A frustrating roadblock makes this game a bitter disappointment.
I gave this game a 6, because I spent six hours playing it before arriving at the conclusion that I simply lacked the time and energy required to overcome Mogenar. This has been described by many others as one of the longest, hardest, most frustrating fights they have ever seen in a video game.
I was amazed by the intuitive gameplay in Metroid Prime 3. It simply feels right, and the display is slick and gorgeous. The sound is out of this world as well. This simply made the game all the more frustrating when it ground to a complete halt in the Mogenar fight. I really wanted to beat Mogenar. I read walkthroughs, checked youtube, and made countless attempts. But I simply could not overcome the extreme difficulty of the challenge, and when each try took 20 minutes only to result in defeat, I had finally had enough.
I made my numerous attempts over the course of a week. Each day I would give a few tries at beating Mogenar, but always with the same result.
Some people of course claim the fight is simple, and my hat's off to them. I have a family, a job, and a mortgage to tend to, and I simply cannot, and will not, spend hours upon hours to get past one frustrating fight in a game.
I considered returning the game directly to Nintendo with a "same to you" note attached, because I started feeling like the programmers had deliberately inserted this ridiculous fight only as a big FU to all those who bought the game.