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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. 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 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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  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