Metroid Prime 3: Corruption -- Final Opinion.

I have finished Metroid Prime 3: Corruption with a time of twenty-two hours and fifty-six minutes with one-hundred percent for items collected. The much touted controls work perfectly fine in that they're up to the level of a regular wired controller. I wouldn't dare call them innovative as they essentially bring Metroid Prime up to first person shooter standard abilities. The gimmicks of opening the doors and the like by mimicking the onscreen action needed with the Wii remote are rather cool, but still ultimately gimmicks. The same lock on issue that was present in the first two games is here on the same exact level. The controls are good, no more, no less. The graphics are a mixed bag. Again the Wii with 480p via component cables seemingly hurts as much as it helps. Metroid Prime 3 is the best looking game on the system. But it's also a game with some jagged edges here and there. And overall the game doesn't look as good as lesser X360 or PS3 titles. I know that people may consider this an unfair consideration but seeing how it's only going to worsen as the generation goes forward I feel the need to keep pondering the situation. Musically the game is on par with the two previous Metroid Prime titles. Same basic style. If you liked the music in those, you'll like it here. If you didn't, then Metroid Prime 3 won't be winning you over in that regard. The newly added voice work does help the game considerably. Even if the quality never escapes average. Good to see someone at Nintendo, albeit via Retro Studios, is moving slowly into the now. The voice work brings the story that much more alive. And considering that this is arguably the most story intensive of the entire Metroid series, that can only be a good thing. Corruption's story ends the Metroid Prime trilogy on a high note while teasing that there will be more to come before the events of Metroid 2: Return of Samus and Super Metroid. Could this be another clue regarding Metroid Dread? I believe so. The gameplay of Metroid Prime 3 with its new Wii enabled moves and far better balancing of exploration and backtracking as well as difficulty is the best of the games in the Prime trilogy. Special note should be made of the boss battles. They are all great and epic struggles. Some of the best boss battles can be found within Metroid Prime 3. The game still features the insane amount of scanning that needs to be done to get through the story and collect much of the history. But this time it has a reward in the form of tokens. These tokens are collected from scanning items and creatures and lore and just about everything else. You'll also get some by defeating bosses. They come in four colors. Red, blue, yellow, and green. The green ones are of special note. They can only be obtained by sending what are called friend vouchers to another person on your friend's list playing Metroid Prime 3. Then said person sends you his vouchers in return which become friend tokens and only then are they capable of being spent to unlock items. The rewards to be bought are selections of the score, concept art, and goofy things like a bobble-head of your Mii for Samus' ship. The best thing to be said about Metroid Prime 3 is that it's another real game for the Wii, which at this point desperately needs to get all the games for core gamers it can get outside of the Virtual Console. I'm giving Metroid Prime 3: Corruption a 9.