Hang ’em out to dry: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption details from Play magazine

Yeah, so Samus Aran is hanging her Power Suit out to dry and will arrive to the Smash arena in her Zero Suit (You’ll still have the option to play her in the Power Suit though, but where’s the fun in that?). Over at her own galaxy though, Samus doesn’t seem to be idling by with laundry chores. She’s got one heck of an adventure cut out for her in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. And that’s only counting the first two levels.

Dropping by GoNintendo, NDAninja gave everyone a heads up of Play magazine’s coverage on their experience with Metroid 3 during the Nintendo Media Summit. The bulleted list below sums up the info in the magazine (with a bit of spoilers included too). Now we feel that waiting for the game’s release is even more taxing. Here’s why:

• First level – You are attacked on a spaceship while meeting with the ship’s captainÂ…action packed
• Play feels motion controls work better than dual joystick
• Super sensitive pointer in “advanced” mode
• Beam stacking ala Super Metroid
• Visor switch: Hold minus and flick Wiimote in certain directions
• Boss fight with Ridley at the end of the first level. Excellent difficulty curve by the time you reach the boss.
• Back tracking in MP3:C makes more sense than in previous Primes
• Extra development time was to give the game more polish. Nintendo wanted “Twilight Princess” levels of polish. Game is focused on Metroid fans and hardcore gamers, but still accessible to newcomers due to controls.
• Second level – floating city focused on exploration
• Larger environments, bloom lighting, better textures than Prime 2
• Corruption Mode not available in demo
• Play says it could be the biggest revolution in FPS gaming since Halo.

With this in mind though, we’re wondering what Nintendo Power‘s got to offer. Hopefully more info and screenshots. Can we get a gameplay video sometime soon too? Actually, even better, can’t we get the game already? Here’s to hoping all the “Twilight Princess levels of polishing” goes smoothly.

Yeah, so Samus Aran is hanging her Power Suit out to dry and will arrive to the Smash arena in her Zero Suit (You’ll still have the option to play her in the Power Suit though, but where’s the fun in that?). Over at her own galaxy though, Samus doesn’t seem to be idling by with laundry chores. She’s got one heck of an adventure cut out for her in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. And that’s only counting the first two levels.

Dropping by GoNintendo, NDAninja gave everyone a heads up of Play magazine’s coverage on their experience with Metroid 3 during the Nintendo Media Summit. The bulleted list below sums up the info in the magazine (with a bit of spoilers included too). Now we feel that waiting for the game’s release is even more taxing. Here’s why:

• First level – You are attacked on a spaceship while meeting with the ship’s captainÂ…action packed
• Play feels motion controls work better than dual joystick
• Super sensitive pointer in “advanced” mode
• Beam stacking ala Super Metroid
• Visor switch: Hold minus and flick Wiimote in certain directions
• Boss fight with Ridley at the end of the first level. Excellent difficulty curve by the time you reach the boss.
• Back tracking in MP3:C makes more sense than in previous Primes
• Extra development time was to give the game more polish. Nintendo wanted “Twilight Princess” levels of polish. Game is focused on Metroid fans and hardcore gamers, but still accessible to newcomers due to controls.
• Second level – floating city focused on exploration
• Larger environments, bloom lighting, better textures than Prime 2
• Corruption Mode not available in demo
• Play says it could be the biggest revolution in FPS gaming since Halo.

With this in mind though, we’re wondering what Nintendo Power‘s got to offer. Hopefully more info and screenshots. Can we get a gameplay video sometime soon too? Actually, even better, can’t we get the game already? Here’s to hoping all the “Twilight Princess levels of polishing” goes smoothly.