Metroid Prime Trilogy

Metroid Prime Trilogy is an enhanced compilation of Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption to be released on August 24, 2009 for the Wii. It will be released in the United States in lieu of New Play Control! versions of the former two.

New Additions
Metroid Prime Trilogy will include many of the changes introduced in New Play Control! Metroid Prime and New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. These include, but are not limited to:


 * Three difficulty settings (Normal Mode, Veteran Mode, and Hard Mode)


 * Customizable control options similar to Metroid Prime 3: Corruption that carry over to all three games


 * A Credits system similar to the one introduced in Corruption, allowing the player to unlock extras such as music or image galleries. This is also how the Fusion Suit is obtained in Prime.


 * Widescreen and 480p support.


 * A reworked menu interface with a tunnel background, Mii system, files that include all three games (as well as details on location and current power-up status), and connected control options between games on a single Mii file.


 * The Multiplayer from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes returns with the Wii controls


 * Faster loading times for rooms.


 * "Mildly updated graphical effects like bloom lighting."

Previews
IGN: Players will set up a profile using one of the system Miis, and all progress in each game will be stored to this profile. You'll be able to pull up how far you are, in percentage, in each of the games and the location of your save file. The front end also has an option menu that affects all three games, so if you've tweaked the controls or lock-on abilities, your settings will carry over into each of the products instead of requiring you to change it up every time.

The front end has been designed with a bit of visual flair that matches the Metroid theme. As you work your way through the menus you're digging through a mechanical tube, and when you select the game to load it's obvious that you're inside Samus' cannon…and the camera pulls out to reveal Samus in the specific form/model of the game you'll be playing. When you select the Metroid Prime 2 Echoes Multiplayer mode from this new front end, the camera pulls out to reveal four Samus characters before it jumps into the action.

Links

 * Press release.
 * Kotaku preview.
 * IGN preview.