Metroid Prime Trilogy – Video Review

Metroid Prime: Trilogy is an action-adventure video game compilation developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It features Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on a single dual-layer disc. The former two, which were originally released for the Nintendo GameCube, have been updated with many of the features that were first implemented in the latter. It was released in North America on August 24, 2009, and will be released in the UK on September 4, 2009, and in Australia on October 15, 2009. The Collector’s Edition is packaged in a metal tin, contains an art booklet, and includes other features.

Overview
Samus Aran aiming at Dark Samus during an encounter from the Metroid Prime 2: Echoes chapter of Metroid Prime: Trilogy

The updated Wii versions of Prime and Prime 2, which were released separately in Japan as part of the New Play Control! series, utilize the same Wii Remote control scheme introduced in Prime 3. Other updates include shorter load times, upgraded textures, improved visual effects, and 16:9 widescreen capabilities. Additionally, the award system from Prime 3 was incorporated into the first two games. Players earn tokens by accomplishing certain tasks, allowing them to unlock in-game items such as artwork, music, and other features.

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REVIEWS:

GamePro – 100
Three of the finest FPS experiences from the GameCube days gets the port they deserves in this stellar recollection of the Metroid Prime series.

NintendoWorldReport – 100
Metroid Prime Trilogy is a must-own compilation for fans of the series and newcomers alike. All three of the games are still immensely fun, and the various updates made to the first two games make them even more enjoyable.

Nintendo Life – 100
If you’ve passed on the Prime series until now, your excuses for doing so have dwindled considerably.

IGN – 95
If, by some lucky twist of fate, you fall into the category of Wii owners who have never played any of the Prime games before, Nintendo has with Trilogy delivered you a box set of holy proportions. For a bargain price, you will receive 80-plus hours of the best adventuring found on any home consoles in a decade.

Official Nintendo Magazine UK – 94
The bargain of the century and a great opportunity to visit a brilliant series. [Sept 2009, p.79]

NGamer UK – 91
There’s a seriously massive amount of gameplay per pound here. [Oct 2009, p.58]

Games Radar (in-house) – 90
Three outstanding games (two of which are vastly enhanced with dead-on motion controls) available for the price of one. We can’t imagine a better deal on Wii this year.

GameSpy – 90
The Metroid Prime series was pretty fantastic on its own, and now that all three titles have been brought together with some much-appreciated control improvements, it’s one of the best titles (and certainly one of the best values) on the Wii. The new controls really do provide a good excuse for fans to double-dip.

Game Informer – 90
The addition of this control system for the first two titles makes me wish I could go back in time and experience them for the first time all over again. Those who haven’t already are lucky ­indeed.

Gaming Age – 83
If you’re a Wii owner, a Metroid fan, or just someone with a passing curiosity in the series, then you should definitely pick this compilation up. Some of the best games that Nintendo has published in the last decade, and they’re all together on one disc.

1UP – 83
While not every one of Retro’s experimental ideas panned out (I’ll never quite forgive Corruption for its embarrassing final battle), Trilogy is a welcome reminder that all three episodes are worth experiencing. Or, as the case may be, experiencing again.

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