Anyone who got MP3, was it your first Metroid game?

[Monsteroids]

Metroid Prime 1 and Prime 2 are two separate missions, many of the same characters are present in 2 that were in 1 with slight makeovers. I personally wouldn't recommend playing any series skipping the first two, but if you don't wanna play the Cube versions, then you should make out just fine. Like I said, they are separate missions anyway, you could always go backwards with the series if MP3 turns out to really be your cup of tea. This is a really good series, very hard to be disappointed...but if you decide to strap in be sure and be prepared for a tough thinking man's type game.

Seeing how the Wii is supposed to be for EVERYONE!!! I bet a lot of people got the game thinking that theres only 3 games in the series. :lol: Also you can play them in any order so Ninty is basically trying to keep up with both the hardcore an noob market. Kinda.... merging them I suppose.

 

[Wiitime]

What does the scanning do in the game. Why is it so important? Can you guys give me an example of the puzzles in the game?

Thanks

 

[FR.]

It was my first Metroid Prime game, but I had played Metroid and Super Metroid on the NES and SNES. All 3 games are fantastic, but I can't compare them since they are so different.

 

[IcedEarth81]

You have different visors. The two you have from the beginning are the combat and scan visors. Combat is your regular visor. When you pull up your scan visor things that can be scanned will light up. You put your reticule on them and hold down Z and you get information about that item or enemy. You learn about how to open a door or the weaknesses and attacks of an enemy/boss for instance. You also learn a lot about the story through that. The game grades you on completion and part of that is scanning. You'll want to scan as much as possible.

 

[Squall7]

If you're worried about missing the story, you could always watch the Metroid Retrospectives from gametrailers.

I'll edit this post with direct links to the videos. (may take a while cos I'm using the Wii to write this).

Part 1
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tXkj7VwnCI[/media]

Part 2
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbcd5DcH41Q.html[/media]

Part 3
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnQIaWlZ6JU[/media]

Part 4
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsLkXgMjNSM.html[/media]

Part 5
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZPw214nOXc.html[/media]

 

[Wiitime]

If you're worried about missing the story, you could always watch the Metroid Retrospectives from gametrailers.

I'll edit this post with direct links to the videos. (may take a while cos I'm using the Wii to write this).

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tXkj7VwnCI

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbcd5DcH41Q.html

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnQIaWlZ6JU

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsLkXgMjNSM.html

Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZPw214nOXc.html

Wow, Thanks a lot for those. That helped a lot. Im looking foward to this game. I just hope, i can do the puzzles! Hopefully they arent too too hard.

 

[firedragon]

Some loser over at Variety.com reviewed it and complained that it's too hardcore. Remember back when people were complaining that no hardcore games came out of the Wii? Well now they are complaining that games are too hardcore. That aside, I am starting to think, the boss battles are even better than Zelda:TP, I got the game on Monday, and I have fought 3 bosses so far, and man are they ever cool.

 

[Monsteroids]

Some loser over at Variety.com reviewed it and complained that it's too hardcore. Remember back when people were complaining that no hardcore games came out of the Wii? Well now they are complaining that games are too hardcore. That aside, I am starting to think, the boss battles are even better than Zelda:TP, I got the game on Monday, and I have fought 3 bosses so far, and man are they ever cool.

meta-RIDLEY WAS HARD and IT FELTGOOD!!

 

[IcedEarth81]

I thought the bosses on TP were too easy, so yes the boss battles on MP3 are so far better.

 

[arcticreaver]

well i never owned a gamecube so this is my first metriod game. i played about 2 hours of it last night and it was good stuff.

 

[Mingus]

The harder the game the better honestly, you get a better feeling when you beat it. Although I hate walkthroughs and game guides so I hope it's not rediculously hard but I agree, bosses in TP were very watered down. Only one gave me difficulty and that was Zant because I didn't get it, but as soon as I did I beat with no problem.

 

[dogon1013]

MP3 is my first metroid game, it took a little getting used to, but wasn't too hard (I'm used to FPS's like halo and WW2 shooters).

I did swap the B and A button in the controls. (I design guns for a living so it only makes sense that the trigger button actually shoots the gun). I also use the advanced controls, it was a little strange at first, since you are always moving around a little, but once you learn to compensate with the analog it works very well.

I have only played the first planet so far and I found the level a little cramped (i like more open levels, with room to move around).

It's well worth the $50....I just wish it had multi-player.

 

[gregjp48@e]

I played (and loved) Metroid Prime, and I never did finish 2, but I definitely recommend you play the 1st one at some point, even if you play MP3 first.

Looking forward to playing Super Metroid on VC, since I played Fusion on my GBA and liked it a lot. Perhaps not as much as the 3d incarnations, but the 2ds are still great games.

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Wow, Thanks a lot for those. That helped a lot. Im looking foward to this game. I just hope, i can do the puzzles! Hopefully they arent too too hard.

The puzzles in the Metroid Prime games will... erm... puzzle you. But usually it has something to do with the abilities you've obtained, and they're fun to figure out.

 

[wiiman360]

this defiantly isnt my first i have the original o yeah nes the story is harder to follow if you havent played MP, MP2:E you dont know much about dark samus if you dont

 

[bigwilliiy]

are the puzzles as hard as 2 and 1 and how much backtracking is there