite amounts of patience will get past the first three or four stages without developing a desire to throw their PSPs at a wall in rage. But if you can hang on, getting through the game can be quite satisfying and is an achievement that is worth bragging about.

Street Fighter IV (PS3, 360)
It isn't necessary for me to go in-depth since every other site is already doing it. I will, however, bring to your attention one of the coolest features SFIV has - the Arcade Request system. Basically, instead of watching a static screen while waiting for someone to challenge you online, this system allows you to play against the computer and seamlessly accept a challenge when one comes your way. It's like going to an arcade and playing against the CPU until someone gets the nerve to plunk down fifty cents to take you on. If you set it to accept only Player Matches (unranked) you can keep things going by rematching or, if you don't want to play the person again, you can quickly and easily go back to arcade mode after your match and continue on with the CPU until you get another challenge. It's hard to believe that it's taken Capcom this long to implement such a system. I can only hope that SNK does the same thing in its home version of KOF XII.

DoDonPachi Daioujou Black Label Extra (360 Import)
Every shooter needs its own hook to stand out. While Trigger Heart has its grapple syst...

The visual evolution of game logos (Feature)

Feb 19, 2009

While game content, design and technology constantly change year after year so does game packaging and design. This interests us. So we've taken 10 major game series and visually charted their logos' progression to see how they've evolved. ...

The Top 7... games we want announced in 2009 (Feature)

Jan 19, 2009

By now you’re probably aware of all the top-tier games coming out in the first three months of 2009, but isn’t there a little part of you that wants to know what the devs are working on next? We sure as hell do, and have already made up our minds about what should be unveiled before the year is out – most of them games we already suspect are on their way but have so far remained hidden. ...

Speed Gamers promote a 72 hours Metroid Marathon (News)

Aug 13, 2008

Speed Gamers reports:

"The 72 Hour Metroid Marathon starts on Augusts 15th @6pm cst. We will be raising money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The marathon will be streamed live via webcam on our website. The webcam feed will give you both a view of the games we will be playing and also a view of the action going on in the room. We will give out prizes following each game to viewers regardless of where they live.

The Game list is : (In the order we will be playing them in, not in chronological order)
Metroid, Metroid Zero mission, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Metroid Prime1, Metroid Prime 2, Metroid Prime Hunters, Metroid Prime 3, Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion
[...]
Retro Studios has recently given their blessing and will be generously donating our grand prize, a copy of Metroid Prime 3 (Wii) signed by the development team. We are very excited to have their help and will hopefully do justice to the series they helped build"

More Metroid E3 evidence (News)

Jul 3, 2008

Recently we all saw Retro studios redesign their website with a new look, only weeks before E3.

Now this week we saw...

Michael Bay Rumored To Bring Us a Metroid Movie (News)

May 24, 2008

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.
Each decade film tends to focus around themes like musicals in the 1940s and chick flicks in the 1970s. The new millenium (2000-2009) has been centered around super heros and comics, for example, Spiderman, Ironman, X-men, Superman, and Ghost Rider. There is even a Super Hero Movie which is being filmed by the makers of Scary Movie and Epic Movie.

As 2009 approaches and we head into a new decade one can only wonder where film will take us next. This is where the speculation starts of a Metroid Film produced by Michael Bay. As the gaming universe has now been expanded through the use of the Nintendo Wii, more and more people are now recognizing video gaming jargoon and characters. The Wii did something for video games that no other console besides the NES has been able to do, and that is make video gaming a mainstream media format. In fact, Nintendo holds six titles out of the 10 top selling video games according to VGCharts. So the rumor is that film makers will be looking to profit next off the popularity of video games, and in the case of Metroid, Nintendo's renewed popularity.

Has the Wii really improved anything? (Feature)

May 8, 2008

All of Nintendo's main franchises are now out on the Wii, so it's time to take stock. We compare the new versions with their predecessors to weigh up whether motion control has revolutionised anything at all. ...

Nintendo Says No Dice On Metroid Trilogy Wii (News)

Apr 28, 2008

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.

The Top 7... inanimate objects (Feature)

Apr 7, 2008

Inanimate objects. Wow, we must really be out of ideas, huh? It's true, at first pass this sounds absurd, open to all kinds of interpretation with an infinite number of potential entries, but after careful contemplation (i.e. shouting at one another for hours) we've come up with a list of in-game objects so desirable that every gamer should love 'em - even if all they do is sit there.

For our consideration, the items have to be ...

Bargain Gaming - Wii Edition - Best Deals On and Off the Net (News)

Mar 29, 2008

In this entry:
Super Smash Bros Brawl for $43 shipped.
Nights: Journey of Dreams $29.
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption $29.
Pinball Hall of Fame $19.

For $30 you can pick up, tax free and with free shipping:
Bomberman Land
Endless Ocean
Ghost Squad
Godfather: Blackhand Edition
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return
My Word Coach
Namco Museum Remix
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
Sega Bass Fishing
Sonic and the Secet Rings
SSX Blur
Super Monkeyball Banana Blitz
Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

For only $20, copies of these games can be found just about anywhere:
Alien Syndrome
Dewy's Adventure
Elebits
Escape From Bug Island
Furu Furu Park
Mercury Meltdown Revolution
Octomania
Red Steel
Wii Zapper with Link's Crossbow Training

The world's best counterfeit games (Feature)

Mar 27, 2008

Not happy with what the devs are doing with your favourite games? Then let the gamers take over production. ...

Japanese Wii Owners Finally Have Exciting DS Demo Downloads (News)

Mar 24, 2008

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."

Metroid Dread reference removed from Japanese version of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (News)

Mar 13, 2008

Translation - Space Pirates data decrypted: Ordnance research and development progress report. The development of Dread-Class Turret is going well.

Some of the wording is there, but definitely a different meaning this time around. Now, why do you think Nintendo/Retro went out of their way to remove it?

What's next for Nintendo's best? (Feature)

Mar 11, 2008

Each of Nintendo's franchises is weighed down with sequels that deliver a teaspoon of new content amidst gallons of familiar fan service. This pandering ensures the devoted legions happily slam down money for the latest re-imagining of Link, Pikachu, Fox or Samus despite the overall similarity to the previous game. You love it, we love it, but after seeing crowning achievements like Twilight Princess and Prime 3, we can't help but wonder "what ...

First Day Sales Of PS3 Exclusive Yakuza 3 (News)

Mar 7, 2008

First Day Sales : The numbers in () shows the shipments info.

Yakuza 3 (PS3) : about 113k

Metroid Prime 3 (Wii) : about 20k

Everybody's Common Sense TV (Wii) : about 5.0k (about 60~70k?)

Guitar Hero 3 (PS3, PS2) : about 3k

Family Jockey (Wii) : about 2.5k

First day sales of Metroid in Japan (News)

Mar 7, 2008

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 Group relaunches Nintendo DS Lite in South Africa along with new Wii titles (News)

Feb 3, 2008

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.

The media briefing was presented by RJ van Spaandonk, the executive director of Core Group. RJ outlined the upcoming Wii releases, detailed the Nintendo DS Lite relaunch information and discussed the success that the Nintendo Wii has enjoyed in South Africa since its launch here in October 2007.

The Nintendo DS Lite was relaunched in South Africa and will soon be available in stores. It will retail at R1 799 and is available in four colours: black, white, silver and pink.

RUMOR: Retro's next title is a Zelda spin-off that Could be announced at E3 (News)

Jan 30, 2008

You heard it right. Surfer Girl (yes, another surfer girl rumor) has posted something no one really saw coming. Rather then another Metroid game, Retro Studio's next title might be a Zelda spin-off, that may be announced at E3.

Kotaku:Nintendo Million Sellers Revealed (News)

Jan 29, 2008

Wii

Wii Sports - 17,850,000
Wii Play - 9,230,000
Super Mario Galaxy - 5,190,000
Mario Party 8 - 4,350,000
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 4,300,000
Super Paper Mario - 2,160,000
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree - 2,000,000
Mario Strikers Charged - 1,650,000
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - 1,140,000
Link's Crossbow Training - 1,070,000
Wii Fit - 1,050,000

Nintendo DS

Nintendogs - 17,790,000
Pokemon Diamond & Pearl - 14,170,000
New Super Mario Bros. - 13,140,000
Brain Age - 11,710,000
Brain Age 2 - 9,840,000
Mario Kart DS - 9,670,000
Animal Crossing Wild World - 9,200,000
Super Mario 64 DS - 5,780,000
Big Brain Academy - 4,610,000
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 3,820,000
Pokemon Ranger - 2,610,000
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness - 1,540,000

Metroid Prime 3 Dated for Japan (Took Long Enough) (News)

Jan 22, 2008

This one goes out to readers in Japan. Well, readers in Japan with Nintendo Wiis. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is *finally* getting a long overdue release date for The Land of the Rising Sun. The game will drop March 6 for ¥6,800 (US $64). The game was first released in North America last August, then in Europe in late October and finally in Australia in early November. Sure the series is more popular in those territories, but PAL countries getting games before Japan? Hello backwards day!

John Gaudiosi's Top 10 Games of 2007 (News)

Dec 27, 2007

Dec. 26, 2007 - John Gaudiosi is a national journalist who has been covering the video game business for more than a decade. In addition to blogging for WRAL.com, he also writes about gaming for Wired Magazine, The Washington Post, Xbox.com and Yahoo! Games. Here are his picks for the best games of 2007:

Â¿ Mass Effect
Â¿ Halo 3
Â¿ BioShock
Â¿ Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Â¿ Unreal Tournament 3
Â¿ Rock Band
Â¿ The Orange Box
Â¿ Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat
Â¿ Super Mario Galaxy
Â¿ Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Notes: In addition to his credentials already listed above, John Gaudiosi is a senior editor for Variety's Video Business and regularly writes about videogames for Electronic Gaming Monthly, GameDaily, GamePro Magazine, Kotaku, MCV, Prima Games, Business 2.0 Magazine, CBS, Chicago Sun-Times, ESPN, Home Media Magazine, NBC, Reuters, and The Hollywood Reporter. He also works on video game programming for networks like The History Channel, The Discovery Channel, Starz Entertainment and VH1.

GameSpy: Wii Game of the Year 2007 + State of the Wii (News)

Dec 20, 2007

It's been an amazing year for Nintendo. Forget that the Nintendo DS is the number-one selling videogame system, and concentrate on the fact that the Nintendo Wii is still really hard to find in stores despite a healthy number of units being manufactured on a monthly basis. In short, it appears as though the world has gone Wii-mad. And it's far from a case of just the core gamer getting involved here. Nintendo's "risky" attempt to net non- and casual gamers into its Remote-swinging grasp has been a massive success.

2007 - The best gaming year ever (Feature)

Dec 20, 2007

20th Dec, 2007 Gaming is an up and down experience. Some years cram top quality titles into our every orifice until were bursting with videogame joy and have excess polygons dripping messily out of our ears, while some other years… Well, some other years are 1983. In 2007 though, weve had a very good year indeed. A scarily good year in fact. One which has provided us so much brilliance on every format that its a genuine worry that the laws of karmic balance will soon bring us a plague ...

The 10 best games of 2007 (The Chanticleer Online) (News)

Nov 30, 2007

The Chanticleer's Art & Entertainment editor Toni Merriss picks her ten best games of 2007.

Metroid Prime Cosplay - Jenni Källberg Kicks Butt as Samus Aran (News)

Nov 23, 2007

Jenni Källberg in an amazing series of photos depicting her as Metriod Prime's Samus Aran.

How to break Metroid Prime 3 (Feature)

Nov 19, 2007

Nov 19, 2007 Theres something about Metroid that makes otherwise normal people skip breakfast, lunch and dinner to play it in ways that must make the developers shake their fists and say ‘Grrrr. An entire community of Samus speedrunners is out there, digging up shortcuts and tricks with their game spades, shaving milliseconds off completion times - theyve even got their own language (see below). You dont have to join the scary clan of people trying to finish the game 100% in the time it ...

Xbox Officially Wins September (News)

Nov 7, 2007

The official NPD numbers are in for September, and the Xbox 360 swept, even beating out the Nintendo Wii for that month.

We think it has something to do with Halo 3.

Here are the hard Numbers, from industry analysts at the NPD Group:

Hardware

Xbox 360: 527,800
Wii: 501,000
Nintendo DS: 495,800
PlayStation Portable: 284,500
PlayStation 2: 215,000
Playstation 3: 119,400
Game Boy Advance: 75,000

ELSPA Weekly Chart - Nintendo Wii (News)

Nov 6, 2007

Can the release of The Simpsons knock Metroid Prime 3: Corruption off the top of the Wii chart...

Current Swedish Best Sellers (News)

Nov 1, 2007

Metroid Prime 3 is followed by The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass, making it a Nintendo top two on the multiplatform chart.

The top twenty includes six football games. Last week's best seller, Football Manager 2008, sits at No3, while three versions of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 and two versions of FIFA 08 also chart.

01. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
02. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
03. Football Manager 2008 (PC)
04. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS3)
05. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2)
06. Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PC)
07. Singstar Swedish hits Schlager (PS2)
08. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (360)
09. World of Warcraft (PC)
10. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
11. FIFA 08 (PS2)
12. Counter-Strike 1: Anthology (PC)
13. Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (360)
14. The Sims 2 Bon Voyage (PC)
15. The Witcher (PC)
16. Halo 3 (360)
17. Battlefield 2 (PC)
18. Warcraft III Frozen Throne (PC)
19. FIFA 08 (PS3)
20. World in Conflict (PC)

ELSPA Weekly Chart - Nintendo Wii (News)

Oct 30, 2007

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has flown into number one spot in the Wii chart during its first week of release...

Elves Are Out, Aliens In (News)

Oct 16, 2007

The New York Times report on October 16, 2007:

Where have all the elves gone?

That's the question gamers and the people who love them are bound to ask this fall as they take in the latest crop of big-budget video games. Since the 1970s, dragons, orcs, wizards and dwarfs have been staples of interactive entertainment, yet this holiday season there are hardly any top new games in the traditional fantasy mode.

Instead 2007 has been dominated by perhaps the deepest lineup of science fiction games ever.

The History of Metroid (Feature)

Oct 15, 2007

Oct 23, 2007 The Metroid series has always been a victim of bad timing. It's one of the most critically acclaimed franchises in gaming. But thanks to dodgy release dates, internal politics and Nintendo's own disbelief in the franchise that's never quite rivalled the mighty Mario and Zelda series. Wrong place, wrong time? 1986; Atari was old news and the NES had successfully prevented the industry from spiralling into an imploding crash. 33-year-old Shigeru Miyamoto's hot-selling Super Mario ...

Metroid Prime Preview Channel Launches in Europe (News)

Oct 15, 2007

Nintendo of Europe have announced the Metroid Prime 3 preview channel for Samus' upcoming Wii outing later this month:

"First up is an opportunity to see thrilling trailers and game footage via the exclusive Metroid Prime 3 Preview. Bringing home just how special the final game in the Metroid Prime trilogy really is, the Metroid Prime 3 Preview is free to all Wii owners who have their console online, and can be downloaded by simply visiting the Wii Shop Channel. As well as giving you a glimpse of the game running on your TV, the Metroid Prime 3 Preview will explain more about the starting point for the events of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and leave you itching to assume the role of Samus once more! "

IGN Hero Showdown: Master Chief vs. Samus Aran... Samus Wins (News)

Oct 4, 2007

IGN Stars' first ever Showdown let readers decide the winner: Halo's Master Chief versus Metroid Prime's Samus Aran.

Nearly 70,000 people voted: 73.8% voted for Samus and 26.2% for Master Chief. (Were fans of Master Chief too busy playing Halo 3 to vote?)

N'Gai Croal redesigns the Wiimote for Metroid Prime 3 (News)

Oct 3, 2007

Of course, you may want to substitute the word "redesigns" for "fixes," depending on how compulsive your scanning was. In his Level Up blog, Newsweek's N'Gai Croal has posted a visual illustration of a special Wii remote he would have liked to find in the Metroid Prime 3 box. Unhappy with the placement of the plus and minus buttons -- both of which are frequently used in the game -- Croal proposes that the new kidney shaped configuration would add up to less limited controls. As he tells MTV's Stephen Totilo following their lengthy dissection of the game, "I know you'll agree with me."

Metroid Wii Mod is cooler than a blast from an Ice Beam (News)

Sep 27, 2007

WiiFanboy Reports: "We love Metroid Prime 3 and all, but perhaps the best thing about the game is that it inspired this jaw-dropping Wii mod from the guy responsible for the equally jaw-dropping Zelda DS Lite and the astounding Zelda Wii case mod. Basically, we've developed TMJ from looking at Ramon's mods."

Hit the link to check it out for yourself.

EDGE slams Lair and Two Worlds; praises Halo 3 and PGR4 (News)

Sep 27, 2007

The newest edition of the British games magazine EDGE has just hit stores and first readers already posted all the review scores on the internet. This months edition contains reviews of some big titles like Halo 3, PGR4, Metroid Prime 3, Lair, SKATE, Stranglehold, SEGA Rally and Eternal Sonata.

Like many other reviews, Lair did not score so well with a 3/10. Two Worlds didn't do much better either with just a 4/10. Phoenix Wright and Jam Sessions on the Nintendo DS did not impress either with both just a 6/10. Metroid Prime 3 also quite disappointed according to EDGE with just a 7/10. Stranglehold, SKATE, Sega Rally, and Eternal Sonata all were rewarded with 7/10 scores.

Halo 3 and Project Gotham Racing 4 were this months' best titles with Halo 3 getting the top score of 10/10. PGR4 did very well to with 9/10. Check out all this months' scores below.

Halo 3 (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 10
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii, Nintendo): 7
Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 9
Sega Rally (PS3/Xbox 360, Sega): 7
Lair (PS3, Sony): 3
Stranglehold (Xbox 360, Midway): 7
Skate (Xbox 360, EA): 8
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (PS2, Atlus): 7
Singstar (PS3, Sony): 8
Two Worlds (Xbox 360, SouthPeak Interactive): 4
Grimgrimoire (PS2, Koei): 7
Jam Sessions (NDS, Ubisoft): 6
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP, Square Enix): 9
Eternal Sonata (Xbox 360, Bandai Namco): 7
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations (NDS, Capcom): 6
Sonic Rush Adventure (NDS, Sega): 5

Metroid Prime Dev Says They are Focused on Their Next Game in New Interview (News)

Sep 21, 2007

In a new interview with Retro Studios, the developer behind the just released Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and the previous Metroid Prime titles, says that they're "really excited" about the next title they're going to make, and that fans of the previous Metroid Prime's "won't be disappointed".

Game Informer reviews Guitar Hero III, Heavenly Sword, Metroid Prime 3 and others (News)

Sep 16, 2007

The October issue of the American gaming magazine Game Informer has just landed in stores and all the review scores are already found on the internet. In this months' issue titles like Guitar Hero III, Metroid Prime 3, Warhawk, Heavenly Sword, SKATE, Medal of Honor and tons of other games have all been reviewed.

Check out all this months' review scores below

Guitar Hero III (Wii/Xbox 360/PS3/PS2, RedOctane): 8.75 / 9
Stuntman Ignition (PS3/Xbox 360, THQ): 8.5 / 9
FIFA 08 (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 7.75 / 7.75
Skate (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 8.75 / 8.5
NHL 2K8 (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 7.75 / 8.25
NHL 08 (PS3/Xbox 360, EA): 8.5 / 8.5
Medal of Honor Airborne (Xbox 360, EA): 7.25 / 7.25
Warriors Orochi (Xbox 360/PS2, Koei): 5.75
Dynasty Warriors Gundam (PS3/Xbox 360, Koei): 5
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (PS2, Koei): 7.75
Heavenly Sword (PS3, Sony): 8.75 / 9
Warhawk (PS3, Sony): 8.25 / 8
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (PS3): 8.5 / 8.5
Fatal Inertia (Xbox 360, Koei): 7.5 / 7
Stranglehold (PS3/Xbox 360, Midway): 7.25 / 7.25
Wild Arms 5 (PS2, Xseed): 6.5 / 6.5
Soul Nomad (PS2, NIA America): 7.75 / 7.25
Metroid Prime 3 (Wii, Nintendo): 9.5 / 8.75 **Game of the month**
My Sims (Wii, EA): 8 / 8
Dewy's Adventure (Wii, Konami): 7 / 6.25
Tiger Woods 08 (Wii, EA): 7 / 8.25
Madden 08 (Wii, EA): 7.5 / 7.75
Boogie (Wii, EA): 7.75 / 6
Alien Syndrome (Wii, Sega): 6.25 / 5
Rune Factory: Fantasy Harvest Moon (NDS, Natsume): 5.75 / 6
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (NDS, Nintendo): 9.5 / 9.5 **Handheld game of the month**
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP, Konami): 7 / 7.25
Dragoneer's Aria (PSP, Koei): 5.75
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes (PSP, Namco Bandai): 6.75
Hot PXL (PSP, Atari): 6
Worms Open Warfare 2 (PSP/NDS, THQ): 7.5
Drawn to Life (NDS, THQ): 7

Metroid Prime 3 - video walkthrough (Feature)

Sep 14, 2007

You've read the FAQs, scoured the message boards and digested an entire strategy guide. You know what's up when it comes to Metroid. But there's still this one thing you just can't find because no one can explain it properly. Well, that's why we're bringing you not just a Prime 3 guide, but also a ton of video clips that explain the trickiest parts. So, set your control sensitivity to advanced, switch fire to the B trigger and let's dive on in. Opening You begin in Samus' ship. First touch ...

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Strategy: Energy cell 09-14-07 (Video)

Sep 14, 2007

Metroid Prime 3 falls into the same category as Twilight Princess - the ultimate achievement of the series, yet in desperate need of an evolution.

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Bomb 09-14-07 (Video)

Sep 14, 2007

Metroid Prime 3 falls into the same category as Twilight Princess - the ultimate achievement of the series, yet in desperate need of an evolution.

Nintendo denies Metroid Dread (News)

Sep 6, 2007

Sept 6, 2007 Nintendo and Retro Studio are messing with your minds, as Nintendo says it's not developing a 2D Metroid game, despite hints in the latest Wii game, Metroid Prime 3. Rumors of a 2D Metroid for DS, entitled Metroid Dread, ran rife at E3 2005 with the game supposedly turning up on a leaked release list, and later turning up on "insider" ...

Nintendo denies Metroid Dread - Secret message in Prime 3 got us all excited for nothing (News)

Sep 6, 2007

Nintendo and Retro Studio are messing with your minds, as Nintendo tells CVG it's not developing a 2D Metroid game, despite hints in the latest Wii game, Metroid Prime 3.

Rumours of a 2D Metroid for DS, entitled Metroid Dread, ran rife at E3 2005 with the game supposedly turning up on a leaked release list, and later turning up on 'insider' blogs.

American Sales: 360 Outsells PS3 while Lair & Warhawk Enter Top 10 (News)

Sep 6, 2007

Sales across the board were quite interesting this week. Compared to last week, hardware sales were up significantly, and the three current generation consoles (Wii/PS3/360) saw pretty big shakeups in their top ten software for the week:

1---Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
2---Bioshock
3---Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
4---Wii Sports
5---Madden NFL 08
6---Blue Dragon
7---Warhawk
8---Lair
9---Wii Play
10-Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08

-Metroid Prime 3 had a much better launch week than Metroid Prime 2 did - 314k vs. 139k. This is even more impressive considering GC had 2x as many users in November 2004 as Wii has now, and that Prime 2 launched in November, while Prime 3 launched in August. If Galaxy and Brawl show the same type of generation to generation growth (2.25x better sales), then Nintendo is going to make alot of money.

- PS3 is approaching respectable Americas (US,Canada and a bit extra) sales. If it can do 55,000-60,000 a week for a while in the Americas, the business ecosystem of PS3 will improve quite a bit - at least in the West.

Metroid Prime 3 outsells Bioshock (News)

Sep 4, 2007

Sept 4, 2007 Nintendo's flagship shooter Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has debuted with a bang, taking the top sales spot in the all-format chart and even outselling 2K's awesome Bioshock in its first week. Metroid managed to shift over 400,000 copies in total, which must be big news for developers ogling at Nintendo's console and proves that traditional "hardcore" games can still sell on the home of Wii Sports and Cooking Mama. With Wii releases thin on the ground, Metroid's unlikely to be ...

Metroid Prime 3 Outsells BioShock - Over 400,000 Copies (News)

Sep 3, 2007

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption bests former overall sales leader BioShock in its first week of release, becoming the week's single best-selling software title across all platforms in the United States. With few major Wii releases on the horizon, Corruption's place atop the chart is likely to remain uncontested over the next several weeks as well. Positive buzz from upcoming titles like My Sims and Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party could bring a reshuffling of chart positions in the near future, however.

Hidden Message in Metroid 3 (News)

Sep 3, 2007

Nintendo is sneaky, but it's more silly than anything else. This is no "hot coffee."

A gamer has found a hidden audio clip, that is apparently from Nintendo's Satoru Iwata.

UK Release Date for Metroid Prime 3 Confirmed (News)

Sep 1, 2007

Nintendo has released their Q4 2007 release schedule, which contains dates for the next four months and some 2008 releases on upcoming Nintendo wii and DS games.

XBOX 360 Dominates PS3, Wii in Most Requested Top 10 (News)

Sep 1, 2007

XBOX 360 completely dominated the Top 10 most requested titles for the week. Both Wii and PS3 didn't even come close.

Metroid Prime 3 - survival guide (Feature)

Aug 31, 2007

At long last, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has arrived in stores. We've raved about it endlessly, hailing its impressively layered and detailed graphics along with the new and improved control scheme. But it's certainly not the most accessible Wii title, which leads us to believe that many a Metroid fan is spending a lot of time roaming the corridors of Bryyo wondering what to do. That's why we're here to help. Now, this isn't a full-on walkthrough. That's coming soon, so don't worry. What we ...

Metroid dev "taking a break from Samus" (News)

Aug 31, 2007

Aug 31 2007 Retro Studios, developer of Metroid Prime, Prime 2 and the upcoming Prime 3: Corruption on Wii, will not be leaping straight into another Samus-led project. Mark Pacini, the game's director, has revealed that "[Retro Studios is] taking a break from the Metroid series, and from Samus". "I'm sure that there will be other titles created," says Pacini, "but as far as Retro Studios is concerned, we're taking a break for a little ...

Retro Studios 'Taking a Break' from Metroid Series (News)

Aug 30, 2007

As the conclusion to a trilogy would suggest, the Metroid Prime series seems to be over, and Retro Studios confirmed to Yahoo! Games they're moving onto something new:

"We are taking a break from Metroid series and from Samus," said Metroid Prime 3 Game Director Mark Pacini. "I'm sure there will be other [Metroid] titles created, [but] as far as the Retro Studios is concerned, we're taking a break for a little bit."

New games tantalize ahead of holidays (News)

Aug 30, 2007

The summer dry spell for video games came to an end last week with the arrival of "BioShock," the creepy underwater shooter that has won rave reviews and flown off store shelves.

The main bulk of important games this year won't come out until November, but the next month or two will see the release of quite a few other hot games. These aren't necessarily "system sellers" -- games that are so good that consumers will buy a particular video game console just to play them -- but give potential customers a few more reasons to eventually take the plunge.

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Review)

Aug 29, 2007

Aug 29, 2007 With so much emphasis on the casual market (Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Wii Play etc), it's easy to assume Nintendo's slowly leaving the hardcore gamer behind. Half of 2007 is over and the only true gamer's game we've seen from the company is Super Paper Mario - an RPG that either pushes your buttons or falls flat. Now, finally, there's a built-for-Wii title that embraces serious players and rewards them with intense shooting action, brain-sizzling puzzles and the smoothest graphics and ...

Current US Best Sellers: BioShock, Halo 3 & Metroid Prime 3 Rule the Charts (News)

Aug 28, 2007

2K Games' BioShock rules over the charts again this week while there are new best sellers on PS3, PS2 and Nintendo Wii.

1. BioShock-2K Games (Xbox 360)
2. Halo 3*-Microsoft (Xbox 360)
3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption-Nintendo (Wii)
4. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day-Nintendo (DS)
5. Nintendo DS Lite w/ Brain Age 2-Nintendo (DS)
6. Wii Play w/ Remote-Nintendo (Wii)
7. Halo 3 Ltd. Edition*-Microsoft (Xbox 360)
8. BioShock-2K Games (PC)
9. Madden NFL 08-EA (Xbox 360)
10. Brain Age-Nintendo (DS)

New Releases for week ending August 31 (US and Europe) (News)

Aug 27, 2007

The arrival of a certain underwater adventure from 2K Games seems to have finally provided the jump start 2007 needed in terms of banishing the woeful summer months and delivering a decent range of retail choice for the (incredibly patient and) discerning gamer.

The cream of this week's crop arrives in the form of a certain armour-clad heroine courtesy of Nintendo. Yep, sweet Samus makes her first appearance on the Nintendo Wii for the final game in the long-running Metroid series.

Visit the source for the full listings...

New Releases for the Week of August 27, 2007 (News)

Aug 25, 2007

Your wallet is now officially being assaulted by an avalanche of releases this week!

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of August 27, 2007 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!

Nintendo Europe unveils official release list for 2007 (News)

Aug 24, 2007

Nintendo Europe have officially confirmed the release dates of several big titles in Europe, and confirmed that some won't quite make their way onto the shelves in 2007 as well.

Metroid Prime 3 and BioShock fight for title ' best game ' ever? (News)

Aug 19, 2007

Dutch gaming-website InsideGamer.nl reports, that with a perfect review for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and eight nearly perfect scores for BioShock, both titles will most likely duke it out for the title 'best game' ever. Read more below.

Directly translated from source:

''Two games of the same genre, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii and BioShock for the Xbox 360 and PC, could both try to end up in the list of the top 10 best videogames of all time. Both first-person adventures, and both pioniers according to critici, are getting nearly perfect scores.

BioShock has gained eight reviews, and the average is about 9,9 out of 10. According to GameRankings, BioShock needs only two reviews with a rate of 9,7 or higher to conquer the title 'best videogame to date'. BioShock would even beat The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - which has been on top of the list for years.

Metroid Prime's first review came from the North-American magazine Nintendo Power, which gives it a perfect score of 10 out of 10. Nintendo Power didn't even gave The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, nor The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, this rating.''

Gamesradar In Deep Sh*t.. For Prime Leak? (News)

Aug 19, 2007

Hey gang. In an interesting turn of events. Gamesradar has totally deleted any signs of their Metroid Prime 3 footage off their site. Wii.tv found it kinda odd that they'd screw up the "Nintendo Embargo" and put the footage out there weeks before launch. In another screw up, their *.FLV [aka Flash Embed Videos] files which would've seen the light of the day once they were ready to reveal the later parts of their 1 hour session have now been leaked all over Youtube.

Metroid Prime 3 : Corruption - Perfect Scores (10/10) (News)

Aug 18, 2007

According the latest word on the net, the first official review of the upcoming Wii exclusive game, Metroid Prime 3 : Corruption, is in from Nintendo Power. They give the game a perfect score of 10/10.

Reasons :
- First Wii game that you couldn't confuse graphically with last-gen
- Great artwork
- Incredible feeling of immersion
- Flawless level design; tons of freedom to explore but you always have the feeling that you're at the right place at the right time. Sounds like the game does a remarkable job of nudging you as to what to do without giving it away.
- Best platforming design in a first person shooter
- Gestures for pulling levers, etc markedly improved from earlier demos

Super Metroid to blast Wii next week (News)

Aug 15, 2007

Nintendo Co. on Wed. announced that it will release the classic title Super Metroid to the Wii Virtual Console next week.

The Super NES title will be available on Aug. 20.

Right on Target: Halo 3, Metroid Prime 3 for US$ 30 each (if you're lucky) (News)

Aug 13, 2007

A simple graphical error on a banner ad in Target just might get you the deal of the century. An online forum thread pointed us to the said Target ad, and Qj checked it out. True enough, they're offering Halo 3 and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for US$ 30 each...

Metroid Prime 3 video appears on WiiWare (News)

Aug 10, 2007

Nintendo looks to have finally gotten into gear with WiiWare and more specifically trailers for its upcoming titles.

A video demonstration of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has appeared on download on the service as a little treat for Wii owners.

Retrobot presents: Hardcore games (Feature)

Aug 7, 2007

This is hardcore. Or so everyone says. But what is "hardcore?" To us gamers, it means the kind of game that serious gamers devote their time to. You know, hundreds of hours of time. The kind of game that kept Granny away from gaming until Wii came along. It's about depth - of learning and understanding a game before truly mastering it. Hardcore games present the greatest (and often longest) challenges, yet also the biggest payoffs, assuming you understand how they work. Of course, ...

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Screenshots)

Jul 27, 2007

Assassin's Creed Most Popular IGN E3 Title (News)

Jul 19, 2007

During E3 last week, Assassin's Creed was the most popular game of the show among the readers of IGN. Ubisoft's upcoming stealth/action game beat out the mighty Halo 3 (second place) and Activision's impressive Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (third) in reader popularity. Of the three platforms Assassin's will call home, the Xbox 360 version is by far the most popular, followed by the PlayStation 3 and PC iterations, respectively.

It should be noted that Assassin's Creed was the most popular cross-platform title, while Halo 3 was the most popular exclusive.

E3 07: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Preview)

Jul 13, 2007

Nintendo's press conference may not have held great interest for the hardcore gamer, but behind closed doors it was allowing select individuals an hour-long session of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Fans will know that's still not enough time to truly get a feel for such an enormous game, but our 60 minutes of Samus definitely left us with some mixed impressions. The first 20 minutes or so take place on a space station. There are workers milling around, space marines barking orders and rival ...

E3: Zelda DS, Metroid Prime 3 dated for UK (News)

Jul 12, 2007

CVG got the latest Nintendo release schedule that reveals the much anticipated European release dates for two of its biggest upcoming games.

Samus' massive Wii debut isn't far off because Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is hitting stores on October 26. YES!

And Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (aka The Best Game on DS) is sailing it's way to our little island a week before that: October 19.

E3 2007: Metroid Prime 3 Details (News)

Jul 11, 2007

Nintendo showed off Metroid Prime 3: Corruption at its E3 2007 briefing. The game looked to be a true killer app for Wii, with beautiful graphics and very simple gameplay.

E3 07: Nintendo press conference (News)

Jul 11, 2007

Hardcore Nintendo fans certainly weren't the focus of this year's press conference. True, we saw the Wii Zapper revealed and finally got confirmation on Mario Kart Wii (due Q1 next year) and Super Mario Galaxy's release date (November 12), but the real focus was the company's continued audience expansion. In addition to showing Brain Age 2 and a new visual acuity game called Flash Focus, Nintendo unveiled its secret weapon for its next casual carpet bomb - Wii Fit, an exercise program that uses ...

Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption no more? (News)

Jul 8, 2007

Seems like Nintendo may have some big announcements in store for Super Mario Galaxy, like the fact that it no longer goes by that name.

David Rodriguez discovered today that Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has mysteriously vanished from Nintendo's master list of games on their company website.

This is suspicious news in and of itself, but considering that video game mega-con E3 is just around the corner, SWL are willing to bet they're planning to drop the bomb and a new name.

Samus looking smoking hot (News)

Jul 3, 2007

New screens and art of pedigree Wii shooter Metroid Prime 3: Corruption have emerged today - and the game's looking very pretty indeed. Check out the new screens by hitting the Images tab above. The delayed game is being tweaked and honed to within an inch of its life, but until we hear it's slipped again, August 27 is the day to mark in your diary. Be sure that we'll bring you more as soon as we get our hands on the ...

Metroid Prime 3 Delayed for Nintendo Wii (News)

Jul 2, 2007

Though this little tidbit was technically included in our last story, regarding The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass' release date, it was only a mere footnote, and certainly deserves an entry all its own. Tucked away within that press release, Nintendo of America sneakily revealed that Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Nintendo Wii has been delayed.

Back in May, Nintendo sent out a schedule of their upcoming Nintendo Wii and DS release dates, and one of the big headlines of that story was Corruption being dated for August 20th, 2007. However, in its latest press release, the date has been pushed back to August 27th. It isn't a major delay, to be sure, but for those of you planning your entire summers around this first-party first-person shooter, it is certainly need-to-know information.

Huge Metroid Prime 3 spoilers leaked (News)

Jun 25, 2007

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, heading for Wii later this year, could be one of the best FPS games ever made according to early impressions from Play magazine, who also revealed some juicy new details. MP3 is very much aimed at the hardcore gamer, says the preview (via GoNintendo). The controls, which use the Wii Remote like a gun while you move with the Nunchuk (ala Red Steel) have been greatly refined according to the magazine, which goes so far as to say that it betters dual-analog ...

New Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Details (News)

Jun 24, 2007

New details have been acquired from play regarding Metroid Prime : Corruption for the Wii.The war initiated by Dark Samus and the Space Pirates rages across many planets as they attempt to corrupt each with Phazon seeds.

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Preview)

Jun 20, 2007

The on-off-on-off saga of Metroid Prime 3 is most definitely back on track now, with a release date set for August 20 and the game is fixing up to be something quite special - the lucky people who have been testing the game at Nintendo's localization department have given a big thumbs up to the all-important control system, which they claim will set a new standard for first-person games on Wii. So what's the big deal regarding the control system? We've played an earlier version, from before ...

Reggie Confirms Big 3 For 2007 (News)

May 23, 2007

Nintendo bossman Reggie Fils-Aime kicked off the company's media summit yesterday with a staggering list of impressive sales figures and feats, illustrating the total domination of the Nintendo DS, Wii, and the company's first-party software.

New Metroid Prime 3 details and screenshots (News)

May 22, 2007

Some new details and screenshots of Metroid Prime 3, the upcoming Nintendo Wii shooter, have been released by Nintendo today.

Nintendo reveals Summer Line-Up for America including Metroid (News)

May 21, 2007

Nintendo of America has just released a Press Release, announcing all of their release dates for Summer in the US. The Biggest title is of course, Metroid Prime 3, which will come out on August 20. Other titles in August are Madden 2008, Tiger Woods 2008 and Space Station Tycoon. September will see Battalion Wars 2, Brain Age 2, and Chibi Robo amongst others.

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption officially up for reserve today (News)

May 11, 2007

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption officially up for reserve today at gamestop, bestbuy, and circuit city.

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Incoming games for your Wii and DS (Feature)

May 2, 2007

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption It's back into the deepest pits of development for Metroid Prime 3. With the release date postponed indefinitely, Retro Studios have time on their side in the quest to perfect the first-person Metroid experience on Wii. The last time we remember this happening was when the original Metroid Prime was met with disapproval from Nintendo's Japanese overlords. The result was a long delay, plenty of reworking and, ultimately, a game that many rate as the best thing on ...