Metroid Prime Trilogy Wii
  • Publisher: Nintendo
  • Release Date: Aug 24, 2009
User Score
9.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 175 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 166 out of 175
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 175
  3. Negative: 6 out of 175

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  1. duckypwns
    Jun 11, 2012
    3
    These games are just extremely bland. Everyone hails them as though they are so great but they are just extremely slow paced and boring. The environments are completely lifeless. The controls are terrible, even on the Wii versions. The combat and the enemy AI is just completely idiotic and so, so incredibly easy. No real challenge of any sort. The exploration is so superficial, so shallow. Actually, there is no real exploring. It's completely obvious what you have to do from one moment to the next. Seeing a door across the room, and seeing some platforms and maybe something to grapple to lead you there is not what exploration is. Exploration means that you go and find something yourself. It means solving puzzles. It means actually looking around, trying to figure out what to do. It doesn't mean instantly seeing exactly how the developers intended you to do something, then carrying it out. That is not fun. That is boring literally by definition. These games are just awful, and sadly, this is the future of Metroid. Never will we see a classic 2D Metroid ever again because people pretended that these games were the absolute definition of Metroid games. Go ahead and think lowly the classics because of this post - especially Super Metroid and Fusion. Prove your ignorance.… Expand
  2. JacobP.
    Aug 31, 2009
    0
    I want to post an honest review of this game. I greatly enjoyed Metroid Prime for the Gamecube in 2002. However, because of this new version complete with Wii controls, I know have pains in my wrist that I've never had before. I think the right thing to do is let others know what's happened to me. Maybe it doesn't affect others like it does myself, but I believe that I have a responsibility to share my experience with this game in a honest and unbiased manner. So yes, I now have troubles with my wrist. The Wii is the top selling home console to date, and I imagine the draw is the Wii motion controls. It's in the opinion of some people that the controls of the Wii allow precision, and with the new peripheral Wii Motion Plus, that's certainly true. But is Metroid really a precision based game? If you were a sniper and needed to assassinate someone from far away, I imagine that's when precision would come into play. If you're a seamstress and trying to poke a thread through a needle, precision would be needed there too. But firing an arm cannon at monsters from point blank range? I think Retro Studio's heart was in the right place, but I feel they overdid it. The Wii controls truly do hurt my wrist as well as tire my arm. I need to lie my arm down in order to play this title. I've never had problems with my wrist before or any kind of signs of carpal tunnel syndrome, but this game really does, no joke, and with all seriousness make the game nigh unplayable, let alone fun. So much so I've only played the game in bursts, and now that I've beaten it and can trace my wrist ailments to it, I know I'll never pick it up again. Even then though, I don't know if this would still be worth the full price tag. The games in the Prime series came out in 2002, 2004 and in 2007. I beat Metroid Prime way back in 2002 and it's sequel in 2004. They're great games, but they're old games. Plus, I was quite young back then. I feel as if there are more grown-up titles out there and this is best suited for children. But the carpal tunnel syndrome comes into play again. If you're a parent and thinking of buying this for your child, please reconsider. Your child may very well develop carpal tunnel syndrome or some other arm and wrist problems. If you truly love your child, ignore their cries of protest and give them a hockey stick instead. They should be outdoors, not destroying their wrists (and any future working with a computer) playing this. If you want a good title for the Wii, pick up Wii Fit. The gaming website IGN gave this compilation a 9.5 out of 10. If you read the user reviews though for the other Metroid game with Wii controls, you'll find the reviews are much less favourable. I'm not chiding you; please go the the respective webpages and look. One final thing before I finish: the first two Metroid games came with substantial bonuses. In Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, there was a multi-player component which, if you're familiar with the Gamecube's lack of online play, was only local. The bonus in Metroid Prime was even sweeter: providing you had a GBA, you could play the original Metroid; the game that started it all. In this compilation however, the multi-player remains still only local; which stikes me as a wasted opportunity to bring motion controls into a setting where precision would've actually been substantial. Also, the original Metroid for the NES is missing. There's always Metroid: Other M to look forward to. It looks to be a worthwhile reinvention of the series. God, I love innovation in all it's forms.… Expand

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Metascore
91 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 48 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 48
  3. Negative: 0 out of 48
  1. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    94
    The bargain of the century and a great opportunity to visit a brilliant series. [Sept 2009, p.79]
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  2. Nintendo Gamer
    91
    There's a seriously massive amount of gameplay per pound here. [Oct 2009, p.58]
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  3. GamesRadar
    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.
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