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Metroid Prime Trilogy Bundled, Enhanced, and Soon to Release

Metroid Prime Trilogy Bundled, Enhanced, and Soon to Release

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Nintendo dropped us a press release detailing the upcoming release of Metroid Prime Trilogy.

Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption have all been visually reworked to include widescreen support. Also, medals found in Corruption have been added to Prime and Echoes. Naturally, motion controls have also been added to the first two games in the trilogy. Best of all, all three games are going to be included on one disc and will only set you back $49.99.

If you haven’t played this trilogy, late summer will be the time to do so, as August 24 th has been singled out as the release date.

Press Release:

REDMOND, Wash., May 22, 2009 – Metroid™ Prime 3: Corruption set a new standard for first-person motion controls in video games. Now it’s bringing those controls to the rest of the celebrated series, allowing players to experience the entire Metroid Prime story arc with the peerless precision of the Wii Remote™. Nintendo announces Metroid Prime Trilogy, a new premium three-game collection for the Wii™ console that bundles all three landmark Metroid Prime games onto one disc and revamps the first two installments with intuitive motion controls, wide-screen presentation and other enhancements. Metroid Prime Trilogy will be available exclusively for Wii on Aug. 24 at a suggested retail price of $49.99.

Each game maintains its original storyline and settings, but now Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes let players use their Wii Remote to aim with precision as heroine Samus Aran. Based on the breakthrough control system that debuted in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, these new Wii controls bring an entirely new level of immersion and freedom to these milestone games.

“Metroid Prime Trilogy puts the best first-person adventures all in one place, with a host of new additions that make these three timeless titles more engaging than ever,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “A great deal of care and detail has gone into Metroid Prime Trilogy, providing longtime fans with new ways to experience the games they love.”

All three games now reside on a single disc. Players can access the game they want from a unified main menu that ties together all three adventures. Through a new unlockables system, players can gain access to in-game rewards such as music and artwork by accomplishing objectives across all three games.

Metroid Prime Trilogy was developed by Retro Studios and Nintendo, the same developers that created the original games for the Nintendo GameCube™ and Wii systems.

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