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Metroid Prime 3

What is there not to get ? Shallow family games with no real substance take priority over traditional games on the Wii. This is why 67% of all Wii owners do not regularly play their console, according to recent surveys.

And no, Tetris and Mario is not for all the family to play. Moms and pops and grandpapas don't just walk into a room with Mario and start going YAY and playing it like it's all natural. If anything they would dumbly look over your shoulder, ask 'ARE YOU WINNING?' then walk off without a care in the world.

Mother plays on wiisports whenever she likes. One look and she is familiar with it. One look at a game like Mario Galaxy - 'whatever, I think it's time to go back to the kitchen and prepare that roast dinner off' !

With Wii sales the way they are, it's very clear that Nintendo is seeing where the money lies - families, old people, young people with no idea or care of traditional console and video gaming. There's no point giving first priority to games like Metroid anymore. That's not where the money and the draw is. Hence this 3 page thread on what is supposed to be the Wii's best game - all because Nintendo didn't give the real games the attention and buildup they deserve.
 
It's not just young and old people, but yeh, there's a lot of money to be had in those age groups. My Wii certainly doesn't get as much play time as the 360 or pc, but it's the only thing that gets played when friends come round.

In regards to Metroid 3 - i've got passed the first few worlds and am finding it to be pretty damn good. It's not as good as Metroid Prime, but i'm enjoying it more than Echoes.
 
As above, its definatelly better than Echos thus far.

Havnt played on it much, half an hour here and there. Just upto the first leviathen seed, where i saved and quit.

Im not using the hyper as much as i'd though i would. Only in boss battles or where i cant be bothered with a room full of enemies (like in the hanger).
 
Just completed the first seed and I am absolutely loving it. The controls are sublime once you stick them on advanced and switch jump/fire around - things can get a bit tiring in the boss fights from hammering the trigger but it is worth it for the sense of satisfaction when you beat them.

Borrowed my brothers 360 and played Halo3 for about half an hour and got fed up of trying to play an FPS with two analogue sticks. Went straight back to Metroid Prime.

Up there with Zelda as the best single player game on the Wii IMO.
 
KNiVES said:
WAnd no, Tetris and Mario is not for all the family to play. Moms and pops and grandpapas don't just walk into a room with Mario and start going YAY and playing it like it's all natural. If anything they would dumbly look over your shoulder, ask 'ARE YOU WINNING?' then walk off without a care in the world.
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You're wrong mate..
 
Nismo said:
Is he :confused:

I know that's what my parents would do, either that or take the **** that I was playing video games.
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Yeah, asking a couple of my mates at least half of their parents couldn't play any computer game bar mario/tetris when the NES was out.

Nintendo games have always been accessible to a large age range.
 
I would be talking about it if I could buy it, it doesn't seem to have arrived in Switezrland yet, either that or it is all sold out everywhere..
 
Kree I am going to have to respectfully disagree with you. NES/SNES were never family consoles. It wasn't aimed at the family at all either, and although sales for Super Mario 3 were astronomical (the most selling game ever) it was still limited to a largely child-oriented audience. If you can provide links to discussion and theorem by Nintendo that indeed those older consoles were family-oriented I would be willing to take a look. But as far as history is concerned, they were just typical consoles aimed at kids/teens, like the rest of them. The Wii is remarkably different, and I would think Nintendo stating over and over that they have made a paradigm shift in core audiences compared to before signifies that they have never really gone beyond that previous market purposefully.

It's easy to start on the anecdotal stuff, but I could may as well say my mother once played Sonic 3 and Knuckles for a whole level - doesn't make the Mega Drive a family-oriented console does it ?
 
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Well having had it since Saturday I finally got round to playing it this evening. All I can say is wow I'm underwhelmed! To be honest I think its mainly down to the control system as I just don't seem to be able to get on with it at all and never seem to be able keep what I'm shooting at in my sights whilst on the move, I suppose this will come with practice but I switched it off after about 45 minutes through frustration! :eek:
 
KNiVES said:
Kree I am going to have to respectfully disagree with you. NES/SNES were never family consoles. It wasn't aimed at the family at all either, and although sales for Super Mario 3 were astronomical (the most selling game ever) it was still limited to a largely child-oriented audience. If you can provide links to discussion and theorem by Nintendo that indeed those older consoles were family-oriented I would be willing to take a look. But as far as history is concerned, they were just typical consoles aimed at kids/teens, like the rest of them. The Wii is remarkably different, and I would think Nintendo stating over and over that they have made a paradigm shift in core audiences compared to before signifies that they have never really gone beyond that previous market purposefully.

It's easy to start on the anecdotal stuff, but I could may as well say my mother once played Sonic 3 and Knuckles for a whole level - doesn't make the Mega Drive a family-oriented console does it ?
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You do know that the Japanese names for the NES and SNES were Famicom and Super Famicom meaning Family Computer? :/
 
scaramanga182 said:
Well having had it since Saturday I finally got round to playing it this evening. All I can say is wow I'm underwhelmed! To be honest I think its mainly down to the control system as I just don't seem to be able to get on with it at all and never seem to be able keep what I'm shooting at in my sights whilst on the move, I suppose this will come with practice but I switched it off after about 45 minutes through frustration! :eek:
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Try advanced control mode - it's far better imo. Also, the game gets far better after the space station level you start in - which is basically an extended tutorial. The exploring and everything else that's awesome about MP starts in the first planet you land on.
 
Warbie said:
Try advanced control mode - it's far better imo. Also, the game gets far better after the space station level you start in - which is basically an extended tutorial. The exploring and everything else that's awesome about MP starts in the first planet you land on.
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I actually found the medium sensitivy better.. But i guess its personal preference.

I just got to the Bryyo Seed.. but he is doing my head in and keeps standing on me when i have to bomb his feet..

Im playing it through on Veteran though.. and kind of wish i wasnt as its starting to get really quite tricky. I just wanted the game to last longer :P
 
I'm on veteran mode and the first boss was really bloody hard! Looks like I'm going to find this one tough going.
 
Picked this up on the weekend. finally played it for an hour last night.

Firstly, the game looks great, really beautiful. And I've only just left the space station. Very artistic I think.

The control seem a bit confusing. I am not sure what mode is bees for me. I think it is the nunchuck sideways movement feels unnatural. I would prefer the nunchuck to control sideways direction, like RE4.

But I think this is just practice. Even by the end of the evening I was getting better.
 
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