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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007)

Retro Studios

Wii

3.94 from 858 ratings

2294 members have it in their collection · 47 playing now · 901 backlogged · 442 wish listed

How long? Main story 14h · with extras 14h (from 10 logged playthroughs)

The trilogy closes as corruption creeps over the universe… and into Samus Aran. Using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, players control Samus as she partners with other bounty hunters, shoots down enemies, and explores alien worlds in a harrowing mission to stop the mutagenic Phazon from spreading across the galaxy.
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Details

Developers
Retro Studios
Publishers
Nintendo
Genres
Adventure, Platform, Shooter
Themes
Action, Science fiction
Franchises
Metroid
Series
Metroid, Metroid Prime
Events
Nintendo E3 2007 Press Conference, Nintendo E3 2006 Media Briefing, Nintendo E3 2005 Press Conference

Release dates

  • Aug 27, 2007 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
  • Oct 26, 2007 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
  • Nov 08, 2007 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
  • Mar 06, 2008 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii

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Rating distribution

5 stars
224
4 stars
411
3 stars
184
2 stars
29
1 star
10
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ZoldathGaming

Review ZoldathGaming 5/5 · Jan 7, 2026

Better than I expected

Played using Primehack. I've seen a lot of discource saying Metroid Prime 2 is the best one of the trilogy, but I disagree. It's still a great game(I'd give it an 8.75 out of 10), but imo neither MP2 or 3 are as well-made as MP1(9.75/10). That being said, MP3 has a lot of streamlined elements that make it a …

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Played using Primehack. I've seen a lot of discource saying Metroid Prime 2 is the best one of the trilogy, but I disagree. It's still a great game(I'd give it an 8.75 out of 10), but imo neither MP2 or 3 are as well-made as MP1(9.75/10). That being said, MP3 has a lot of streamlined elements that make it a much smoother and less frustrating than MP2. Their intro copied Halo heavily, but it was still quite nostalgic, and the best area of the game gave me some big Twilight Princess vibes. Overall really fun game and I prefer MP3 to MP2, even though I think I'm in the minority

9/10

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Predefiance

Status Predefiance Nov 29, 2019

And with the death of the final boss my time with this trilogy had come to an end. I finished this one with 77% which isn't too bad since I'm not much of a 'scourer'. Fantastic series.

Gladly taking recommendations of what to play next in the series. The only 2D games I've played are the 3DS remake and the …

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And with the death of the final boss my time with this trilogy had come to an end. I finished this one with 77% which isn't too bad since I'm not much of a 'scourer'. Fantastic series.

Gladly taking recommendations of what to play next in the series. The only 2D games I've played are the 3DS remake and the original.

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Predefiance

Status Predefiance Nov 24, 2019

"You must keep at least 4 soldiers alive to help you arm the bomb." OK, that doesn't seem very metroid-like at all....

Plays through the ensuing firefight

Me: Ok, that was absolutely sick. I don't care.

Seriously, this game has its shortcoming but they're quite small. I've loved just about every minute of the game.

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Predefiance

Status Predefiance Nov 20, 2019

Ok, who thought shooting minigames were necessary for travelling on skylines? Absolutely frustrating.

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Predefiance

Status Predefiance Mar 9, 2019

Following what Grouvee Scienced! And said I should I ended up putting a little over an hour into this game yesterday.

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Predefiance

Status Predefiance Mar 2, 2019

After the frustrating backtracking and confusion of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Corruption feels like a breath of fresh air in that its more linear structure streamlines a more conventional story. It felt odd opening up in Samus's ship and actually talking to people and seeing cutscenes and discussions between NPCs - way different to the Metroid games I'd played up …

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After the frustrating backtracking and confusion of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Corruption feels like a breath of fresh air in that its more linear structure streamlines a more conventional story. It felt odd opening up in Samus's ship and actually talking to people and seeing cutscenes and discussions between NPCs - way different to the Metroid games I'd played up until this point. It does, however; feel necessary. if it had been just like the first two prime games people might have complained it was getting stale and old and needed something different to revitalise the games. Indeed, 2 felt more of the same enough that it did feel annoying. I don't advocate for such conventions in Metroid games but I can understand the purpose and see it as an evolution, rather than a bastardisation that I'm sure many people saw it as.

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Sizednochi

Status Sizednochi Jun 4, 2018

This game is terrible. I didn't think anything could be worse than Other M.

Worst suits

Worst story

Worst supporting characters

Having supporting characters at all (Hint: This is why prime 1 is good - no NPCs. prime 2 does a decent job but it's about as much as i can take, with the luminoth u-mos dude. he's alright. but …

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This game is terrible. I didn't think anything could be worse than Other M.

Worst suits

Worst story

Worst supporting characters

Having supporting characters at all (Hint: This is why prime 1 is good - no NPCs. prime 2 does a decent job but it's about as much as i can take, with the luminoth u-mos dude. he's alright. but prime 3 goes too far, and fusion/other-m go way too far)

Worst weapons, completely USELESS beams, AWFUL upgrades like the QTE ship ones (ship mission expansions are a joke)

Completely sectioned off zones/world, even more linear and not interconnected than prime 2

Awful tacked-in forced motion minigames (LOOK GUISE ITS ON THE WII LOL)

Copy-pasted enemies everywhere (5 re-textures of shriekbats)

Annoying fucking bosses, boring easy fights that just take a million hits to kill

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