Metroid Prime 3 no Online Play

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Michael Kelbaugh, the president and CEO of Retro Studios has confirmed to Gamepro that Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii will not feature any sort of online multiplay option. Kelbaugh implied that the lack of online play support was due to limited resources and a desire from the team to deliver the best possible single person experience.

GamePro: Will Metroid Prime 3 have any online modes?

Michael Kelbeugh: No. It's something we talked about early on, but we only have so many resources. We opted to devote those resources to making a better single-player experience.

What are the biggest differences between Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and the previous two Metroid Prime games?

It's got to be the controls. The integration of the controls with the Wii controller is a phenomenal difference, and a dramatic improvement in the experience as a whole.

How difficult was it to figure out how the controls would work?

When we first saw the Wii controller, our game director Mark Pacini was really concerned about being able to take all the controls we used in Metroid Primes 1 and 2 - because, really, you use every single button in those games - and morph them into the Wii controller. So we spent a tremendous amount of time making that as seamless and as intuitive as possible. And I think we accomplished that. I think we did a really good job , so that you can pick the Remote and Nunchuk up and not be intimidated.

News Source: Gamepro.com

Dont know how to feel about this, will miss the online aspect, but i do feel that mp doesn't need it and am glad they have taken the extra time to make the single player better.

 

[GarethDW]

Agreed - I think MP is one game that doesn't necessarily need multiplayer. It's already a great series as a single player game, and hopefully MP3 will continue that. The integration of the controller was always going to be the game's strong selling point, not any online capability, so I don't see this as a big loss.