Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
The trilogy closes as corruption creeps over the universe… and into Samus Aran. Using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, players control Samus as she partners with other bounty hunters, shoots down enemies, and…
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is an adventure developed by Retro Studios, released 27 August 2007 on Wii. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.
What Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is an adventure game developed by Retro Studios and released in 2007. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii only. It runs on RUDE.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Galactic Federation's Base Sector Zero is under attack by Space Pirates. Samus must boot up the generator to restore the defense systems. But at the end of her path, someone awful is waiting for her. The war initiated by Dark Samus and the Space Pirates rages across many planets as they attempt to corrupt each with Phazon seeds. Players use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to explore alien landscapes, hunt for weapons and information, and destroy the seeds. Saving the planets from Corruption isn't enough, though. Eventually, players must take down Samus' mortal enemy, Dark Samus. Besides using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers to pull off amazing feats like aiming and blasting in midair…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Metroid series
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is the 23rd of 50 entries we hold in the Metroid series. It arrived a year after Metroid Prime Hunters. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. Brawl in 2008. Its critic score of 86 is 4 points above the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Super Metroid at 100.
How it was received
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 144 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 11 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption launched on 27 August 2007, within three weeks of BioShock, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Rome: Total War - Collection. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: BioShock, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Rome: Total War - Collection.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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