Rumor: Metroid Prime Trilogy?
by JC Fletcher 
{ Apr 27th 2008 at 12:00PM }
A mysterious tipster sent a rumor in to GoNintendo that a retailer database now lists a product called Metroid Prime Trilogy for the Wii. GoNintendo's RawMeatCowboy speculates that this would be "Prime 1, (2), and 3 all on the Wii ... but Prime 1 and 2 with all-new Wiimote controls."We believe that, if this is a real product, it's a lot more likely that it's the three Prime games ... in a new box! Or maybe even in the same boxes, but with those inside a new box! Not that that's a bad thing -- the Prime games are very high-quality (even if you hate first-person!), and quite reminiscent of the real Metroids. The first two are definitely among the best GameCube games, and any opportunity to get them in new Wii owners' hands would be welcome.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TheWarlock @ Apr 27th 2008 12:14PM
Wow! This is pretty sweet, especially for players like me that have never played 1 & 2 but DO have Metroid prime 3. I've always wondered what the games were like but never really had a huge incentive to look into them because I'm not such a big fan of FPS.
Vohaul79 @ Apr 28th 2008 7:16PM
They (meaning Prime 1 & 2) are fantastic. You will find a few people claiming they didn't like pt. two. While different it was still a fantastic game.
One of the nicest things about Prime 1 and 2 are the departure from being an ordinary 1st person shooter. They kept true to the feel of the old games, something that most were skeptical they could pull off on the venture into 3-D.
I would recommend them all.
Prime 1 being the obvious classic.
Prime 2 being more full featured (screw attack) and better graphically (and harder due to ammo constraints IMO).
Prime 3 for its unique control scheme.
PY @ Apr 27th 2008 3:29PM
If they remkae MP1 and 2 with Wii controls, I will forgive retro the sin of MP3.
Om. Nom. NOM.
iMeh @ Apr 27th 2008 12:49PM
I've been meaning to purchase Prime 1 & 2, but if it comes in a trilogy I may have to reconsider.
Billston @ Apr 27th 2008 12:37PM
I'd seriously consider this if I didn't already have Prime 3. Hopefully this'll be sort of like The Orange Box deal. Then I'd definitely get it.
Ringmaster @ Apr 27th 2008 4:36PM
No, a TOB deal would have the trilogy, plus Hunters and Pinball, and maybe First Hunt as a bonus.
hvnlysoldr @ Apr 27th 2008 12:39PM
I'd buy 1 & 2 again if they were rebuilt for Wii. Though I'm concerned about switching weapons.
Mr Khan @ Apr 27th 2008 12:51PM
Well, since Prime 1 & 2 don't need Hyper Mode, you could map the + button to open up a pointer menu for beams, while the minus would open the pointer menu for visors
Mr Khan @ Apr 27th 2008 12:54PM
Sadly enough, i too could be compelled to go for this. Prime 1 is probably my favorite game of all time, to replay it with Wiimote controls and in native 16:9 would probably be worth it
They could probably put it all on one disc, too, considering that Prime 3 was single-layer, and the absolute Max size of Prime 1 & 2 combined is 3 GB, and they're probably less than that, it could all fit on one dual-layer disc, easy.
BPM [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186] @ Apr 28th 2008 2:30AM
Even less data would be taken up if any resources to be reused between the games (Uh... Samus's Varia Suit... and that's it, lol?).
Fullmetal Salchemist @ Apr 27th 2008 1:10PM
Come on, we know Nintendo is going to take the easy way out. They're just going to rebox them.
Drahken @ Apr 27th 2008 1:54PM
This would be a real godsend.
Oh, and Warlock? Go and play Prime 1. Seriously. 3 is great for the Wii controls, but the first is easily the best in the series. It just so fine-tuned and perfected in aspect. Prime 2, while still a good game is the weakest in the series. It's TOO dark and creepy. I had to turn the brightness up on my TV all the way just so I could see shit in the dark world. And having limited ammo for Samus's beams? That goes against Metroid on a fundamental level. You have to stick with the regular Power Beam for the most part of the game. Kind of irritating.
Drahken @ Apr 27th 2008 2:02PM
Oh, and I forgot to mention. The super beams in Prime 1 are simply amazing. They should have just not beat around bush and just called the Wavebuster the Ghostbuster. Because that's what it is. And it is spectacular. It let's me live out my fantasies of having my very own proton pack. Stick Wii controls on that and they'd make a near-perfect game and all-the-way-perfect game. But yeah, they'll prolly just stick the three in a nice box and call it a special edition.
Mr Khan @ Apr 27th 2008 2:02PM
I only really felt constrained by the ammo situation back when you first got the beams, before any of the expansions. Ammo is plentiful enough if you use the one beam to destroy containers
Drahken @ Apr 27th 2008 2:12PM
That's true I suppose. It just doesn't feel right to me. Metroid isn't about ammo pickups. Leave that to Quake and friggin' Halo.
Oh, and this is kinda weird? Do I know you? My name is Drahken Khan. So I'd be a Mr. Khan too. You're not my long lost twin or something, are you?
Mr Khan @ Apr 27th 2008 3:12PM
Nah, my name is just a compounded version of an older online monicker from my PSO days, Ghengis Khan, really has nothing to do with the Central/South Asian surname, or (and this one really drives me crazy) the Star Trek character
TheWarlock @ Apr 27th 2008 3:47PM
Dammit, I knew I was going to get catarized by this, Okay, so I didn't PLAY all of the other ones before 3. I'm sure they're are others like me that bought the third one but didn't play the ones before it. FINE.
jmf @ Apr 27th 2008 2:01PM
I'd buy it, even though I already own all the Prime games.
NvM @ Apr 27th 2008 2:05PM
I already own 1 and 2, but not 3.
Haven't beaten any of them.
But i'll probably still pick up three on it's own someday.
Sonic_13 @ Apr 27th 2008 2:37PM
I hope this is true. I've haven't yet picked up MP3, but I will (I'm currently playing through MP2).
However, if a trilogy was released, I would definitely pick that up AND play through 1 and 2 again. This just sounds awesome. I hope it is released this summer. E3 announcement?
Blue_Falcon @ Apr 27th 2008 2:40PM
I haven't bough Corruption, so maybe I'll hold off a little while longer to see if there's any truth to this.
Santos L. Halper @ Apr 27th 2008 2:45PM
“quite reminiscent of the real metroids”? What does that mean? Because you prefer 2D metroid games over 3D metroid games the prime trilogy aren't “real” metroid games?
TheWarlock @ Apr 27th 2008 3:52PM
I think the real question is: What the hell are you instigating?
The newer versions of Metroid are very real, they just can't compare to the original masterpieces like Metroid 2: The return of Samus, and who could forget Super Metroid?
Chyld989 @ Apr 27th 2008 2:50PM
If they had Prime 3 type controls for 1 & 2 I'd pick this up. I rented 3 and passed it, but absolutely HATED the controls for 1 & 2, so I never got very far in either of them. Shame too, 'cause they seemed like they'd be decent.
Polecat @ Apr 27th 2008 3:25PM
This would be one of those MUST BUY kinds of things. Especially if they added waggle and point. If it was awesome enough, maybe it'd garner some new reviews for the original MP, seeing as how some people reviewed MP3 negatively when compared atmospherically with MP1. Still might even be worth it if it was more-a-less a GH collection at a bundle price.
KillerCRS @ Apr 27th 2008 5:04PM
I'd rather have a SSB trilogy or a 3D Mario trilogy deal, but MP is just as good.
psyborg @ Apr 27th 2008 5:22PM
You know the first thing I thought when the 3 key members of Retro left was that Nintendo was probably forcing them to make another Metroid game And they had had it with Metroid. This fits perfectly in-line with that.
Either way I'd buy the crap out of it, Never played Prime 1 and can't finish Prime 2 because its hard to go back to the old controls after finishing Prime 3. If they add IR controls to 1 & 2 I'm all over this. Hope its true.
Santos L. Halper @ Apr 27th 2008 5:30PM
@ warlock
I was asking what he meant by saying the prime games weren't real metroid games. It seems like he was using his opinion on 2D vs 3D metroid games as a statement of fact which kind of annoyed me. I don't know why you're telling me about the prime trilogy being real metroid installments since that was my point. Douche.
Simon @ Apr 27th 2008 5:43PM
Consider that the pre-Prime Metroids were in-house Nintendo developments, rather than 3rd party creations. I think he's just using that as the distinction. Don't get me wrong though, I think 'real' is a horrible way to put it.
I've been playing Metroid since the NES days, and it's hands down my favourite videogame series, Prime included. That said, I wouldn't buy this.
Drahken @ Apr 28th 2008 5:46AM
Yeah, I think this guy is a tad touchy. I helpfully suggested he should play the first two games in a friendly manner. I mean, why not? He'd have a good time. But he got all uppity and defensive like he did with you. My suggestion: just don't refer to him in any way so he doesn't get more crotchety.
TheWarlock @ Apr 28th 2008 11:14AM
I agree completely, just comment and read the great posts that they leave everyday... you know, like every other good blog-ish game website? In fact, don't even look at me. STARE at the ground. Muhahaha~
JC Fletcher @ Apr 27th 2008 5:55PM
I was honestly just being ridiculous. They're VERY different series, but all good games.
Alex @ Apr 27th 2008 7:31PM
I like most FPS, but for some reason I never really was able to get into Metroid Prime, I wanted to like the game, but I couldn't, it just wasn't straight forward enough and too confusing.
Drahken @ Apr 28th 2008 5:43AM
That's because they're Metroid games, not FPS's. If you like Halo, but not Super Metroid, then there's no reason you'd enjoy the Prime games.
Jeff @ Apr 27th 2008 8:05PM
This will make the older games much more easy and bring back fans and create new ones! My hands are shaking typing this, I'm so excited I hope this rumor is proven to be true! I never could play the first Metroid Prime because I sucked at its controls (Not that they were bad) this is so awsome pppppppppppppllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaasssssssssseeeeeeeeee be true!
Legion @ Apr 27th 2008 9:54PM
Easily the best series of modern times. Even though I own them all, if this does come out I will be buying them again.
Metayoshi @ Apr 28th 2008 12:46AM
It probably is going to be a reboxing, but if it did have prime and prime 2 with Wiimote controls, I'm down for the trilogy. Prime is my favorite Metroid game, and Wiimote controls would be pretty awesome. Of course, I'm not going to bet on a wii-make this soon.
Dio @ Apr 28th 2008 7:34AM
I didn't bother buying MP2 because I couldn't get past the Fission Metroids at the very end of the first game :< Hopefully I could do better with Wiimote controls.
SabreCat @ Apr 28th 2008 1:47PM
Yeah, those buggers were a pain and a half. My strategy: ignore them as much as possible. Jump your way through the level without so much as a backward glance. If one of the Metroids catches up to you, go into Morph Ball and drop a Power Bomb, then get back up and keep moving.
With practice (since I then died repeatedly against the final boss, meaning I had to do this a few times), I got to the point where I could engage the Metroids only once, taking two out with one Power Bomb, and that was it.
DavidBis @ Apr 30th 2008 8:05PM
OMG COOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL cant wait
hairlessape @ May 1st 2008 11:08AM
Let's add more speculation.
I say it's a compilation of all the best areas in an online FPS!
I would chop off my pinky for this.
DarkEnigma91 @ May 10th 2008 8:15AM
I confess that i haven't played the first two metroid prime games. :(
I've never bought a gamecube so i had to skip on some great game sbut if the rumor turns out to be true, i would be so happy. I REALLY hope its not just a reboxing though and they actually add wiimote controls to the first two. I've already beaten MP3 like 3 times and i want to have a new experience.