Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii)

[poloplayr]

Will definitely pick this up. Still haven't played any of them - despite having the first one for GC.

[Draven]

Fuck Nintendo. This always happens!!! I just bought Prime 3 last week!!! I've never played part 1 or 2, either. Sucks to be me right now.

[NayusDante]

I just picked mine up today, darn shirt is an XL and I wear an L.

I never got into Prime. I loved the fact that it was a creative shooter, but it wasn't Metroid for me. It also doesn't help that I hate console shooters with a passion, so I didn't even bother with MP2. This release gets it right, as much as a console shooter can. I would still rather play it with mouse and keyboard like a proper shooter, but Wii control makes it immersive enough to look beyond that.

I almost didn't bother. A few weeks ago I tried MP1 again and remembered how much I disliked the controls. I'm glad I went for it, though, because this is how it should have been all along.

I wasn't concerned about rebuying, since I only had my original copy of MP1. I can understand the concern though, and I don't think there's much of anything in terms of new content aside from the controls.

Anybody else picked it up yet?

[Ponyone]

Probably a dumb question, but can you use your MP3 saves? Never finished it.

[c0ldb33r]

I just picked mine up today, darn shirt is an XL and I wear an L.

Shirt? it comes with a shirt? I didn't know that. Is that a pre-order only item?

I didn't realize that this was available already. I'll have to get it

Can this be registered in Club Nintendo if you've already registered MP3?

[NayusDante]

I haven't messed with any Club Nintendo stuff yet (haven't been buying much Ninty stuff as of late), so I can't say, but I would think that it counts as its own item.

The shirt is a GameStop-only pre-order item. Both GameStop and Amazon offered posters as well, so GameStop pre-orders got both. They might give you one if you ask nicely, but you have to have a really nice GameStop or something for that to happen. It shipped yesterday, and arrived today.

[joshnickerson]

It comes with it's own Club Nintendo code, so there should be any problem for Corruption owners. However, you cannot use your saved data from Corruption, so you'll have to start anew (and the internet begins bitching in three, two, one...)

I'm used to using the Cube controls, so it's taking me a while to get used to this new control scheme... I actually got lost in the first level because I kept getting turned around! Doesn't help when you've got a countdown going too...

But you gotta give kudos to Nintendo to even making the effort in giving us a package like this... especially to an American audience... They could have easily just given us the ports for thirty bux apiece...

[NayusDante]

Well, I've made it up to getting the Wave Beam in MP1, and I'm absolutely sold on the controls. The GCN controls always worked well enough, but they really prevented me from getting immersed. I felt like I was playing Goldeneye.

I set my sensitivity up, and it controls great. I really dislike the loose movement on Wii, and the game has a button to freeze the camera anyway, so the tighter the aim is, the better. Given the more exploration-based focus of the games, I can accept the lack of mouse-perfect aim, it's close enough.

The only thing that disappoints me is the fact that we're just now getting it. I know Corruption isn't one of the latest releases, but it wasn't the first year of the Wii's life. It really makes me wish that the system had shipped with something like this, rather than Red Steel. The Wii might be in a very different situation if it had.

[c0ldb33r]

I wonder why you can't re-use your MP3 save files? I actually had some stuff on that version that I'd like to use in this version, I had bumper stickers on my ship and everything!

I know, I can just use my original MP3 disc, but it seems that they missed the boat a little with this aspect of the game.

Actually, it would have been neat if they made it so you could scan a GC memory card and use those save files too

[rbudrick]

Loved MP1, own MP2, but never played it. MP3, neither. Is there *anything* better about this trilogy disc like bonus items, better graphics, other enhancements? Or are you just playing GC games on the Wii?

-Rob

[Dastardly Dylan]

I am most likely going to pick this up tomorrow.

I was looking around NAVA to see if anyone had it, or even the Digital Press store, but I could not find it. It would also be good for me to pick it up because I never finished 1, I never finished 2, and 3 I just got and then about a month later I find out all 3 games will be packaged together. Fuck. I tried selling it at NAVA as well, but no buyers.

Can't wait to play it, man. Hopefully I'll beat all three this time.

[swlovinist]

I just found out that a good friend of mine picked it up for me. Holy cow, I am very excited to check it out.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Gamecrazy pre-order bonus was a Metroid Prime Trilogy baseball cap.


Awesome.

[c0ldb33r]

Is there *anything* better about this trilogy disc like bonus items, better graphics, other enhancements? Or are you just playing GC games on the Wii?

I've read that the graphics are improved *slightly*. I read that they added bloom lighting to MP1, although I can't verify this because I don't know what bloom lighting is. To me, the graphics look the same as the original. That's fine with me though because I always thought MP3 looked the same as MP1 anyway (this isn't a knock on the game, they look great).

Apparently they've also modified some of the boss battles to make them more fair and balanced.

They also added achievements to MP1 and 2. I don't know what you can do with them, but when you beat a boss, the Samus "S" pops on the screen and it says "You have defeated <name of boss>".

Plus, the box is badass.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Apparently they've also modified some of the boss battles to make them more fair and balanced.

Ah crap, wrong thread... That does sound interesting. I'm going to have to find out if the changes are worth it, considering I own the games in their original form already.

[alxbly]

Proper widescreen on MP1&2 is the selling point for me. It's not out in the UK until next week, though.

[c0ldb33r]

Proper widescreen on MP1&2 is the selling point for me. It's not out in the UK until next week, though.

Enjoy your free Metroid VC game!

[rbudrick]

Ok, real widescreen, hugely awesome.

Slightly improved graphics with whatchawhoosit lighting...hmmm, I have no clue on that either. Gurus?

Achievements? Win.

Anything else?

-Rob

[Icarus Moonsight]

You don't need to lean on the guru's knowledge so much if you can google.
Bloom lighting effect wiki entry