Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is a 3-D first-person adventure. Utilizing the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, the player can point the arm cannon with the Wii Remote pointer and use the grappling beam by moving the Nunchuk. Players can choose whether to use the A button or B trigger for firing. The remaining button is used to jump.
In contrast to the interchangeable beams used in prior games in the series, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption will have a stackable beam system. The player will progressively get concurrent upgrades for beams, missiles, and grapples in a system similar to that of Super Metroid. The game will also feature various visors, including the new Command Visor, which remotely controls Samus's gunship to clear obstacles or assist in combat. The X-Ray Visor from Metroid Prime makes a reappearance and can be used in conjunction with a new beam with the ability to fire through walls; the Scan Visor is also reintroduced. Visors can be switched easily by holding the minus button and flicking in a direction with the Wii Remote. The Metroid Prime 2: Echoes variation of the Screw Attack will also return. There have also been screenshots of Samus with a new suit style which is from a new upgrade named the PED (Phazon Enhancement Device) which allows Samus to control and use the Phazon corruption. A new feature that makes use of Wii Remote functionality is nicknamed "free-lock". It is a new system that allows the player to lock on and strafe around an enemy while simultaneously firing anywhere on screen. But, this is changable in the options so players can have the old method of locking on targets or the new one.
This game's focus is to maintain non-linearity and the other aspects of the Metroid series. According to the game's developers, the more intuitive control will cause Corruption to be less difficult and faster-paced than Metroid Prime 2: Echoes; scanning will also become easier to perform. Nintendo has announced that there will be no online play in Corruption.
Plot synopsis
After the events of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, the Galactic Federation contacts Samus Aran to investigate a malfunctioning network computer, known as the Aurora Unit. The Federation believes the Zebesian Space Pirates, their long-time enemies, have infected the Aurora Unit with a virus. Subsequently, the Space Pirates attack one of the Federation's bases, and begin to overrun the Federation's defenses. Samus, along with other bounty hunters, must work together to fend off the siege, repair the Aurora Unit, and also defeat enemies from the past game.
The game?s director, Mark Pacini, has stated that Phazon, a fictional mutagenic element will also play an important part in the game?s plot. Pacini elaborated that, "Samus herself gets corrupted by Phazon and actually begins to develop abilities based on that Phazon. So that's kind of why the game is titled "Corruption". You yourself are becoming corrupted". Also, Dark Samus, a sinister doppelg?nger, will return as one of Samus' antagonists. The game will also feature several new and returning bounty hunters.
METROID PRIME 3 gets 10/10 From Nintendo Power
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