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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by PuppetBoy » Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:02 pm

Almost done installing :datass:

I don't have any batteries for my Wii remote though. Damn.

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Rex Kramer » Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:56 pm

I have absolutely no time to play this but I've still clicked on the buy button. Phendrana Drifts :wub:

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Lagamorph » Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:52 am

http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/960329-metr ... logy/saves

There's a save there with empty progress in all 3 slots but with 15 Friend Credits to unlock some of the bonus features. Relevant because you can no longer actually earn those due to the online being shut down, so you'd otherwise be unable to unlock all of the bonus content.

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Tineash » Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:48 am

Dark Dragon 64 wrote:Don't play Other M.

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Super Dragon 64 » Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:51 am

Lagamorph wrote:http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/960329-metroid-prime-trilogy/saves

There's a save there with empty progress in all 3 slots but with 15 Friend Credits to unlock some of the bonus features. Relevant because you can no longer actually earn those due to the online being shut down, so you'd otherwise be unable to unlock all of the bonus content.

The OP has instructions on what to do with the save file that you download from that link. I've pasted it below for the sake of convenience:

  • Rename downloaded save to "data.bin"
  • Paste the save into this folder on the SD Card (create these folders if you don't have them)
    private/wii/title/r3mp
  • On the Wii U, in Wii mode and in the data management section, transfer from the SD Card to the Wii memory

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Captain Kinopio » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:22 pm

Tineash wrote:
Dark Dragon 64 wrote:Don't play Other M.


Wrong, it's better than at least one of the Prime games.

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Tineash » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:30 pm

It's dreadful on every level, and saying otherwise is a wicked trick to play on the unsuspecting innocent.

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Floex » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:43 pm

The gameplay is pretty good, it's just the atrocious story that brings it right down.

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by Captain Kinopio » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:13 pm

Tineash wrote:It's dreadful on every level, and saying otherwise is a wicked trick to play on the unsuspecting innocent.

Nope, it's a great Metroid in which Samus actually feels like she should. Has some excellent boss fights as well.

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Andrew Mills » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:15 pm

Captain Kinopio wrote:
Tineash wrote:It's dreadful on every level, and saying otherwise is a wicked trick to play on the unsuspecting innocent.

Nope, it's a great Metroid in which Samus actually feels like she should. Has some excellent boss fights as well.

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Lagamorph » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:16 pm

Other M is like Dragon Age 2, it gets a lot more gooseberry fool than it deserves and everyone who says you should skip it is talking rubbish.

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Squinty » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:31 pm

Captain Kinopio wrote:
Tineash wrote:
Dark Dragon 64 wrote:Don't play Other M.


Wrong, it's better than at least one of the Prime games.


I like Other M and think it gets too much gooseberry fool thrown at it but no. No strawberry floating way.

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Super Dragon 64 » Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:07 am

I'm juggling Prime 1 with Ocarina and other things so I've only just picked up the morph ball. The Wii controls make moving around a lot easier than the tank controls of the GameCube while keeping the ability to lock on easily to enemies. I'm still impressed by how good this looks, for a game that's originally over 10 years old, and the music is still as incredible as ever.

Metroid :wub:

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by Green Gecko » Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:46 am

How big is the download? I will get it but I don't have an external hard disk sorted for my Wii U yet. :/ Although I can possibly clear a partition..

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Lagamorph » Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:31 am

Green Gecko wrote:How big is the download? I will get it but I don't have an external hard disk sorted for my Wii U yet. :/ Although I can possibly clear a partition..

7.7GB

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by jawafour » Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:59 am

Lagamorph wrote:
Green Gecko wrote:How big is the download? I will get it but I don't have an external hard disk sorted for my Wii U yet. :/ Although I can possibly clear a partition..

7.7GB

Gecko, unfortunately you won't be able to plug in a drive and just use a certain partion for Wii U usage; when you plug in a drive, the console will format it for its own use. The Wii U can use drives of up to 2TB; you can connect a larger drive but the extra space won't be accessible.

To download Metroid temporarily, plug in a USB stick (after formatting, you'd probably need a 16Gb one) and download it to that. Once you get a hard drive you can re-download it to that (or, connect both the USB stick and the hard drive to the U and then use the 'file move' option - I haven't tried this myself).

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Hypes » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:10 am

Lagamorph wrote:http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/960329-metroid-prime-trilogy/saves

There's a save there with empty progress in all 3 slots but with 15 Friend Credits to unlock some of the bonus features. Relevant because you can no longer actually earn those due to the online being shut down, so you'd otherwise be unable to unlock all of the bonus content.


What does this give you? I started Prime yesterday but haven't got very far. Should I restart with one of these files or are the bonus features pointless?

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Super Dragon 64 » Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:18 pm

You need them to unlock extras like galleries and the ability to take screenshots.

I've now got the charge beam and morph ball bomb. I got a bit lost so I ended up in Magmoor Caverns. I had a feeling that I needed to pick up the Varia Suit first and a bit of exploration confirmed this :lol:

Getting lost led to me doing a bit of exploring which made me remember how excellently the world has been created as each area links to others in a way that I don't think that I saw again until Dark Souls. I disabled the hint system so that I could be left to my own devices and explore new areas of world at my own pace as I picked up new abilities.

I think that I only completed this once so my aim of getting all the items and scans isn't as straightforward as it would be for other games. This means that a lot of the time, while things look familiar, I have to examine the area carefully to look for clues about hidden secrets.

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by Squinty » Sat Jan 31, 2015 3:37 pm

My data carried across from my Wii save file. The save data Mii is Mr T :slol:

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PostRe: [Wii U/Wii] Metroid Prime Trilogy - Out Now for £8.99 on the eShop
by PuppetBoy » Sat Jan 31, 2015 5:18 pm

Been playing a bit of Prime. It's been a while since I've played a Metroid game and I'm really enjoying it. Just got the Varia suit, and have decided to wander back to the ship to have an explore around there.

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