Metroid Primology
If you like old things repackaged as shiny new things, then Nintendo loves you in your private game bits. High on the success of their plan to release ancient Gamecube titles as new Wii games by slapping the phrase NEW PLAY CONTROL! on the front of the box, those clever sprockets have… done the same thing with a different game. This time it may well be awesome, however. Because it’s Metroid.
Metroid Prime, actually.
All three of the games in the Metroid Prime series are to be released on a single disc for the Wii around August 24th, 2009. The first two games - Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime: Echoes - have been rejigged with Wiimote functionality, while Metroid Prime 3: Corruption has been included to mock people who already bought it.
All three games will be accessible via the main menu, letting you jump in and out at the press of a few buttons. There will also be achievements (and possibly other things) to unlock by completing parts of the games.
For fans (like me) this is a great chance to replay three great games. The Prime series has given us some of the better games on both the Wii and Gamecube. For newbies, it’s a chance to not suck and be lame, finally. At only the price of a single new game, it’s almost a good deal. Buy it anyway.