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    Default Metroid Prime Trilogy - $19.99 @ Best Buy

    An unbeatable price for an awesome collection of excellent games. Even comes in a collectible tin case. There's no reason to pass this deal up. Supposedly this edition has been discontinued by Nintendo (with a regular case version coming out later on), so if you want it, better grab it now.

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Metroid+...roid&lp=1&cp=1
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    Well. Looks like I'm going to pick up my first Wii game.

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    I own Metroid Prime Trilogy now. Thanks for posting the sale.
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    awsome thanks for posting this, bought one for store pickup thatll ill grab tommorow if the snow gets wiped off the streets ;p

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    I saw this in the ad and then on here before heading out to get the last on at the store near here (out of town in Green Bay). Great deal!

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    Ordered online, picked up at the store down the street. Great price! Can't wait to play it...on Christmas day.

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    What a stroke of luck. I bought this two days ago, at Target, for my Nephews.

    Tomorrow, I'm taking it back and saving 30 bucks at Best Buy!

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    Had this one on my Christmas list... Now I think I'll pick it up for myself. Thanks for the heads up!
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    So the tin is their way of making up for pulling graphical effects out of the GC originals?

    Sheesh...I might go for it eventually anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ed Oscuro View Post
    So the tin is their way of making up for pulling graphical effects out of the GC originals?

    Sheesh...I might go for it eventually anyway.
    Meh, $20 for all three rather than having to track them down individually = win for me.

    Got it yesterday, thanks for the heads up josh!

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    What do you mean about pulling graphical effects out of the GC originals? Graphics are worse? What effects were pulled out. If it's not that noticeable then I don't care, but if it's something like Samus' suit no longer reflective, that'd suck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ed Oscuro View Post
    So the tin is their way of making up for pulling graphical effects out of the GC originals?

    Sheesh...I might go for it eventually anyway.
    You know the Wii has pretty much the same technical specs as the GameCube, right?

    Best Buy near me was already out, gonna have to order online I guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kupomogli View Post
    What do you mean about pulling graphical effects out of the GC originals? Graphics are worse? What effects were pulled out. If it's not that noticeable then I don't care, but if it's something like Samus' suit no longer reflective, that'd suck.
    just some ppl reading news sites like kotaku and never really understanding. The wii is graphically more powerful, and they weren't cut because space was too small. A small water splashing effect and a couple of the gun effects were removed from the original because of the way the game was programmed. For example when you charged up icer the gun would kinda freeze up, unfortunately the effect was placed at that specific point not on the gun.

    That didn't matter in the gamecube one though because samus' gun arm never moved from that position, but in the trilogy it was changed for the wiimote so u can wave her arm all around the screen and so if the effect was not cut or recoded you would have the wiimote and arm pointing on the left side of the screen but the icing effect would be happening on some nonexistent arm. I would have preferred if they redid it but apparently was not a simple fix/worthwhile so they cut it. It's a few tiny issues, other then that it is graphically the same (cept for the widescreen)

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    Quote Originally Posted by SplashChick View Post
    You know the Wii has pretty much the same technical specs as the GameCube, right?

    Best Buy near me was already out, gonna have to order online I guess.
    online is backordered i believe

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    Quote Originally Posted by dao2 View Post
    just some ppl reading news sites like kotaku and never really understanding. The wii is graphically more powerful, and they weren't cut because space was too small. A small water splashing effect and a couple of the gun effects were removed from the original because of the way the game was programmed. For example when you charged up icer the gun would kinda freeze up, unfortunately the effect was placed at that specific point not on the gun.

    That didn't matter in the gamecube one though because samus' gun arm never moved from that position, but in the trilogy it was changed for the wiimote so u can wave her arm all around the screen and so if the effect was not cut or recoded you would have the wiimote and arm pointing on the left side of the screen but the icing effect would be happening on some nonexistent arm. I would have preferred if they redid it but apparently was not a simple fix/worthwhile so they cut it. It's a few tiny issues, other then that it is graphically the same (cept for the widescreen)
    No, the Wii is not significantly more powerful than the GameCube. I just said that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SplashChick View Post
    No, the Wii is not significantly more powerful than the GameCube. I just said that.
    Yes it is. And no you didn't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SplashChick View Post
    No, the Wii is not significantly more powerful than the GameCube. I just said that.
    The hardware numbers say otherwise, unless you don't count 1.5X the power of the cube to be "significant."

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaedesdisciple View Post
    The hardware numbers say otherwise, unless you don't count 1.5X the power of the cube to be "significant."
    when I say "significantly" I do it as more as an emphasis to say it is NOT just a gamecube, it is a fair bit more powerful, sure its no 360/PS3 but it's a measured improvement.

    edit: wait I didn't say significantly at all :P but I stand by what I said ^^

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaedesdisciple View Post
    The hardware numbers say otherwise, unless you don't count 1.5X the power of the cube to be "significant."
    Source?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SplashChick View Post
    Source? And it really isn't.
    Is this deal thread really going to turn into a GC vs Wii thread? Just check the tech specs of each console(even wikipedia has that). The Wii is around 1.5-2 times greater on almost everything when compared to the Gamecube. Sure, it's less that every other current system out there but that was never really the point of the Wii anyways. Besides, it's got these really cool Metroid games you can buy at Best Buy for the steal of $19.99
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