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Wednesday, Sep 3

 

Rate Hands-On: The Conduit , The Last Best Hope For Wii FPS

Original at Wired News external link    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. ...

Tuesday, Sep 2

 

Rate Show and Tell: Dress from the best

Original at DS Fanboy external link    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 ...

Monday, Sep 1

 

Rate PAX Hands-on: The Conduit

Original at Kotaku.com external link    Mon, Sep 1

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 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 ...

Friday, Aug 29

 

Rate PAX 08: Levine addresses his tribe

Original at GameSpot external link    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 ...

Rate CT Scan Volume 1: Prometheus “Robo” R-66Y

Original at Aeropause external link    Fri, Aug 29

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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...

Wednesday, Aug 27

 

Rate Spectacular ROM Hacks Propel Mario, Link, Sonic To New Places

Original at Press The Buttons external link    Wed, Aug 27

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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...

Saturday, Aug 23

 

Rate Yes, Alone in the Dark 360 is Being Patched

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Aug 23

By Saliu Super Metroid. Samus my friend, Samus. Saliu.

Wednesday, Aug 20

 

Rate Metroid Prime

Original at IGN external link    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 ...

Saturday, Aug 16

 

Rate Metroid Prime

Original at IGN external link    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 ...

Friday, Aug 15

 

Rate TheSpeedGamers Play Metroid to Benefit St. Jude

Original at Nintendo World Report external link    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, ...

Wednesday, Aug 13

 

Rate Metroid series guide

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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 ...

Thursday, Aug 7

 

Rate Top 10 armor/bodysuits

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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.

Rate Top 5 best aliens in games

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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, ...

Monday, Aug 4

 

Rate Nintendo costumes in Fatal Frame 4 are eyecatching

Original at Aeropause external link    Mon, Aug 4    2 related articles

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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...

Thursday, Jul 31

 

Rate The Art of <b>Metroid</b> Prime, <b>Echoes</b>, and <b>Corruption</b>

Original at nerve.com external link    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. ...

Wednesday, Jul 30

 

Rate Wii Warm Up: By the numbers

Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy external link    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, ...

Tuesday, Jul 29

 

Rate The 10 Worst Traits of a Nintendo-made game

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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...

Monday, Jul 28

 

Rate <b>Metroid</b> (Video Game) newly tagged “video <b>games</b>” <b>Metroid</b> (Video <b>...</b>

Original at easyprofitblog.com external link    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 ...

Friday, Jul 25

 

Rate Nintendo's Failure to Communicate with its Fans at E3

Original at Gaming Today external link    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. ...

Rate Review: Call of Duty 3 (Wii)

Original at EL33TONLINE external link    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 ...

Sunday, Jul 20

 

Rate Game Lampoons UK Prime Ministers Concern Over Food Waste

Original at Gaming Today external link    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.

Tuesday, Jul 15

 

Rate E308: Live reactions from the Nintendo conference

Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy external link    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 ...

Saturday, Jul 12

 

Rate Metroid Prime series marathon

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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!

Friday, Jul 11

 

Rate Feature: Eight Extremely Embarrassing E3 Moments

Original at GamePro.com external link    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. ...

Thursday, Jul 10

 

Rate Metroid Prime Phazon Suit Statue

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Jul 10    4 related articles

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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...

Rate Metroid: Samus Phazon Suit Figure Preview

Original at IGN external link    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. ...

Saturday, Jul 5

 

Rate A preview of the E3 game convention

Original at Dallas Morning News external link    Sat, Jul 5    2 related articles

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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

Wednesday, Jun 25

 

Rate Blik may bring Zelda, Metroid decals to walls

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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...

Tuesday, Jun 24

 

Rate Nintendo Channel Reveals US Usage Stats

Original at Cubed3 external link    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

Monday, Jun 23

 

Rate Nintendo Channel - more retail Wii software stats

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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...

Sunday, Jun 22

 

Rate Entertainment Weekly - the top classic games of the past 25 years

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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...

Monday, Jun 16

 

Rate Death Jr.: Root of Evil - review

Original at Go Nintendo external link    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. ...

Wednesday, May 21

 

Rate Today in Joystiq: May 21, 2008

Original at Joystiq external link    Wed, May 21

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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...

Rate Order of Ecclesia gets a press release, first screenshots.

Original at Aeropause external link    Wed, May 21

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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.

Tuesday, May 20

 

Rate Brawl Stage of the Week: Metroid revisited

Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy external link    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. ...

Sunday, Mar 30

 

Rate April Fool’s Day Starts Early With Wii Want More Announcement

Original at Revolution Portal external link    Sun, Mar 30    2 related articles

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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...

Tuesday, Dec 11

 

Rate More than One DS Sold Every Five Seconds in U.S. [Nintendo]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Dec 11

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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...

Monday, Sep 10

 

Rate Nintendo Dates Wii Zapper, Confirms Link's Crossbow

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Sep 10

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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...

Tuesday, Aug 28

 

Rate Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Impressions [Samus Triumphant]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Aug 28

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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...

Monday, Aug 27

 

Rate The Joystiq Weekend: August 25 - 27, 2007

Original at Joystiq external link    Mon, Aug 27

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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

Monday, Aug 13

 

Rate Metroid Shines Through The Darkness

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Aug 13

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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'...

Wednesday, Jul 11

 

Rate Nintendo's E3 Media Briefing: The RundownVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at eWeek external link    Wed, Jul 11

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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...

Rate Nintendo's E3 Lineup and Gallery

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Jul 11

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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...

Monday, Jul 2

 

Rate The Joystiq Weekend: June 30 - July 2, 2007

Original at Joystiq external link    Mon, Jul 2

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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

Rate Phantom Hourglass Dated for the US

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Jul 2

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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

Wednesday, May 30

 

Rate Millions Upon Millions: Nintendo Crowing Over DS Wi-Fi Usage Stats

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, May 30

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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

Monday, May 21

 

Rate Metroid Prime 3: FINALLY!

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, May 21

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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

Friday, Feb 16

 

Rate Reggie Brings Good News, Bad News

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Feb 16

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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...

Sunday, Sep 17

 

Rate Metroid Corruption Hands-On Leaves Me Craving More

Original at Kotaku external link    Sun, Sep 17

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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.

Sunday, May 21

 

Rate Nintendo DS Review: Metroid Prime - Hunters

Original at Blogcritics external link    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...


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