And the end arrives. A great closure to the Prime trilogy.

Author's Rating:

Pros: Motion controls, great adventure.

Cons: Some gameplay aspects are simpler due to limitations on the Wii's controller.

The Bottom Line: 
Third game of the trilogy, and every bit as awesome as one would expect.

Author's Review
And the final installment of the Prime series comes! Right at the introduction you see what's coming, an epic and totally worthy Metroid game, the music and the introduction itself are great, they bring a thrilling felling right at the start, new characters are introduced, new areas, and of course new weapons!

The graphics are sharp, not the best you can see comparing with others consoles, and maybe not even fulfilled by all the power the Wii can show, but still beautifully crafted with visuals more shiny than ever, the light and bright effects were boosted, especially if you're playing through Component Cables, and comparing with the previous GameCube games, graphically speaking, this may be the most noticeable improvement since the actual technical improvements were pretty much little details. And of course you don't have high definition on the Wii.

The controls are the top innovation in the game, possible by the Wii's innovative motion controls, and it fits perfectly in a shooter. My fear was that the controls would become imprecise and uncomfortable, but that's not the case fortunately, the controls are tight and incredibly well-responsive. The adaptations made for making the main mechanisms of the previous versions possible actually work great, since we don't have a backup control stick and a digital pad in a very comfortable position for the beams and visor changes, now the beam change is non-existent and the visor change occurs when you press and hold the "-" button; missiles are shot by pressing down in the d-pad (the easiest button to reach), hyper mode in the " " and so on.

Sound effects and music are something to be considered in a Metroid Prime, and like Metroid Prime 2, this game fails a little at this aspect, it's not really bad, certainly not as bad as Metroid Prime 2, but most of the later moments the music almost feels like it's not there. Sound effects always great as usual, but the music is not memorable and addictive as the first Metroid Prime, more at the beginning in Bryyo you can listen to some great music, some kind of thrilling obscure chant, and it's great, not holding up until the end though, making you stand there wishing for more tracks like that.

Another bad aspect about the game is the length, it's a very short game, even comparing with the other Metroid Prime, it's not only the shortest of the three, but the easiest as well; the good thing is that it demands a second playthrough, maybe even more, to get 100%, and fortunately, now you get to keep your scans after beating the game, you start the same file and stick with logs, creatures, pirates data you gathered, but the main mission items you have to get all over again anyway. Another good thing is phazon, remember how annoying it was? Not anymore because, like the name of the game suggests, Samus is now corrupted and phazon recovers your energy instead of brutally decreasing it. Talk about a twist.

We can not forget about multiplayer, and better, the lack of multiplayer, yes, even though the second game had a simple multiplayer mode, this one doesn't even have that, a shame because it could use the internet connection for some good online action on an upgraded Echoes' system. The main focus of the series is not multiplayer anyway and never really was, but we could use an online multiplayer mode, even more now that we don't need to keep closing the aim to shoot while moving, but truth be said, the single player holds up well the game, though short.

The main mechanisms of the game are there, energy tanks, missile expansions, hi-fi atmosphere, lots of rooms with their respective names, mighty bosses to be defeated and all you would expect from a Metroid Prime, if you've played the previous games and enjoyed them you can't go wrong with Corruption. This game does not come close to the piece of art that the first Metroid Prime is, but is better than the second one, and even if you've never played a Metroid Prime, it's always a good time to start.