| Metroid Prime 3: Corruption | |
|---|---|
 North American and PAL region box art | |
| Developer(s) | Retro Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Mark Pacini |
| Producer(s) | Kensuke Tanabe |
| Programmer(s) | Frank Lafuente[1] |
| Composer(s) |
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| Series | Metroid |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is a 2007 action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii. The seventh main game in the Metroid series, it was released in North America and Europe in 2007 and in Japan in 2008.
Corruption is set six months after Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004). It follows the bounty hunter Samus Aran, who becomes infected with Phazon by her doppelgänger Dark Samus. Samus works to prevent the Phazon from spreading to other planets while being corrupted by the Phazon.
The player uses the Wii Nunchuk to move and aim and the Wii Remote to jump, aim and fire. Corruption introduces features such as Hypermode, which allows Samus to use more powerful attacks, and the ability to command her gunship. The new control scheme took a year to develop and delayed the release several times. The game was first shown to the public at the E3 2005 trade show.
Like the previous Prime games, Corruption received acclaim, with reviews praising its gameplay, graphics and music, though some were divided on the controls. More than one million copies were sold in 2007. It was rereleased in 2009 as part of the compilation Metroid Prime: Trilogy. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is scheduled for 2025 for the Nintendo Switch.
- ^ Sirani, Jordan (January 25, 2019). "Who Is Now Making Metroid Prime 4 at Retro Studios?". IGN. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2024.