Metroid Prime 3 - Shooting button

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#1 leevshan
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I feel more comfortable shooting with B button instead of the default A button. Shooting with A button feels awkward to me. What about u?

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#2 fireshinigami2
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B button feels more natural.
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#3 Jayesler12
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The B Button is a trigger which actually feels like a gun. i don't know why they had the A button as default.
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#4 leevshan
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The B Button is a trigger which actually feels like a gun. i don't know why they had the A button as default.Jayesler12

yes, i dont know why.

Every games i've played, i always use the default control settings, and it feels right, except for MP3.

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#5 freek666
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I havent got it yet but im getting it this week hopefully and i would probably use the B button, however i have been playing RE4 and u use the A button in that so it might take time having to get re-adjusted like when i got RE4 i was used to the COD3 cotrols which uses B to shoot and A to use the sight.
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#6 Popadophalis
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I like to use the A button as it puts your thumb in a better position to fire the missiles. Plus i used the original control scheme for a couple hours before i realised that you could change it - and by that time I couldnt be bothered readjusting.
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#7 oyvoyvoyv
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What? Mine was automatically B. Maybe because I have PAL?

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#8 Wintry_Flutist
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[QUOTE="Jayesler12"]The B Button is a trigger which actually feels like a gun. i don't know why they had the A button as default.leevshan

yes, i dont know why.

Because Samus isn't holding a gun.

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I like to use the A button as it puts your thumb in a better position to fire the missiles.Popadophalis

Same with me, it feels more natural have "shooting" with same finger thats why i use A.

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#10 AdRock92
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They have it as the A button because shooting was done with A in the previous two prime games. I use it because I think I can tap it faster than the B trigger.

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#11 starmetroid
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[QUOTE="Popadophalis"]I like to use the A button as it puts your thumb in a better position to fire the missiles.aroxx_ab

Same with me, it feels more natural have "shooting" with same finger thats why i use A.

ya! people typed that out for me

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#12 Weslii
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A button here.
I can tap way faster with A then B.
And jumping with B just feels so good.

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#13 draftrough
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B button, its the trigger button after all. The A button doesnt make since.
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#14 CUDCUD
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I use A , i havnt tried B, but i am used to A now and feels fine.
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#15 Aska49
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The reason is because:

1. She isn't carrying a traditional gun with a trigger.

2. You would know exactly why if you played the first two Metroid Prime games.

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#16 thriteenthmonke
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I think A is used by default because you can shoot faster with it. I also think that using your thumb to shoot is less tiring over long periods of time.
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I like to use the A button as it puts your thumb in a better position to fire the missiles. Plus i used the original control scheme for a couple hours before i realised that you could change it - and by that time I couldnt be bothered readjusting.Popadophalis

that's exactly my situation too

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#18 Litchie
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I use the A button for MP3, since I don't want her beam to feel like a gun.
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#19 Weslii
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[QUOTE="Popadophalis"]I like to use the A button as it puts your thumb in a better position to fire the missiles. Plus i used the original control scheme for a couple hours before i realised that you could change it - and by that time I couldnt be bothered readjusting.Cyberfairy

that's exactly my situation too


lol same here but I´m glad I did.
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#20 JAREDJR
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I use B only because I wanted to try something different from Prime and Prime 2 Echoes.
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#21 Ablasio
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I prefer A, becauseI think it ismore comfortableto tap rapidly, unlike other shooter that you just have to hold down the button to keep shooting.
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#22 deactivated-5967f36c08c33
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I have it on the "A" button.

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#23 bottomdollar
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"A" button for me, easier to access my missles and its feel better to hold down the "Z" button and sidestep with jump ("B" button). Feel more natural to me.

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#24 gorilaboy
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those who say because she isn't firing a gun, try firing off a few shots with the X-ray visor on. As fo the firs an sec prime games, they use the a button because the gamecube triggers don't allow for quick firing rates. I use the b button because i can fire more rapidly with my index finger than my thumb.
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#25 aransom
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They have it as the A button because shooting was done with A in the previous two prime games. I use it because I think I can tap it faster than the B trigger.

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I use the B button because it is a trigger. I'm sure I was slower than if I had started out with A, but my finger got stronger, and I think it's just as fast now.
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#26 crankypinoy
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although it seems right to shoot with the B button i shoot faster when iuse the A
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#27 SapSacPrime
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I use A, I planned on using B but I figured Retro must know their stuff and after trying the standard controls I agreed.
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#28 monty_4256
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What? Mine was automatically B. Maybe because I have PAL?

oyvoyvoyv

nope i'm pal and it was on a

anyway, wintry, just because she's technically not got a gun, doesn't mean what she holds doesn't work like a gun, and therefore feel beter to have a trigger