"Metroid Prime 3: Corruption" - Wii Trivia Game

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1. An unusual sight for the "Metroid" series, Samus can actually meet and speak with other humans in person: specifically, the Galactic Federation. Who is their military leader?

Answer: Admiral Dane

Most of the games in the "Metroid" series before "Corruption" had a noticeable lack of friendly characters in comparison to other adventure games. Though many of them won't say much to Samus, she can finally speak with other humans, all members of the Galactic Federation. Admiral Dane leads the Galactic Federation force in this game.

2. Samus joins forces early on in the game with three other bounty hunters. All four members of this group have their own unique powers and abilities. Which hunter commands ice and can ride around through the air on an ice path?

Answer: Rundas

Rundas, like the other hunters, starts the game as a normal bounty hunter on the side of the Galactic Federation. Unfortunately, when all four bounty hunters are corrupted by the substance known as Phazon, the corruption takes over their minds - all of them except the main character, Samus.

3. Early on in the game, Samus acquires a "grapple lasso": a beam that extends from her left hand to ensnare certain objects. Which of these grapple effects can Samus not acquire in the game?

Answer: Ability to stun any enemy

Due to the Nintendo Wii's unique motion controls, the creators of the game took full advantage of the grapple beam's usefulness. While in previous "Metroid Prime" games the grapple beam could only be used for swinging, "Corruption" adds different functions mainly achieved through a simple movement while locked on. Stunning an enemy is not one of them, although certain enemies can be killed outright by grappling a weak point, and certain bosses can have their weak points exposed by grappling away an outside plating.

4. Aside from large Federation ships, Samus mainly traverses four different planets throughout the game. Which one features the location called SkyTown?

Answer: Elysia

Elysia is a planet with hostile clouds in its atmosphere which make living and even landing a ship difficult. As a result, the structures you explore are all floating high above the ground. For transportation between islands, Samus uses both morph ball cannons and "ziplines", the latter being a new element which lets Samus slide along a track with the grapple beam.

5. Samus starts off with one Beam weapon in this game, and later acquires two upgrades for it. This makes a total of three Beam effects in one weapon. Which of the following is not one of them?

Answer: Ice Beam

In the first "Metroid Prime", Samus can use both the Ice Beam and Plasma Beam as separate weapons. However, due to the fact that the upgrades in "Corruption" add together, two opposites (high-temperature and low-temperature) cannot be added to the same beam. Therefore instead of the Ice Beam, Samus adds the Ice effect to her Missiles.

6. Defeating bosses usually gives you a Gold Credit for purchasing extras. However, there is one normal enemy (does not need to be defeated in order to beat the game) that will also yield a Gold Token each time you defeat it. Which of these is it?

Answer: Red Phaazoid

Phaazoids only appear later on in the game, but can be a very annoying enemy. The only way to defeat them is to enter Hyper Mode, thereby using up an energy tank (or even two if you need to enter Hyper Mode a second time). Phaazoids split into two pieces - and each piece splits again - with enough damage. Red Phaazoids are the only ones that yield Gold Credits, but if you're hunting for Gold Credits, hunt for the regular Phaazoids as well: some of them, when they split, will spawn a Red Phaazoid as one of their halves.

7. Samus starts off with three of her four visors, having to acquire only one during the game. (Technically the Ship visor is with her at the beginning, it's just locked). So which visor does Samus finally acquire in the Pirate Homeworld?

Answer: X-Ray Visor

The X-Ray visor from the first "Metroid Prime" makes a return in "Corruption", despite its changed look. In this game, the X-Ray visor makes a perfect counterpart with the Nova Beam for solving many puzzles. They can also be paired together to kill Pirate Commandos a lot faster by shooting through their Phazite armour to hit a weak spot.

8. Using default control settings, a player can use the minus button (-) on the remote to bring up the visor select screen. With which other button on the Wii Remote can this be switched?

Answer: The plus button (+)

The control scheme in "Metroid Prime 3: Corruption" is simple and quick to use, but not at all rigid. The A button can be switched with the B button and the plus button can be switched with the minus button for the convenience of the player. Turning sensitivity can also be set to one of three levels.

9. Certain accomplishments in the game will give you some sort of bonus. What do you get if you acquire 75% of all item pickups?

Answer: A special ending (after beating the game)

Unlike previous "Metroid" games, "Corruption" actually tells the player on-screen what bonuses they receive for various accomplishments. Something as simple as using the Boost Ball on a particular group of Tinbots will show up on the screen as a Friend Voucher with the title "Bowling for Bots". And of course, special endings are no longer a mystery.

This game was also the first Metroid to feature an in-game method by which the player could find data revealing the location of every item pickup in the game.

10. The final boss. If you scan your targets, the game reveals that Dark Samus is bonded to the Planet Phaaze, as well as what other entity that you end up fighting as part of the final challenge?

Answer: An Aurora Unit

Earlier in the game, you find out that Space Pirates attacked a Galactic Federation training ship called the Valhalla. It turns out their target was the Aurora Unit on board. The AU gets fully corrupted by Phazon, and by the end of the game when Samus reaches it, is completely absorbed and linked to both the planet Phaaze and Dark Samus.

The final boss comes in three parts, and two of them are the Aurora Unit.

Source: Author Kwedeth

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor kyleisalive before going online.
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"Metroid Prime 3: Corruption" - Wii Quiz

An absolutely stunning finale to the "Prime" subdivision of Nintendo's top-quality series, "Metroid". Beware of spoilers.

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