If you've never played a Metroid Prime before, there's been no better time to start. If you have, it's still worth it.

User Rating: 9.5 | Metroid Prime Trilogy WII
By sonicking2004 | Review Date:
Let's get this out of the way: You're not gonna pop this in and suddenly find some new enemy waiting around the corner on Tallon IV (Metroid Prime). And while the game is now presented in 16X9 format, you won't see a huge jump in graphics from the original. Having said that, it's worth noting that, whether you're a rookie or a hard-core veteran, Metroid Prime Trilogy is currently the best way to experience these masterpieces. Not only is the price right ($50 for all three games), but having Prime 3's control scheme applied to the first two makes them feel brand new. Whereas the free-aiming while locked-on does make some battles unnecessarily hard (Prime 2's Grapple Guardian is especially a pain), in other fights it's most gratifying, as is the Ball Jump (performed by bouncing the Wii-mote) in the Morph Ball mazes. And while graphics look pretty close to their 'Cube counterparts, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Of course, there are some minor issues: 1) Prime 2's multiplayer is still single console split-screen only: no wi-fi upgrade. 2) You still have to receive Friend Vouchers from a friend to get the green tokens, which are essential to getting some of the bonuses in Prime 3. Which leads us to my final grippe: Trilogy is incompatible with the credits, vouchers, and save files from the original Prime 3. That means if you been collecting credits in the original, they'd have to be collected all over again. In addition, your friends would have to send you vouchers collected in Trilogy's P3 for you to get the green credits, and vice-versa. On the plus side, you no longer need Metroid Fusion+GBA+link cable to get the Fusion Suit: just beat Prime 1 & buy it with the collected credits.

In summary, while there are still some improvements that COULD have been made, this new look on the Prime Trilogy is still stellar, and thus a must-have for anyone who considers themselves an action gamer.

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