New Metroid Prime 3 details and screenshots

In preparation for its Media Summit in Seattle today, Nintendo of
America has made some brand new details of its hotly anticipated Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
available, as well as new screenshots of the title, and a slick new
logo. For the official fact sheet, outlining the storyline and more,
read on!




Key Information

If you think you knew what it felt like to be the bounty hunter behind
the visor, think again. Take aim at evil with Nintendo’s revolutionary
controller.



• Players control Samus by moving with the Nunchuk controller and
aiming with the pointer, allowing for a level of immersion unlike
anything they have ever experienced. Through the eyes of Samus, players
experience a quantum leap in first-person control as they wield the Wii
Remote controller, the ultimate device for the first-person shooter
genre.



• Samus will employ well-known power-ups like the Grapple Beam and
Morph Ball, as well as a bunch of new surprises, to help her survive
her coming trials.




Game Storyline

Six months have passed since the events on the planet Aether. The
Galactic Federation’s network computer, Aurora Unit, is suddenly and
completely corrupted with something like a virus. The Federation
believes Space Pirates may be behind the problem and, beginning with
Samus, starts to contact bounty hunters. As they explain the situation
to the assembled hunters, the Federation is attacked by the pirates.
Samus and the other hunters leap to the defense of the Federation
capital, only to find that the enemy the hunters face is the
presumed-dead Dark Samus. Dark Samus is armed with immense power that
no one can withstand. It soon becomes obvious that the forces
controlling Dark Samus and the terror of the contaminated Phazon are a
dire threat that could corrupt the entire universe.



Characters

Samus, Dark Samus, the Galactic Federation and new bounty hunters.



How to progress through the game

The war initiated by Dark Samus and the Space Pirates rages across many
planets as they attempt to corrupt each with Phazon seeds. Players use
the Wii Remote and Nunchuk™ controllers to explore alien landscapes,
hunt for weapons and information, and destroy the seeds. Saving the
planets from corruption isn’t enough, though. Eventually, players must
take down Samus’ mortal enemy, Dark Samus.



Special powers/weapons/moves/features

Using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers, players will be able to
grasp and pull things by using actual arm movements, as well as execute
amazing feats like aiming and blasting in midair or at a full run. The
game also incorporates a new system involving Phazon. If you fill
Samus’ Phazon supply to a certain level, Samus will temporarily go into
hyper mode, a state in which she can pull off incredible feats; on the
flip side, if she exceeds the maximum Phazon level, she’ll perish.
Also, for the first time in the Metroid series, Samus’ ship will be
used in active game play.