Topic: Metroid Prime 3 Revolutionized

[Adrock]

Gamestop sucks. I remember asking about the free art book offer for reserving Tales of Symphonia (hey, I like Kosuke Fujishima, Belldandy for the win)

Me: I read about this offer online about getting a free art book for reserving Tales of Symphonia.
Gamestop employee: WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL ITEMS YET!
Me: I... I know. They usually come when I buy the game, but I just wanted to know if this store is doin...
Gamestop employee: WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL ITEMS YET!

I found out a couple months later from someone who used to work at a Gamestop that employees normally take the bonus swag for themselves regardless of reserving this or that. They take it for the hell of it because it's worth something. Maybe it was just that one store, but I wouldn't put it past the Gamestop corporation as a whole. I've met ONE nice Gamestop employee and I only saw him once ever. He probably quit or got eaten by the other employees for not being a total douche. It's almost like being employed at Gamestop makes you an a-hole, whether it's an immediate effect or a gradual progression.

[Kairon]

Oh dear. I was recently wondering what it would be like to work at the local within-walking-distance Gamestop and be a nice employee who at the same time had my *ahem* extensive knowledge of all games, as well as casual titles and niche titles and good titles and bad titles and titles with redeeming qualities...

[Caliban]

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Originally posted by: Professional 666
Samus eventually marries a Mother Brain.  A very inappropriate japanimation series will ensue.

Well they did say on the video that there even is a sexual distinction among the Auroras, there's a male and a female version, so I guess that idea isn't too far off.


Edit: sixthangel already made mention of what I just wrote...move along, move along.

[Caterkiller]

This video has me hyped up beyond belief! Now im going to go and research Mother Brain like crazy! I got Chills watching the new video.

[NeoThunder]

I think it's hard to say Prime 3 will be a Halo3 killer, but I think it will be a Resistance: Fall of Man killer......the number one game on PS3 at launch

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

It has to rise above Frame City Killer first.

[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.

[Mashiro]

Perrin Kaplan addresses IGN's recent editorial about the lack of Metroid Prime 3 hype.

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Matt, I only wish we could have answered this question before you posted your long commentary on marketing for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. We read it with great interest. It says to us that you care, you love the franchise and you just want more. But it was also a bit conspicuous and disappointing that while you gave great prominence to your editorial, your site then ignored the free, exclusive Metroid Prime 3 Preview videos once they appeared in the WiiWare section of the Wii Shop Channel.

[Editor's note: In our defense, we did post the Metroid VC news and the new videos from the Metroid Preview Channel along with analyses for both.]

Nevertheless, here we are and there are a few things we want readers to know. First, we obviously care greatly about Metroid Prime 3. We made a conscious decision to give people a peek inside the world of Metroid Prime 3 a bit closer to launch, instead of bombarding them for many months. It's just a different way of doing things, and surprise is the key.
We could have told you about the surprise Metroid Prime 3 Preview videos ahead of time, but then they wouldn't have been much of a surprise, would they? All that Wii owners have to do is update their Wii systems to Version 3 and voila, you find a cool treat for all Metroid Prime fans. Finding it that way, frankly, might add a bit of intrigue for those who aren't as familiar with the franchise.

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is for gamers who have enjoyed the franchise in the past, as well as those who have yet to discover the fun of the Metroid Prime universe. It's a great way to experience the Wii Remote, whether you are a novice player or whether you are male or even female. I know that after just a few minutes with it, players will never look at a first-person game quite the same way again.

To answer one of your other comments, we still have a lot of our more traditional marketing efforts planned. People will see it all shortly, from ads to many of the usual tactics we use to support our key products. Plus: a few more surprises like the Metroid Prime 3 Preview. And no, I'm still not going to spoil the fun and tell you about it ahead of time!

First off, <3 Nintendo for responding to this.

Secondly, more surprises? AWESOME!  

[Kairon]

It's just good to hear from Perrin Kaplan again. <3

[Adrock]

No, it's not.

She's probably talking about another live action commercial.

[tiamat1990]

Hey it's Perrin! I hope she stays with Nintendo. She's been with them for quite a long time already.

This whole thing didn't really bother me that much. They were going to do it eventually. No one could be that stupid...

[Ghisy]

Hmmm, isn't it Kaplan who said the Wii was gonna be region-free a year ago??

[couchmonkey]

Yeah...I didn't get IGN's complaints in the first place.  Maybe Nintendo has been a little more silent on screenshots and crap than usual, but Nintendo has never placed TV/print ads long before a game came out, and I think that makes perfect sense.  IGN should have waited until closer to launch to whinge.

[Plugabugz]

NoE only started advertising Trauma Centre: SO about 4 days before its release date, whats the big deal?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Nintendo is just being the usual 3rd-rate console company.

[Maverick]

I thought that chick quit.

[Dirk Temporo]

I need a link to an in-depth plot synopsis of MP1 and 2.

[Invincible Donkey Kong]

Samus lands on Tallon IV, kicks some ass, takes some names.

Samus lands on Aether, kicks some ass, takes some names.

[Smoke39]

Pretty much.  And phazon.  It's evil, radioactive goo that causes all the badness.

[Dirk Temporo]

I said in-depth. D=

[GoldenPhoenix]

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I said in-depth. D=

Samus finds Metroid Prime, Samus Kills Metroid Prime, Phazon from Metroid Prime temporarily attaches to her, copies her suit, creates dark samus, dark samus is "killed", but is seen floating in space

[stevey]

Boo, new videos didn't have anything we didn't already know....

[Mashiro]

Surprised no one commented on this weeks movies!

P.E.D. suit explanation was pretty cool and more foreshadowing of what sort of enemies Samus may encounter this or next game at the very end.

The air assault video was ok too. Nice combat scenes and such.

Edit: Damn stevey . . .

[Caliban]

That ship was freakingly huge. Yeah the PED explanation was interesting too.
This is really off topic, but I would really like the next game made by Retro to be based off the "War Planets: Shadow Raiders" cartoon, they would be the best team to make such a game, or they could just create their own IP, because they are absolutely awesome.

[Kairon]

I had a bunch of War Planets toys. They were AWESOME. My brother was always planet Bone and it's two requisite moons. I got Either Planet Sand or Planet Reptile and our two Ice Moons. We had little territorial squabbles between us, but then the Evil Planet Remora would come and unite us, and then we'd have a final showdown against the Beast Planet, complete with epic duels and much dramatic flying-off-of-capes between the little figurines of troops and the dark lord and etc.