Friend Voucher

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Friend Voucher Inventory model.

A Friend Voucher is an achievement given to players for completing various tasks in the gameplay mode of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and the Metroid Prime Trilogy. A Friend Voucher can become a Friend Credit by sending it to someone on a player's Friend Roster via WiiConnect24, thus allowing players to purchase bonus content. A maximum of 26 Friend Vouchers can be collected on one save file. They are obtained in many different fashions throughout the course of the game and can be obtained only once per file.

Since June 28, 2013, the servers have been shut down, preventing Friend Vouchers from being exchanged. New players seeking to earn extras with Friend Credits must begin the game by either downloading an existing save file with pre-downloaded credits, using a modded Wii to get them via RiiConnect24, or by hacking the game via cheating/cheat codes.

Vouchers

Number of kills

A Friend Voucher is awarded for every one hundred kills up to one thousand (ten Friend Vouchers can be acquired this way, one at each hundredth kill milestone).

Juggling Bonus

Samus must earn at least twenty points on the Training Drone juggling minigame in Docking Bay 5 aboard the G.F.S. Olympus.

GF Trooper Saved

During the Space Pirate attack on the Olympus, if Samus manages to save the Federation Marine from being sucked out into space after a hull breach by shooting the red, pulsing emergency switch, she will earn a Friend Voucher.

Flawless Escape

During the Space Pirate attack on Norion, Meta Ridley attacks Samus while she is in a Morph Ball tube. If Samus escapes from both tunnels without receiving any damage, she will be awarded this Friend Voucher.

Shortcut Discovered

Near the middle of the Gel Cavern on Bryyo Fire, there is a pathway off to the right (when going toward the Temple of Bryyo) blocked off by a stream of Fuel Gel. Stopping the flow with an Ice Missile will reveal a Warp Statue leading back to the Imperial Hall. Heading through the tunnel will launch the Morph Ball to the Imperial Hall, earning Samus a Friend Voucher.

Icy Reptilicide

This Friend Voucher is obtained by tricking a Reptilicus or a Reptilicus Hunter into killing itself with its own throwing chakram. Samus must first weaken the foe (so the Reptilicus or Reptilicus Hunter will be fully frozen, but not killed by an Ice Missile), then freeze it with an Ice Missile just after it throws its chakram. As the weapon returns, the Reptilicus or Reptilicus Hunter will shatter.

Perfect Execution

To earn this Friend Voucher, Samus must flip all three switches without having any of them reset by Aerotroopers, when disabling the Anti-Air Cannon "Tiamat" turret in Bryyo Thorn Jungle on Bryyo.

Exterminator

Killing all of the small enemies found in the landing site of a Leviathan Seed will award Samus this Friend Voucher.

Stylish Kill

In Skybridge Hera on Elysia, ignoring the Steambots and letting them fall with the bridge will award this Friend Voucher.

Bowling for Bots

Three Tinbots must be knocked over in a row by using the Boost Ball to earn this Friend Voucher.

Crash Landing

Using the Plasma Beam on a Pirate Aerotrooper will ignite their jetpack, and then the Grapple Lasso can rip it off, earning Samus this Friend Voucher.

New Area Discovered

This Friend Voucher is awarded upon the first visit to Eastern SkyTown, Elysia.

New Area Discovered

This Friend Voucher is awarded upon the first visit to Bryyo Ice.

20 Commandos Defeated

This Friend Voucher is obtained by killing 20 Commando Pirates.

Harvester Destroyed

Samus must Command her Gunship to perform a Bombing Run with Ship Missiles on the Phazon Harvester Drone, after the Defense system generator has been obliterated to earn this Friend Voucher.

Leviathan Humiliated

Shooting the Leviathan optical organs on the Leviathan Battleship 60 times will give Samus this Friend Voucher.

Secret Message Discovered

Samus must type in a secret code on the G.F.S. Valhalla to listen to Aurora Unit 313's final transmission to earn this Friend Voucher.

Official Data

Inventory data

Friend Voucher

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Inventory entry

You will automatically earn a Friend Voucher by completing special events in the game.
You can mail a Friend Voucher to anyone on your Friend Roster. That person will then be able to exchange it for a Friend Credit, which they can use to purchase bonus items in the Extras Menu.

Metroid Prime Trilogy manual

Friend Vouchers

"You can send Friend Vouchers you obtain during the game to friends registered on your Wii console. Only players who have the PAL version of METROID PRIME TRILOGY can receive them (see details on the following page)."

About the Friend Vouchers You Receive

"You can exchange the Friend Vouchers you receive from friends for Friend Credits. If you receive Friend Vouchers, the number of vouchers you received will be displayed after you select a save file, so select the number of vouchers you want to exchange for credits. You can spend Friend Credits as you would regular credits.
Note: After you have decided the number of Friend Vouchers you want to send, or to convert to Friend Credits, the game will automatically save."

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Premiere Edition

Friend Vouchers

"Friend vouchers are awarded for completing a variety of tasks, including the discovery of new areas and pulling off stylish kills. Unlike the other credits, friend vouchers cannot be used to purchase bonus content--for that you need friend credits. Friend credits can only be obtained when you receive a friend voucher from a friend. Once received, the friend voucher instantly becomes a friend credit. So send friend vouchers out to friends and hopefully they'll send you some of their own vouchers so you can have friend credits.
NOTE: For a full listing of credits and what you can spend them on, see the appendices at the back of the guide."

Sources

• The Metroid Database - Friend Voucher FAQ v2.5