HINTS AT METROID 3!

[soloist]

Up until today, this is what we knew about Metroid Prime 3: Retro Studios is making the game for the Revolution. Not much to go on for long-time fanatics of the series. That all changed today however, as Nintendo released an interview with Retro Studios, the game's developer. On the official Metroid Web site, the Austin, Texas-based company answered some questions from fans. <
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>Extracting from the 16 questions answered, Metroid Prime will once again feature the famed heroine Samus Aran in a first-person shooter. The high-tech visor returns, as does composer Kenji Yamamoto and concept artist Andrew Jones, who drew up the lush environments in Metroid Prime 2. "The player can expect to explore different, quite varied environments in Prime 3," said a Retro rep in the interview. The mysterious substance known as Phazon will also "definitely play a major role in Prime 3." <
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>The game's story is apparently already complete, and will feature both old and new foes and friends. "The plot of Prime 3 is about closure, told against the backdrop of an epic struggle." It's unclear whether this means the end of the series, or just "closure" of this immediate storyline. <
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>The game's engine, which was revamped between the first two installments of the series, will once again undergo an overhaul. "Our engineers are a very talented and dedicated bunch, and they're constantly looking for ways to make our games run smoother with more detail." <
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>Retro did mention the Revolution's controller... barely. "We plan on taking advantage of a number of new features in the Revolution, including the controller." <
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>There have been no mentions of a release date for the game. GameSpot will have more on Metroid Prime 3 as information becomes available<
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>-GS- <i></i>

[Roemello]

This reminds me I never got to finishing Prime 2.. I've been too caught up in Xbox, that I kinda pushed the 'cube stuff to the backburner all year... except RE4 because that thing is simply a masterpiece.<
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>Loved the first Prime though and the second as far as I got was goin pretty good. I'll definitely be anticipating this one -----------------<
>-Roemello<
>""Be careful in casting out your devil 'lest you cast out the best thing about you." - Friedrich Nietzsche<i></i>

[soloist]

I too have abandoned my Gamecube for<
>a while... but mostly because there <
>are not many new titles for the<
>system and the older ones I<
>am either stuck in or ha-<
>ve completed enough<
>to be content (lau-<
>ghs). The first<
>Metroid Pri-<
>me I wa-<
>s hea-<
>vily<
>into, t-<
>hough Pri-<
>me 2 did not<
>bode well with m-<
>e for some odd reas-<
>on. I know I was disapp-<
>ointed in the multiplayer as-<
>pect of it, but there may have <
>been many other titles available d-<
>uring this time which distracted me!!!<
>I do hope the multiplayer mode is enhance-<
>d in Prime 3 and the experience is much longer! <i></i>

[Roemello]

Yeah, I know what ya mean about Prime 2... can't really explain why, but it definitely doesn't have the same allure that the first Prime did... -----------------<
>-Roemello<
>""Be careful in casting out your devil 'lest you cast out the best thing about you." - Friedrich Nietzsche<i></i>

[soloist]

Maybe there was not too much innovation<
>in Prime 2 compared to the original I<
>guess? Difficult to say for certai-<
>n since I have not complete-<
>d Metroid Prime 2... b-<
>ut from what I hav-<
>e played, it is s-<
>afe to make<
>such an a-<
>ssump-<
>tion. <i></i>