Topic: "Official" Metroid Prime Trilogy discussion thread ;)

[broodwars]

That's a good idea, it might save him the trouble of running into the Pirate Homeworld elevator glitch that ruins some save files for players.

Very painful thing, when the game came out.

Huh?  I beat that game years ago, and I never ran into such a glitch or heard about one.  What, does the game randomly crash during one of the loading sequences on the Pirate Homeworld and corrupt the save file?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Close.

I ran into it once the very first time.  What happens is the cutscene would trigger and the elevator was supposed to DROP down.  Instead, it never moved, and the cutscene finished by itself after its preset duration was up.  So you walk around wonder where the hell to go next.  THE FATAL ERROR some people ran into was SAVING THE GAME after that point -- it saved the elevator in the "stuck" position as well, and you're fukt.

I only had the suspicion that something was wrong, and reloaded my file.  No problems afterward.

One new poster chimed in looking for a solution when the game was still fresh, and I talked it over with him and backtracked his actions trying to figure anything out.  Everytime he reloaded, the elevator was just useless; the Morph Ball triggers and magnetic rails were inactive, as if the puzzle had been completed.  We concluded only tragedy.

[EasyCure]

Not enough.

Nintendo is figuring out a way to re-release the game to coincide with a new plastic accessory.

It'll be a plastic shell for the Wiimote shaped like a boot, intended to release with a version of the game where you just jerk the remote upward to jump.  Just calling it here.

Seriously, I'm actually kind of shocked that Nintendo's managed to restrain itself from doing such a version of the game.

No no no, they'll just release a controller-shell for the wiimote that looks like the NES controllers, so you can play certain games "NES Style" and make it even MORE uncomfortable to hold for long periods of time.

Look out for the Classic-Classic controller out this Xmas kids.

[Plugabugz]

Nintend of of Europe are actually being GOOD!

Because i registered Primes 1-3 before, if i'm one of the first 5000 people to register the Trilogy i will get NES Metroid for free.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

and you guys got Tingle

D=

[UncleBob]

Question - Why does Club Nintendo list the Metroid Prime Trilogy under the "Intend to Buy" with "No. of Players: To be Determined"

How would they not know that by now?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Cuz they're Nintendo.

[EasyCure]

they might be planning to axe MP2's multiplayer and make it a TRUE metroid title; ie single player only.

[Dirk Temporo]

they might be planning to axe MP2's multiplayer and make it a TRUE metroid title; ie single player only.

The implication that the addition of a multiplayer component completely unrelated to the single-player game somehow makes it less of a "true" Metroid game is asinine and ignorant .

[Stratos]

They'd better not axe the multi. I'm hopping this will cover for Conduit's lack of local and since RS2 won't have it I don't see a quality local MP title on the horizon on Wii anytime soon.

Unless CoD4 comes out of nowhere and rocks along with having a quality local MP experience.

[EasyCure]

they might be planning to axe MP2's multiplayer and make it a TRUE metroid title; ie single player only.

The implication that the addition of a multiplayer component completely unrelated to the single-player game somehow makes it less of a "true" Metroid game is asinine and ignorant .

Save that to the hardcore elitist, I was just being sarcastic. I should've added a "in before the purist" like you see at Gonintendo.

[BeautifulShy]

There is a developers voice video on the Nintendo Channel. Gonna watch it right now.

[Snipper64]

I played metroid 1-2, but didn't get three, I don't own any of them, so I got this package. can't wait for it. You probaly said this all ready, but is game stop throwinging a free t-shirt for preorderers?

[Stratos]

Good choice for game to base your new avatar on, Snipper. One of the best games ever.

Is it only GameStop that is giving away the shirts or can you get them at other places as well?

[Nick DiMola]

Sorry to spam this everywhere, but please tune-in to our MP: Trilogy Live Broadcast Marathon this weekend. We're starting at 6 PM EST/3PM PST this Friday (8/21). We are going to take live calls via Skype and hopefully go for 48 hours straight. We'll also be giving some random **** away and we'll be gifting a copy of Super Metroid to close out the weekend.

[Flames_of_chaos]

Good choice for game to base your new avatar on, Snipper. One of the best games ever.

Is it only GameStop that is giving away the shirts or can you get them at other places as well?

Yes, GameStop is giving a shirt and poster. Amazon is giving only the poster.

[BwrJim!]

Today has officially spiked my enthusiasm for this game.   before it was just neat, its back.. now its.  NEAT ITS BACK>>  RAH RAHRHARHARHHAR << 

Is it a Sunday or Tuesday release..

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

“Just a tremendous upgrade as far as the fluidity of the controls, the HUD’s a little bit different,
the reticule is different as it relates to how you target your enemies now, lock-on’s a little bit different.” – Michael Kelbaugh, Executive Producer/President & CEO

“The biggest impact is that player’s see more of the art and intricate design that we put into the levels.” – Mike Wikan, Senior Designer

“We’ve gone in and surgically repaired textures with higher resolution versions.” – Mike Wikan, Senior Designer

“There were some parts where it was a bit slow…” – Risa Tabata, Assistant Producer

“…And where before you would have to wait for doors to open, the wait time is a lot shorter.” – Kensuke Tanabe, Producer

“We looked at a few of the bosses and made small refinements to those encounters.” – Mike Wikan, Senior Designer


Trilogy is officially the remastered Indiana Star Jones War Special Edition DVD Box Set.

[EasyCure]

“We looked at a few of the bosses and made small refinements to those encounters.” – Mike Wikan, Senior Designer

Thats the only one that scares me... especially for Echoes 

Hearing they fixed the doors is nice though. Too many of those needed some oil.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Does the door tweak apply to MP3 or just the first two?  That isn't clear.  But the worst doors of the first two were nowhere as bad as the worst doors of MP3.  It's that freaking 3rd game rush job that needs the door fixin'.  Send a work order to facilities maintenance.

[Halbred]

I hope the boss tweaks FIX the Boost Guardian.

I'm excited to see the other changes they made, specifically to the HUD.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

There's a solution for the Boost Guardian.  Most people don't see it cuz the dark atmosphere causes panic and tunnel vision.

[stevey]

I hope the boss tweaks FIX the Boost Guardian.

Boost Guardian was never broken, I beat him with less than four attempts. A boss is broken when you can beat it on the first encounter.

It's whining like that that caused Retro to ruin MP3 and now ruining the trilogy (assuming that they are making them easier instead of harder) .....

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

I hope the boss tweaks FIX the Boost Guardian.

Boost Guardian was never broken, I beat him with less than four attempts. A boss is broken when you can beat it on the first encounter.

It's whining like that that caused Retro to ruin MP3 and now ruining the trilogy (assuming that they are making them easier instead of harder) .....

I hope the boss tweaks FIX the Boost Guardian.

Boost Guardian was never broken, I beat him with less than four attempts. A boss is broken when you can beat it on the first encounter.

It's whining like that that caused Retro to ruin MP3 and now ruining the trilogy (assuming that they are making them easier instead of harder) .....

I hope the boss tweaks FIX the Boost Guardian.

Boost Guardian was never broken, I beat him with less than four attempts. A boss is broken when you can beat it on the first encounter.

It's whining like that that caused Retro to ruin MP3 and now ruining the trilogy (assuming that they are making them easier instead of harder) .....

[broodwars]

Does the door tweak apply to MP3 or just the first two?  That isn't clear.  But the worst doors of the first two were nowhere as bad as the worst doors of MP3.  It's that freaking 3rd game rush job that needs the door fixin'.  Send a work order to facilities maintenance.

You know what I wish the Trilogy supported: Wii Motion +.  "But it's an FPS," you say.  "What could you possibly need Wii Motion + for!"  To fix the ****ing door handles and pumps in Metroid Prime 3 so they actually work like they're supposed to.  I can't be the only one who had a little trouble getting the game to properly recognize the Wiimote action whenever it involved moving it along the Z-axis (like the "pumping" motion for the pump minigame).