Metroid Prime Trilogy was released in North America on the Wii, on August 24, 2009. It was developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo, and released with a MSRP of $49.99.
The play-time data shown below was collected 372 days after Metroid Prime Trilogy released in North America; or 1 year, 7 days.
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Metroid Prime Trilogy has 56,120 players reporting their play-time data, through the Wii's Nintendo Channel.
Average Play-Times:
Metroid Prime Trilogy's "per person" average hours of play reported are 29 Hours 41 Minutes, over just 13 play sessions. The average play session, for each person reporting play-time data on Metroid Prime Trilogy, is about 2 Hours 15 Minutes.
Sale Rank & Advertised Price:
Metroid Prime Trilogy's
Amazon.com sale rank was #383, with a listed "new" price of $69.98 from a third party vendor.As I reported back in January, I believe that Metroid Prime Trilogy is still no longer being published, as I was told by two Nintendo employees.
Review Score Averages:
As the image above shows, Metroid Prime Trilogy has a 92.27% review score average, based on 33 "professional" reviews on GameRankings.com.
On Amazon.com, Metroid Prime Trilogy has what appears to be a 5 out of 5 Star rating, based on 75 customer reviews.
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| Actual average would be about a 9.5 out of 10 |
I purchased Metroid Prime Trilogy back in December, when Best Buy put the game(or games?) on sale for $20. I JUST opened the game case last week, but the disc still hasn't made it into my Wii yet.
I still find it strange that Nintendo of America hasn't commented on the publishing status of Metroid Prime Trilogy, or even Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, since January of this year. I would think with Metroid: Other M just releasing, having Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, or even Metroid Prime Trilogy available in some fashion would encourage sales of those games.
Here is the complete trailer for Metroid Prime Trilogy:
Questions:
Did anybody run out and purchase Metroid Prime Trilogy back in January when the news broke about the game not being published anymore? If you didn't get a copy then, have you tried to find a copy recently and had trouble finding one?
If anybody is interested in Metroid Prime Trilogy, you can see new and used prices on Amazon.com below:
I remember purchasing the game during winter, but I can't remember if it was before or after the announcement. It was already hard to find in Quebec and I had to buy it 10$ over the normal price. If I wasn't playing Gabriel Knight right now, I would have started playing Prime again.
ReplyDeleteNintendo probably decided to have Other M be the only Metroid game on shelves so it could get all the sales.
@Jonath:
ReplyDelete"Nintendo probably decided to have Other M be the only Metroid game on shelves so it could get all the sales."
I don't doubt this, I just find it really odd.
I would think Metroid fans, are going to know Metroid: Other M compared to Metroid Prime Trilogy; I really wonder why Nintendo has canceled and isn't publishing so many Wii games already, and they haven't even announced a "Player's Choice" line for North America.
Also, I asked this on the last post, but do you find the controls in Metroid Prime Trilogy's original Prime, to be more intuitive than the GameCube version?
Haha, I actually answered the question 2 minutes ago on the other post:
ReplyDelete"It definitely feels good to be able to look around easily without standing still and pressing L if I remember correctly. But after playing The Conduit, I wish I could customize the controls to make it perfect."
Now that I think about it, there is one thing that is less intuitive and that's the weapon and visor selection.
As for Nintendo not publishing some of its games anymore, the first reason is usually because they are not selling anymore. If stores stop ordering them, Nintendo stops making them.
It would have been logical to have a Metroid title on shelves before the release of Other M though, so that's why I think Nintendo might not have wanted M:OM to have competition. It's the only other reason I can come up with.
@Jonath:
ReplyDelete"As for Nintendo not publishing some of its games anymore, the first reason is usually because they are not selling anymore. If stores stop ordering them, Nintendo stops making them."
Which is why I think they should introduce a Wii Player's Choice lineup of games. 4 years and waiting...
"But after playing The Conduit, I wish I could customize the controls to make it perfect."
I think I actually griped one time and called Nintendo lazy for releasing Metroid Prime Trilogy without updating the Wii controls to being fully customizable like The Conduit's.
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption released in 2007...2 years later they released Metroid Prime Trilogy, but we know Metroid Prime was already finished long before, because they released one of them in Japan I believe as a NPC title.
So, why no updated fully customizable controls? Still no FPS from Nintendo this generation with fully customizable Wii controls, or even online multi-player for that matter.
/sigh