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Post by Hiker of Games on May 22, 2009 11:48:27 GMT -5
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Post by nocturnal YL on May 22, 2009 14:33:43 GMT -5
Nintendo. Cheated. Me. Once. Again.
I'm a Japanese version player, AND I just got Prime 3. And THEN I hear this news.
If anything, I'd like to see the whole "Friend Ticket" thing change. Not everybody has the game - Japanese version at that, in my case. Who am I supposed to exchange with?
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Post by Da Robot on May 22, 2009 16:59:23 GMT -5
It even confirms that local multiplayer for Echoes is still included, which I find good to considering nearly all the first person games on the Wii not having that feature.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2009 10:26:52 GMT -5
It's not a bad idea, actually! Quite a bargain for its price. But since I already own Prime 3, hated Prime 2, and intend on buying Play For Wii Prime 1, it doesn't really apply here XD
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Post by Savage Adam on May 26, 2009 14:27:11 GMT -5
It's not a bad idea, actually! Quite a bargain for its price. But since I already own Prime 3, hated Prime 2, and intend on buying Play For Wii Prime 1, it doesn't really apply here XD All the sources i've seen say the seperate PoW releases of the Prime games have cancelled. ('cept in Japan) And someone explain to me why Metroid Prime 2 is constantly dissed. I found the first to be bland and boring as heck, yet Echoes is one of my favorite games ever. |
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Post by Hiker of Games on May 26, 2009 20:45:23 GMT -5
I didn't like MP2 the first time I replayed it, but that's because I got lost in the beginning. I could see why people might not like it though. The Light World/Dark World thing wasn't done quite as well as A Link to the Past. Going back and forth between the two felt too much like having to do a lot of backtracking.
It was also the most different in terms of setting. The Space Pirates and Metroids are both secondary enemies to the Ing. The Chozo are referenced only slightly as well. It was the first chance we got to see anything of the Federation though, which MP3 heavily built on.
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Post by Koopaul on May 26, 2009 21:10:06 GMT -5
Well I liked that concept. But it was handled poorly.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2009 9:10:17 GMT -5
All the sources i've seen say the seperate PoW releases of the Prime games have cancelled. ('cept in Japan) I had to look that up before posting this reply because I hadn't heard anything like that up till now. IGN has the article about it, so it must be true, sooooo... Sincerely - I do not feel like paying $50 dollars for a game I like, a game I hate, and a game I own and have very recently played, with no intention of playing it again for years to come. So, cross that off the list of Wii games I planned on buying. Looks like Klonoa is the record-setter here; it took me a year and two months to find a Wii game I was happy enough to own and keep, so let's see how long it takes before the next one comes along. Like Teev said, it's funny how an old PS1 game broke the desolation in the Wii's barren landscape of good games. For me, it was mostly an issue of vulnerability. In any Metroid game you're at least capable of defending yourself within reason early on in the game, and you usually find a power-up to help you a few minutes in. Prime 2 pretty much leaves Samus in the lurch; not only does it take an extended period of time for the player to find the first power-up, but you're thrust into Dark Aether really early in the game and your movement is very restricted; you can only stay in light bubbles, which are for the most part temporary, and when you're outside those bubbles you take continuous (and rapid) damage. If you miss a crucial jump, or fall off a ledge onto a lower area, you have to repeat the entire process, in effect taking even further damage as you spend more time outside of the light bubbles. Then there's the matter of the basic Ing warriors, who can turn into puddles of dark spooge and break your lock-on, do heavy damage when they attack, and constantly attack you from outside the light bubbles, which makes your maneuverability almost nil. You also have to worry about the bubbles expiring in the middle of combat, and not even blasting them with the Light Beam makes them last for good. There's no reason for the game to be that challenging from the start, and it felt like Retro Studios did it only because they could. |
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Post by Savage Adam on May 28, 2009 14:26:07 GMT -5
All the sources i've seen say the seperate PoW releases of the Prime games have cancelled. ('cept in Japan) I had to look that up before posting this reply because I hadn't heard anything like that up till now. IGN has the article about it, so it must be true, sooooo... Sincerely - I do not feel like paying $50 dollars for a game I like, a game I hate, and a game I own and have very recently played, with no intention of playing it again for years to come. So, cross that off the list of Wii games I planned on buying. Looks like Klonoa is the record-setter here; it took me a year and two months to find a Wii game I was happy enough to own and keep, so let's see how long it takes before the next one comes along. Like Teev said, it's funny how an old PS1 game broke the desolation in the Wii's barren landscape of good games. For me, it was mostly an issue of vulnerability. In any Metroid game you're at least capable of defending yourself within reason early on in the game, and you usually find a power-up to help you a few minutes in. Prime 2 pretty much leaves Samus in the lurch; not only does it take an extended period of time for the player to find the first power-up, but you're thrust into Dark Aether really early in the game and your movement is very restricted; you can only stay in light bubbles, which are for the most part temporary, and when you're outside those bubbles you take continuous (and rapid) damage. If you miss a crucial jump, or fall off a ledge onto a lower area, you have to repeat the entire process, in effect taking even further damage as you spend more time outside of the light bubbles. Then there's the matter of the basic Ing warriors, who can turn into puddles of dark spooge and break your lock-on, do heavy damage when they attack, and constantly attack you from outside the light bubbles, which makes your maneuverability almost nil. You also have to worry about the bubbles expiring in the middle of combat, and not even blasting them with the Light Beam makes them last for good. There's no reason for the game to be that challenging from the start, and it felt like Retro Studios did it only because they could. Well, you more or less just listed all the reasons why I liked it, so...  That, and the first games story just felt, eh, empty. |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2009 14:53:00 GMT -5
Metroid games have never been about story so much as exploration, so I didn't really pay attention to what Metroid Prime was telling XD
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Post by Da Robot on Jun 13, 2009 22:32:35 GMT -5
 I say it's good boxart, a nice partal shot of Samus. Not much clutter/misundrstanding like the western version of MP3's boxart. Nintendo. Cheated. Me. Once. Again. I'm a Japanese version player, AND I just got Prime 3. And THEN I hear this news. If anything, I'd like to see the whole "Friend Ticket" thing change. Not everybody has the game - Japanese version at that, in my case. Who am I supposed to exchange with? Don't you use a Japanese Wii? This deal isn't coming out in Japan, it appears to be a western exclusive. |
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Post by nocturnal YL on Jun 14, 2009 7:06:36 GMT -5
Nintendo. Cheated. Me. Once. Again. I'm a Japanese version player, AND I just got Prime 3. And THEN I hear this news. If anything, I'd like to see the whole "Friend Ticket" thing change. Not everybody has the game - Japanese version at that, in my case. Who am I supposed to exchange with? Don't you use a Japanese Wii? This deal isn't coming out in Japan, it appears to be a western exclusive. Correct. Somewhat I got jealous about westerners because they get it in 3-in-1 format while I'll have to pay for 3 games if I'm ever interested in buying the other two games. At least it's good that I don't have a US Wii AND get Prime 3 before the news. |
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Post by Da Robot on Jun 24, 2009 16:31:17 GMT -5
I think YoungLink aint gonna be happy when he sees this. Apparantly the game is going to get a slipcover box and art book.And here's the link to the official site (not up yet though).   |
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Post by Koopaul on Jun 24, 2009 16:36:03 GMT -5
Oh! Now that's nice!
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Post by Savage Adam on Jun 24, 2009 16:46:45 GMT -5
Baaaaaaaaah. Why must I never be able to afford fucking anything? XD
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