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Hands-On: The Conduit , The Last Best Hope For Wii FPS
Original at Wired News
• Wed, Sep 3
- And so the first-person shooter genre was dead on Wii before it even got started. Nintendo's Metroid Prime 3 was excellent, but no one else would try. ...
Show and Tell: Dress from the best
Original at DS Fanboy
• Tue, Sep 2
By Alisha Karabinus Zelda, Metroid, Final Fantasy -- while these series make for some great cosplay opportunities, frankly, they get old. The DS has a library rife with interesting characters who also happen to be from great games, and we want to see ...
PAX Hands-on: The Conduit
Original at Kotaku.com
• Mon, Sep 1
NY - Certainly not as good as Metroid, but then, as Eric said, “That’d be like saying you’re better than Jesus.” I asked about Wii MotionPlus because in theory ...
PAX 08: Levine addresses his tribe
Original at GameSpot
• Fri, Aug 29
- Levine name-checked Metroid, Zelda, Herzog Zwei, and Ultima Underworld, saying he'd go home every night and numb himself with games like a lush with a flask ...
CT Scan Volume 1: Prometheus “Robo” R-66Y
Original at Aeropause
• Fri, Aug 29
By Stephen Munn I’ve played a lot of video games to completion over the years. I tend to finish these games once and then move on, periodically poking back in for a few minutes here and there. However, there have been a few games I’ve played through, start to finish, more than once. Metroid Prime, for example, I...
Spectacular ROM Hacks Propel Mario, Link, Sonic To New Places
Original at Press The Buttons
• Wed, Aug 27
By MattG There's some cross-pollination going on here as some of the hacks combine different aspects of competing games, such as Brutal Mario which brings elements from Donkey Kong Country 2, Kirby Super Star, and a Squaresoft RPG I can't quite place together into Super Mario World. There's als...
Yes, Alone in the Dark 360 is Being Patched
Original at Kotaku
• Sat, Aug 23
By Saliu Super Metroid. Samus my friend, Samus. Saliu.
Metroid Prime
Original at IGN
• Wed, Aug 20
CA - Corruption sacrificed almost everything that made Metroid Prime a stand alone game to be a shooter fit for the Wii. Don't let your perception of Prime 3 ...
Metroid Prime
Original at IGN
• Sat, Aug 16
CA - by hystericalmusefan August 16, 2008 - This is the game of Gamecube, and, in my opinion, the greatest game of that generation. From every aspect this game ...
TheSpeedGamers Play Metroid to Benefit St. Jude
Original at Nintendo World Report
• Fri, Aug 15
CA - They will be playing Metroid, Metroid II: Return of Samus, Metroid: Zero Mission, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, ...
Metroid series guide
Original at Go Nintendo
• Wed, Aug 13
We all want to know what's next for Metroid. Retro is done with the Prime series, which was a radical new direction for Samus. Just what does Nintendo do now? Are we going to see things stay in the first-person perspective? Will Nintendo take things back ...
Top 10 armor/bodysuits
Original at Go Nintendo
• Thu, Aug 7
• 7 related articles
By RawmeatCowboy The article below doesn’t mention Metroid, but this one couldn’t ignore Samus. If she wasn’t included in this list, I’d think that there was a Metroid conspiracy! Check out the full list here.
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Top 5 best aliens in games
Original at Go Nintendo
• Thu, Aug 7
• 7 related articles
By RawmeatCowboy Then, when I actually try to think of cooler aliens, I can’t think of any. The only thing that keeps coming to mind is anything from the Metroid series. Come on, MSNBC…couldn’t you at least include one Metroid character…like, say, ...
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Nintendo costumes in Fatal Frame 4 are eyecatching
Original at Aeropause
• Mon, Aug 4
• 2 related articles
By Stephen Munn Even for someone who, unlike me, isn’t a huge fan of Metroid Zero Mission, that GBA remake of the original Metroid from a few years ago that expanded somewhat on the original canon, this image of Fatal Frame 4’s protagonist might be somewhat… noticeable. This image comes from a link on Gonin...
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The Art of <b>Metroid</b> Prime, <b>Echoes</b>, and <b>Corruption</b>
Original at nerve.com
• Thu, Jul 31
By Amber Ahlborn Samus' look is iconic to the Metroid series and whatever variation on her armor she adorns, there is always a familiar shape to it. Whatever face she is given beneath the helmet, it is her famous Chozo battle armor that is her identity. ...
Wii Warm Up: By the numbers
Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Wed, Jul 30
• 7 related articles
By Wii Fanboy Staff Or, let's try it this way: if new Zelda, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Metroid (we'll include Samus for the hell of it) and Mario games were all released within six months of one another, along with, let's say, a Kid Icarus game, ...
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The 10 Worst Traits of a Nintendo-made game
Original at Go Nintendo
• Tue, Jul 29
This article is going to upset you, but keep in mind that it's supposed to be tongue-in-cheek. I think there is one trait that Nintendo fans and haters alike can agree on... 1. DELAYED Animal Crossing: Wild World Mario Kart Wii Super Smash Bros Brawl (LIKE SEVEN TIMES) Metroid Prime 3: Corruptio...
<b>Metroid</b> (Video Game) newly tagged “video <b>games</b>” <b>Metroid</b> (Video <b>...</b>
Original at easyprofitblog.com
• Mon, Jul 28
By munfaridon Metroid (Video Game) newly tagged “video games” Metroid (Video Game)By Nintendo 40 used and new from $4.80 Customer Rating: First tagged “video games” by Corey Wasson [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full ...
Nintendo's Failure to Communicate with its Fans at E3
Original at Gaming Today
• Fri, Jul 25
By Chris Totilo wrote, “He thought Nintendo fans were feeling good about Nintendo. If I were him, I’d say: How could you Nintendo fans dare to complain? Nintendo has supplied the new Mario, Zelda and Metroid already. ...
Review: Call of Duty 3 (Wii)
Original at EL33TONLINE
• Fri, Jul 25
If you’ve ever played Metroid Prime Corruption then you will know what the differences are between “normal” and “advanced” mode. “Normal” mode made you feel as if your cursor was stuck in a box and that “box” viewpoint only moved from ...
Game Lampoons UK Prime Ministers Concern Over Food Waste
Original at Gaming Today
• Sun, Jul 20
By Shawn Sines Metroid Prime 3 Details; Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Details; ‘Month of Metroid’ to Climax with Awaited Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Launch; Optimus Prime In Assassin's Creed; Another Saturday, Another Demo: Alpha Prime.
E308: Live reactions from the Nintendo conference
Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Tue, Jul 15
By Alisha Karabinus Eric C. i'm going with DS+Mii Support and Metroid Prime Trilogy Phil L. for me, NSMB2 is to priority Eric C. New DS+Mii Support, i mean Chris G. Oh, then 1080 for Wii then, Layton US dates for DS Alisha I'm predicting new Zelda with Wii ...
Metroid Prime series marathon
Original at Go Nintendo
• Sat, Jul 12
• 3 related articles
By RawmeatCowboy Broadcast powered by Ustream.TV. Another gang of guys playing games for charity. This time, we have people going through the entire Prime series. Click this link to hop into the chat!
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Feature: Eight Extremely Embarrassing E3 Moments
Original at GamePro.com
• Fri, Jul 11
- The creator of the acclaimed Metroid series, as well as the Game Boy hardware, had but one serious misstep during his tenure at Nintendo. ...
Metroid Prime Phazon Suit Statue
Original at Kotaku
• Thu, Jul 10
• 4 related articles
By Mike Fahey With the unique color scheme of black helmet and red visor, the Phazon Suit is awarded after defeating the Omega Pirate. Both Samus’ suit and gun are infected with pure Phazon. This gives the Phazon Suit an ability to protect Samus from the deadly effects of the deadly blue substance and shoo...
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Metroid: Samus Phazon Suit Figure Preview
Original at IGN
• Thu, Jul 10
• 3 related articles
CA - Here is their press release: "First 4 Figures is extremely proud to present the ultimate version of the Samus Aran's Phazon Suit. ...
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A preview of the E3 game convention
Original at Dallas Morning News
• Sat, Jul 5
• 2 related articles
dBTechno TX - A new Metroid? Another Zelda? Who knows. PC gaming, while indisputably lagging behind the popularity of consoles, should get a boost at E3. ... Even With MGS4, PS3 Sales Flattened By The Wii Kotaku.com all 174 news articles
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Blik may bring Zelda, Metroid decals to walls
Original at Go Nintendo
• Wed, Jun 25
• 1 related articles
Recently, we posted about Blik, the company that is responsible for bringing awesome Mario/Donkey Kong sprite decals to your walls. In a 1up interview with Blik designer Jeremy Williams, we find out that more classic Nintendo characters may soon be decorating our houses. "We've definit...
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Nintendo Channel Reveals US Usage Stats
Original at Cubed3
• Tue, Jun 24
• 2 related articles
UK - Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has seen a fairly decent amount of play time at over 20 hours and nearly 10 play sessions on average. The king of Wii’s retail ... What Wii owners are playing most Eurogamer all 2 news articles
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Nintendo Channel - more retail Wii software stats
Original at Go Nintendo
• Mon, Jun 23
• 2 related articles
By RawmeatCowboy Link Boom Blox: 8 hours and 25 minutes of play per person, 3.8 sessions Wii Fit: 9 hours 14 minutes of play per person, 5.7 sessions Wii Sports: 24,740,000 hours and 21,100,000 sessions. 33 hours of play per person, 28.3 sessions Carnival Games: 7 hours and 44 minutes of play per person, 5.6 sessi...
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Entertainment Weekly - the top classic games of the past 25 years
Original at Go Nintendo
• Sun, Jun 22
By RawmeatCowboy Link 1. Tetris (PC) 2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) 3. Doom (PC) 4. Super Mario World (SNES) 5. Guitar Hero (PS2) 6. Street Fighter II (SNES) 7. Super Mario Kart (SNES) 8. GoldenEye 007 (N64) 9. Grand Theft Auto IV (X360/PS3) 10. Metal Gear Solid (PS) 11. Halo: Combat Evolved (Xbox) 12. Super M...
Death Jr.: Root of Evil - review
Original at Go Nintendo
• Mon, Jun 16
By RawmeatCowboy Ultimately, it may not help dispel the myth that the Wii cannot deliver visual flare and genre muscle - anyone who’s ever played Metroid Prime 3: Corruption will know that’s simply not true - but Death Jr. ...
Today in Joystiq: May 21, 2008
Original at Joystiq
• Wed, May 21
By Ross Miller Filed under: Retro Take a look at this recreation of 16-bit Samus Aran "made entirely of stone mosaic blocks which were hand-nipped to form a several hundred pixel depiction," according to the Flickr page. Now let's see how we can use mosaic blocks to recreate Metroid Prime-era Samus ... now t...
Order of Ecclesia gets a press release, first screenshots.
Original at Aeropause
• Wed, May 21
By Stephen Munn KONAMI ANNOUNCES CASTLEVANIA: ORDER OF ECCLESIA FOR NINTENDO DS(TM ) Developed by Konami, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia is planned for release on Nintendo DS(TM) in Fall 2008. For more information on the games, please visit: www.konami.com.
Brawl Stage of the Week: Metroid revisited
Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Tue, May 20
By Candace Savino Simply titled "Metroid," this level recreates the look and feel of one our favorite NES classics. In this side-by-side comparison, you can see how well Anthony captured the essence of the original Metroid. ...
April Fool’s Day Starts Early With Wii Want More Announcement
Original at Revolution Portal
• Sun, Mar 30
• 2 related articles
By Jimmy Gannon In addition to Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Nintendo will offer content for The Legend of Zelda®: Twilight Princess, Fire Emblem™: Radiant Dawn, Metroid® Prime 3: Corruption, and Mario Kart® Wii, as well as several titles available through the Wii Ware™ service. Wii Want More will also allow...
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More than One DS Sold Every Five Seconds in U.S. [Nintendo]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Dec 11
By Brian Crecente REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- While many eyes are focused on home video game consoles, Nintendo projects Nintendo DS(TM) to be the top-selling system of the year. More than 6 million Nintendo DS portable video game systems have sold in the United States in 2007 through Nov. 30, acco...
Nintendo Dates Wii Zapper, Confirms Link's Crossbow
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Sep 10
I've gotten official confirmation from Nintendo that the Wii Zapper interface will indeed come with Link's Crossbow Training packed in and that the remote-housing Wii Zapper will sell for $20 starting Nov. 19. Link's Crossbow Training drops players into a world in the style of The Legend...
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Impressions [Samus Triumphant]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Aug 28
By Mike Fahey Let's face it - if you loved Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, odds are you're going to be buying Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii no matter what I say here. I could spend several paragraphs detailing how badly the game controls, how shoddy the graphics are, or how boring the ga...
The Joystiq Weekend: August 25 - 27, 2007
Original at Joystiq
• Mon, Aug 27
By Ross Miller Rumor: GameStop increasing pre-order to $10, changing image Metroid Dread 'nearing completion', hidden Metroid Prime 3 message teases\ Culture & Community Star Jones video game violence segment Metroid retrospective: Part 5 -- Timeline squished in a morph ball
Metroid Shines Through The Darkness
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Aug 13
By Mike Fahey Three new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel every Monday. Wii� owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points� to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week'...
Nintendo's E3 Media Briefing: The RundownOriginal at eWeek
• Wed, Jul 11
By Gearlog Some other Wii details announced today included a December 3 release date for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a Wii version of Mario Kart early next year, to be bundled with a Wii wheel controller, and a November 12 release date for Mario galaxy. Reggie enthusiastically calls the latter "the first...
Nintendo's E3 Lineup and Gallery
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Jul 11
By Noah Robischon Wii Super Mario Galaxy(TM): This amazing achievement by legendary Nintendo Super Smash Bros.(R) Brawl: New characters, new moves and new arenas Metroid(R) Prime 3: Corruption: The precision aim of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk make this one of the best-controlled first-person games eve...
The Joystiq Weekend: June 30 - July 2, 2007
Original at Joystiq
• Mon, Jul 2
By Ross Miller Super Mario Bros. 2, Ecco 2 and Dragon Spirit run/swim/fly onto Virtual Console Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass launching October 1st Metroid Prime 3 quietly delayed a week, try to remain calm Robbing a GameStop for the games of course
Phantom Hourglass Dated for the US
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, Jul 2
By Kim Phu software for its Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM), Game Boy(R) Advance and Nintendo GameCube(TM) systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.4 billion video industry icons like Mario(TM), Donkey Kong(R), Metroid(R), Zelda(TM) and
Millions Upon Millions: Nintendo Crowing Over DS Wi-Fi Usage Stats
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, May 30
Nintendo(R) Wi-Fi Connection has crossed two huge milestones within just days of one another. Worldwide, since its launch in November 2005, Nintendo's Mario Kart(R) DS, Metroid(R) Prime Hunters, Pokémon(R) Diamond and Pokémon
Metroid Prime 3: FINALLY!
Original at Kotaku
• Mon, May 21
By Kim Phu Wii July 30 Mario Strikers Charged Nintendo Aug. 20 Metroid Prime 3 Corruption Nintendo September Battalion Wars 2 Nintendo August Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08 EA August Pinball Hall of Fame: Crave September Brothers in Arms Ubisoft September George of the Jungle Crave
Reggie Brings Good News, Bad News
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Feb 16
By Luke Plunkett BONUS GOOD NEWS: Reggie also spoke about some extra goodies they can shill using the Virtual Console. As in, not a game or a Wii Channel. We have a tremendous amount of old Nintendo Power [magazine] content, for example, that we could present to consumers as a way to get smart about Virtual Con...
Metroid Corruption Hands-On Leaves Me Craving More
Original at Kotaku
• Sun, Sep 17
By Brian Crecente Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Format: Wii Launch Date: TBA ESRB: RP (Rating Pending) Game Type: First-Person Adventure Accessories: Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers Players: 1 Developer: Retro Studios Characters: Samus, Dark Samus, the Galactic Federation and new bounty hunters.
Nintendo DS Review: Metroid Prime - Hunters
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, May 21
By Kevin Cortez A FPS that is greatly executed on a handheld console has always been a fable to me. Since Coded Arms on the PSP, I have doubted the existence of a decent FPS game for a handheld, so you could imagine how skeptical I was about Metroid Prime: Hunters for the DS. I was shocked when I found that Hunters...