Author Topic: Metroid Prime 3 Revolutionized (Read 396206 times)

anubis6789 · « **Reply #900 on:** August 17, 2007, 02:33:12 PM »

Didn't Phazon also cause the dimensional split on Aether as well?

Smoke39 · « **Reply #901 on:** August 17, 2007, 02:41:05 PM »

Yes.

MLS_man_64 · « **Reply #902 on:** August 17, 2007, 04:36:45 PM »

From my understanding, Metroid Prime produces/produced the Phazon in the asteroid, and was stored/captured/piloting from the inside when it collided with Tallon IV.

Then Metroid Prime/ Dark Samus created and piloted another Phazon asteroid into Ather?

Shecky · « **Reply #903 on:** August 17, 2007, 04:55:11 PM »

IGN claims to have their pre-release copy of the game, I wonder if NWR has theirs....

Caliban · « **Reply #904 on:** August 17, 2007, 06:35:39 PM »

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According to what I just read on Matt Cassamassasassinassass blog, tomorrow (Wednesday) and beyond he will be playing the final build of MP3...I wonder if anyone of the NWR staff will also be getting a copy...perhaps they too need to whine about the lack of advertising for MP3.

Shecky should occasionally read my posts.

Annnnd, apparently there is this Gamestop/EB in the USA that has a playable MP3 kiosk, supposedly it is not a demo but the full game.

anubis6789 · « **Reply #905 on:** August 17, 2007, 06:47:38 PM »

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From my understanding, Metroid Prime produces/produced the Phazon in the asteroid, and was stored/captured/piloting from the inside when it collided with Tallon IV.

I am pretty sure that that Metroid Prime was a Tallon Metoid with prolonged exposer to Phazon and the Phazon meteor crash happened long ago, perhaps even hundreds of years.

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Then Metroid Prime/ Dark Samus created and piloted another Phazon asteroid into Ather?

The dimensional split on Aether had been around for quite a while before the game began, as seemingly is the case with the meteor impact on Tallon IV. I think that the game itself said it happened a couple generations prior, and that the Luminoth live much longer than humans.

I have not played the games in a while though, but this is what I remember.

Kairon · « **Reply #906 on:** August 18, 2007, 02:06:27 AM »

BEWARE!!!

Videos of the beginning of the game, and impressions of the game, are out on the internets, complete with spoilers!!!

Terranigma Freak · « **Reply #907 on:** August 18, 2007, 04:15:40 AM »

Here's one of the videos Kairon mentioned. Again, WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

http://www.gamesradar.com/us/wii/game/features/article.jsp?releaseId=200605092056126030&articleId=2007081714272738007§ionId=1003&pageId=20070817143551548048

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #908 on:** August 18, 2007, 05:10:00 AM »

80% of the videos is material we've already seen in prior demos, though... =3

Shecky · « **Reply #909 on:** August 18, 2007, 05:48:10 AM »

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Originally posted by: Caliban
According to what I just read on Matt Cassamassasassinassass blog, tomorrow (Wednesday) and beyond he will be playing the final build of MP3...I wonder if anyone of the NWR staff will also be getting a copy...perhaps they too need to whine about the lack of advertising for MP3.

Shecky should occasionally read my posts.

Annnnd, apparently there is this Gamestop/EB in the USA that has a playable MP3 kiosk, supposedly it is not a demo but the full game.

Bah, I'm desensitized to people who misread or don't read a post. (Points to title)

And I bet that Gamestop/EB has access to a review copy... I don't think the stores have the game yet.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #910 on:** August 18, 2007, 06:23:48 AM »

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I am pretty sure that that Metroid Prime was a Tallon Metoid with prolonged exposer to Phazon and the Phazon meteor crash happened long ago, perhaps even hundreds of years.

I forget the distinction between normal Metroids and Tallon Metroids (did they even appear until Echoes?), I think Tallon Metroids are slightly more powerful due to mild phazon implimentation. What happened on Tallon was that the space pirates discovered this substance, phazon, and began experimenting with it. They brought Metroids that they had in captivity and tried to fuse them with the phazon. One, for inexplicable reasons, became a huge success: Metroid Prime. Maybe too huge a success. It became so unexpectedly powerful that it overwhelmed them and escaped, so they did what they could to seal it off. They tried to imitate that success again, with more control, but it never happened. Metroids were not native to Tallon, they were brought in by the space pirates and used for experiments. Metroid Prime is more a fluke than anything else.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #911 on:** August 18, 2007, 11:39:58 AM »

Nintendo Power: 10/10

First 10 from NP since RE4...

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #912 on:** August 18, 2007, 12:13:48 PM »

RE4 was the only other game to date to get a 10, there have been quite a few 9.5s, many of which I expected to get 10s, but this is only the second 10 since they switched to the 10 point scale.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #913 on:** August 18, 2007, 02:52:30 PM »

Oh yes, there also appear to be achievements of sorts in the game that pop up whenever you accomplish them...

"Berserker Lord Defeated" and "100 Kills," etc...Interesting addition...

ShyGuy · « **Reply #914 on:** August 18, 2007, 07:22:45 PM »

But a 10/10 from Nintendo Power is automatically dismissed by the internet hardcore gamerz!

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #915 on:** August 18, 2007, 07:56:39 PM »

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But a 10/10 from Nintendo Power is automatically dismissed by the internet hardcore gamerz!

Actually I think anyone would take Nintendo Powers reviews with a grain of salt, they are terrible when it comes to accurately rating games.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #916 on:** August 18, 2007, 08:51:33 PM »

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But a 10/10 from Nintendo Power is automatically dismissed by the internet hardcore gamerz!

Actually I think anyone would take Nintendo Powers reviews with a grain of salt, they are terrible when it comes to accurately rating games.

SEE?!?

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #917 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:00:25 PM »

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But a 10/10 from Nintendo Power is automatically dismissed by the internet hardcore gamerz!

Actually I think anyone would take Nintendo Powers reviews with a grain of salt, they are terrible when it comes to accurately rating games.

SEE?!?

Must be why I subscribe to it right? BUt seriously their reviews are terrible, even the worse of games they give like 7/10.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #918 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:03:33 PM »

You get it for the posters, that's all. Otherwise it's just an ineffective marketing tool.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #919 on:** August 19, 2007, 02:14:37 AM »

I trust NP reviews over EGM's, Game Informer's, and 1up's, and that's all that really matters...

Edit: From the NP review:

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"Corruption is the first [game] that doesn't leave any room for you to consider whether it would be better with traditional controller. From shooting enemies to targeting grapple points to scanning artifacts into your logbook, the system works impeccably."

"Corruption exemplifies the Metroid experience better than any game before it. Deeply enjoyable and satisfying, this is the title that the gamers have been waiting for."

Super Metroid fanboys will get angry I'm sure, but who cares?

Mashiro · « **Reply #920 on:** August 19, 2007, 07:52:00 AM »

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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
I trust NP reviews over EGM's, Game Informer's, and 1up's, and that's all that really matters...

Edit: From the NP review:
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"Corruption is the first [game] that doesn't leave any room for you to consider whether it would be better with traditional controller. From shooting enemies to targeting grapple points to scanning artifacts into your logbook, the system works impeccably."

"Corruption exemplifies the Metroid experience better than any game before it. Deeply enjoyable and satisfying, this is the title that the gamers have been waiting for."

Super Metroid fanboys will get angry I'm sure, but who cares?

I'm a Super Metroid fanboy I guess lol but man I'm not angry about that.

If that's true than awesome, I can't wait to try the game and find out for myself.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #921 on:** August 19, 2007, 08:13:25 AM »

1up is a Wii hater, Game Informer has admittedly insincere reviews, and EGM will soon be canceled when ZiffDavis goes bankrupt.

Maverick · « **Reply #922 on:** August 19, 2007, 10:56:07 AM »

NOOOOOOOO, I JUST subscribed to EGM! (Well, actually, I subscribed like a month ago, I just still haven't gotten my first issue) Double sad face.

31 Flavas · « **Reply #923 on:** August 19, 2007, 11:54:18 AM »

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Must be why I subscribe to it right? BUt seriously their reviews are terrible, even the worse of games they give like 7/10.

If you subscribe, you must never even look at the reviews. Crap still gets crap rating. Far Cry Wii got a 4.0, Pirates of the Caribbean, Happy Feet 4.5, Tomagotchi Wii 2.5.

Maybe you think Wii Sports deserves a 0.0 score, but most of the reviews on Game Rankings say its either a 7.0 or an 8.0 game. Nintendo Power, for that matter, says it is an 8.0.

Sure, it is Nintendo rating its own games. But their reviews are not as significantly divergent as you suggest.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #924 on:** August 19, 2007, 12:04:41 PM »

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Must be why I subscribe to it right? BUt seriously their reviews are terrible, even the worse of games they give like 7/10.
If you subscribe, you must never even look at the reviews. Crap still gets crap rating. Far Cry Wii got a 4.0, Pirates of the Caribbean, Happy Feet 4.5, Tomagotchi Wii 2.5.

Maybe you think Wii Sports deserves a 0.0 score, but most of the reviews on Game Rankings say its either a 7.0 or an 8.0 game. Nintendo Power, for that matter, says it is an 8.0.

Sure, it is Nintendo rating its own games. But their reviews are not as significantly divergent as you suggest.

Guess I better dig up my NP issues so I give some other single review scores to prove my point like you have. They are also heavily biased with Nintendo games, just like any official magazine is for a particular console. One thing I will admit is they have gotten better lately, but still anytime when you are dealing with an official Nintendo/MS/Sony magazine reviews should be taken with a grain of salt, especially for 1st party games.

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