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Metroid Prime Trilogy Being Updated For the Wii, Due In August

Posted by Soulskill on from the three-for-one dept.

On Friday, Nintendo revealed that the three Metroid Prime games will be re-released on a single disc this August for the Wii. The first two, originally developed for the Gamecube, will be updated so players can "use their Wii Remote to aim with precision." 1Up had this to say of their hands-on preview: "... The heads-up display and on-screen interface elements have been completely overhauled to work more effectively with the standard Wii control setup of remote and nunchuck; swapping visors is a quick point-and-click command, and toggling weapons is similarly easy. Although the control interface isn't perfect — pressing down on the D-pad to fire missiles still grates — it makes the GameCube titles feel much faster and more fluid overall."

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  1. Nintendo has perfected the art... by dr_wheel · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... of making me buy the same shit over and over again. How do they do it? Damn you, Nintendo!

    1. Re:Nintendo has perfected the art... by EvilNTUser · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Unlike the RIAA and MPAA, they actually update the products when they do it.

      3. Profit

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    2. Re:Nintendo has perfected the art... by V50 · · Score: 2, Funny

      The worst bit of it, is they make me think I ENJOY buying the same games over and over! How many times have I bought Super Mario Bros? NES, SNES, GBC, GBA, Wii (actually, twice on the Wii, since I have two).

      I'm still not sure how they've managed to get me to buy the same game around five times, and enjoy it and look forward to more (SMB DS!). This feels like an abusive relationship. :(

  2. Wii Hardware by phissur · · Score: 5, Interesting

    With MP3, the Wii felt laggy and sluggish. Although it was still playable, it didn't have the precision that I developed with the GameCube controller. I don't see any way around this - the Wii doesn't have the hardware for high-precision. I'd much rather use the GameCube controller than the Wii controller.

    1. Re:Wii Hardware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just switch to ogg, I've found its playback to be much much smoother.

    2. Re:Wii Hardware by twocows · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I'm not sure, but I think the motion plus allows for greater precision. At the very least, you could get a wider range of motion (something I felt the game needed).

    3. Re:Wii Hardware by 7Prime · · Score: 3, Informative

      True (I think), however, it wouldn't even matter for MP, because the Motion Plus is an augmentation to the accelerometer, and MP really only makes use of the light gun. Motion plus will be great for finally getting that light saber duel game (if it were to ever happen), but it won't have any effect on things like Metroid Prime.

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    4. Re:Wii Hardware by EvilNTUser · · Score: 2, Insightful

      In my opinion, the Wii remote loses only to the mouse and keyboard in FPS games. However, I agree that it's sluggish. For example, I started having problems towards the end of Mario Galaxy, because I had until then almost completely avoided using the spin attack due to timing issues. I really didn't know how to use it well by the time I needed it, like in the Luigi platform level.

      The remote needs more buttons, really badly. The motion controls should NEVER be used when a button could do the same job.

      The Wii in general is a great concept, but its hardware limitations are really starting to show. The next generation product can't be as reliant on the motion controls or it'll tank. I also hope Nintendo realizes that many traditional gamers bought it for the sole reason of playing Mario, Zelda and Metroid, not because it's actually a good platform for them. Switching to 100% casual would be a disaster.

      Short term, I would personally at the very least want updated hardware with an integrated 1080p upscaler (or even native. Is it possible to lie to the games and render and antialias polygons more precisely than requested?).

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    5. Re:Wii Hardware by grumbel · · Score: 2, Insightful

      that beats the crap out of joystick controls in terms of response.

      Not really. Have you ever tried to hit anything on that setting without lock-on? Its near impossible because you constantly oversteer. Its not a problem for MP3 since you lock on all the time, but as a general FPS mechanics it doesn't really work. There is also the problem that you will get into a crazy spin each and every time you have a dialog with an NPC, as pointing to the center of the screen is not easy when you don't have any feedback from the interface.

      So as a general dual-analogstick replacement I consider the Wiimote pretty much a failure. Aiming works very well, but rotation via the edge of the screen really doesn't. Thus one thing I would like to see is a game that makes only use of the aiming part and leaves all the rotation to the analogstick (i.e. classic Doom/MetroidPrime1 control, but you can aim at enemies that aren't in the center of the screen).

  3. Before people start yelling "make new shit"... by 7Prime · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There are two different companies involved here: Nintendo and Retro Studios. I've only heard mention of Nintendo, so it doesn't sound like Retro is involved in any part of this. From what I've heard, Retro will likely be unveiling their own large title at E3, possibly a new Metroid (come on Metroid 5). They've been saying that they were going to do this, now, for about a year, and its already been released in Japan (which is weird since Metroid is their one big franchise that's more popular in the states), so it's not like they're taking precious development time away from other things.

    Honestly, Metroid Prime 1 is one of my very favorite games, and it will be wonderful to see it in 16:9 with bloom lighting.

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  4. "Bugs" fixed by Mr+EdgEy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The games will most probably have all of the great tricks fixed that made Prime such an amazing game. Dash jumping, triple bomb jump, rapid fire missiles, and so on. It was great to take the game engine to its limits without technically cheating. Not only that, Prime1/2 had an amazing control scheme, 3 just used the wii remote as a gimmick IMO. For info check. http://www.metroid2002.com/home.php

  5. It's not that bad. by Tinctorius · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I expected Nintendo/Retro to release the revamped versions as separate titles.

  6. Re:Would I be breaking the law....? by Yosho · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, but you won't be able to aim very well.

    (I think you clicked on the wrong article)

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