This weekend I managed to grab a copy of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii.   After 3 or 4 hours of gameplay, I can easily say that the guys at Retro Studios (the company that made it) have created the best Wii control scheme I’ve ever seen.  I never could get the hang of Metroid on the Gamecube, but this is a breeze.  After a few hours last night (culminating in the first real difficult boss fight, against another hunter for the Ice Missiles), I was standing in the living room.. I was exhausted, sweaty, sore all over, and loving every minute of it.  It’s a full-body experience using the wiimote to aim, the nunchuck for motion & target-locking, as well as gesture-control with the nunchuck for the grappling hook.  It’s intense, it’s action packed, and it’s by far the most amazing thing I’ve seen on the Wii to date.

The game also has alot of new stuff not seen in previous games.  You get to see inside Samus’s ship for the first time, piloting it (in a limited fashion) and using it to warp around the planet between spaceports.  Also, you fight on multiple planets now.  You start on one planet to setup the backstory, and quickly find yourself having missions with objectives set across multiple planets.  It’s a big game, and there’s alot to see and discover.  There’s also alot of voice-acting in this one, and the introduction of several other "hunters" that actually help you in various early areas of the game.

It’s an incredible game, and I highly recommend that anyone with a Wii and a thirst for first-person shooters check it out.  Easily giving this one a 5/5.

Update 10/15/2007  I finished it.. 80% of Pickups found.  Awesome game :)
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