<s>
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Corruption	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Retro	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
seventh	O
main	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Metroid	B-Device
series	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
in	O
2007	O
and	O
in	O
Japan	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corruption	O
is	O
set	O
six	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Echoes	I-Application
(	O
2004	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
Samus	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
and	O
Nunchuk	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
August	O
2009	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
compilation	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
:	I-Device
Trilogy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
4	I-Device
,	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
June	O
2017	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Corruption	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
protagonist	O
,	O
Samus	O
Aran	O
,	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
and	O
Nunchuk	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
execute	O
actions	O
such	O
as	O
jumping	O
,	O
aiming	O
,	O
and	O
firing	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
heads-up	B-Application
display	I-Application
simulates	O
the	O
inside	O
of	O
Samus	O
 '	O
helmet	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
a	O
radar	B-Application
,	O
map	O
,	O
ammunition	O
gauge	O
and	O
health	O
meter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
change	O
visors	O
to	O
enable	O
new	O
abilities	O
such	O
as	O
X-ray	B-General_Concept
vision	I-General_Concept
,	O
collecting	O
information	O
on	O
many	O
items	O
,	O
creatures	O
and	O
enemies	O
,	O
and	O
interfacing	O
with	O
certain	O
mechanisms	O
such	O
as	O
force	O
fields	O
and	O
elevators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
certain	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
enter	O
Corrupt	O
Hypermode	O
,	O
and	O
if	O
not	O
stopped	O
leads	O
to	O
a	O
non-standard	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
due	O
to	O
Samus	O
being	O
overtaken	O
by	O
Phazon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
events	O
in	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Corruption	I-Application
take	O
place	O
six	O
months	O
after	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Echoes	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
protagonist	O
,	O
Samus	O
Aran	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
bounty	O
hunter	O
hired	O
to	O
assist	O
the	O
Galactic	B-Device
Federation	I-Device
during	O
its	O
ongoing	O
conflict	O
with	O
the	O
Space	O
Pirates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
facing	O
initial	O
defeat	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
Zebes	O
during	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Metroid	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Space	O
Pirates	O
sought	O
to	O
gain	O
power	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
newly	O
discovered	O
mutagen	O
called	O
Phazon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Samus	O
managed	O
to	O
disrupt	O
their	O
operations	O
throughout	O
the	O
Prime	O
trilogy	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Galactic	B-Device
Federation	I-Device
confiscated	O
and	O
repurposed	O
their	O
Phazon	O
armaments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Space	O
Pirates	O
 '	O
operation	O
was	O
left	O
in	O
disarray	O
following	O
defeat	O
in	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Echoes	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fleet	O
Admiral	O
Castor	O
Dane	O
,	O
the	O
commander	O
of	O
the	O
Galactic	B-Device
Federation	I-Device
flagship	O
GFS	O
Olympus	O
,	O
calls	O
for	O
a	O
meeting	O
with	O
Samus	O
Aran	O
and	O
three	O
other	O
bounty	O
hunters	O
—	O
Rundas	O
,	O
Ghor	O
,	O
and	O
Gandrayda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bounty	O
hunters	O
receive	O
orders	O
to	O
clear	O
a	O
virus	O
from	O
several	O
organic	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
called	O
"	O
Aurora	B-Application
Units	I-Application
"	O
,	O
located	O
throughout	O
the	O
galaxy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samus	O
travels	O
to	O
the	O
planet	O
's	O
core	O
,	O
where	O
she	O
finally	O
defeats	O
Dark	O
Samus	O
and	O
then	O
the	O
corrupted	O
Aurora	B-Application
Unit	I-Application
313	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retro	O
Studios	O
intended	O
to	O
give	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Corruption	I-Application
larger	O
environments	O
than	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Echoes	I-Application
,	O
including	O
open	O
world	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
enable	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
run	O
at	O
60	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
when	O
Retro	O
learned	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
technical	O
specifications	O
,	O
they	O
found	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
less	O
powerful	O
then	O
they	O
had	O
anticipated	O
and	O
had	O
to	O
scale	O
back	O
on	O
these	O
plans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
were	O
also	O
interested	O
in	O
using	O
the	O
WiiConnect24	B-Device
feature	O
to	O
provide	O
additional	O
content	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
accessible	O
from	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
was	O
revealed	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
demonstrated	O
how	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
would	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
controller	O
's	O
special	O
abilities	O
with	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Echoes	O
modified	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
and	O
shown	O
at	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Media	O
Summit	O
held	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
in	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
president	O
Reggie	O
Fils-Aimé	O
said	O
that	O
Metroid	B-Device
games	O
"	O
never	O
played	O
this	O
way	O
before	O
"	O
when	O
referring	O
to	O
Corruption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pacini	O
also	O
said	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Zapper	O
,	O
a	O
gun	O
shell	O
peripheral	O
,	O
was	O
never	O
considered	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
unveiled	O
when	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
was	O
almost	O
done	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
while	O
Retro	O
did	O
"	O
a	O
great	O
job	O
on	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
in	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
2	I-Application
"	O
,	O
focus	O
was	O
centered	O
on	O
the	O
single	O
player	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
the	O
core	O
strength	O
of	O
the	O
franchise	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
EAD	O
team	O
involved	O
with	O
Corruption	O
suggested	O
Retro	O
to	O
turn	O
Hypermode	O
into	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
would	O
enhance	O
the	O
tension	O
as	O
it	O
made	O
players	O
powerful	O
but	O
if	O
used	O
excessively	O
would	O
lead	O
to	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Corruption	I-Application
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Kenji	O
Yamamoto	O
,	O
Minako	O
Hamano	O
and	O
Masaru	O
Tajima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
increase	O
in	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
RAM	O
that	O
took	O
place	O
when	O
the	O
series	O
switched	O
from	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
;	O
this	O
allowed	O
for	O
higher	O
quality	O
audio	O
samples	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
and	O
thus	O
allowing	O
a	O
better	O
overall	O
audio	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamamoto	O
used	O
Hirokazu	O
Tanaka	O
's	O
musical	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Metroid	B-Device
in	O
Corruption	O
,	O
by	O
keeping	O
the	O
music	O
and	O
themes	O
dark	O
and	O
scary	O
until	O
the	O
very	O
end	O
,	O
when	O
uplifting	O
music	O
is	O
played	O
during	O
the	O
credits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Corruption	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Metroid	B-Device
game	O
to	O
feature	O
a	O
significant	O
amount	O
of	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
in	O
which	O
Samus	O
"[acted]	O
alone	O
[	O
...	O
and ]	O
always	O
came	O
across	O
as	O
a	O
lone	O
wolf	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
revealed	O
in	O
May	O
that	O
Corruption	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
launch	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
console	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
it	O
was	O
delayed	O
to	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
difficulty	O
level	O
is	O
decided	O
by	O
answering	O
to	O
"	O
a	O
questionnaire	O
from	O
the	O
Galactic	B-Device
Federation	I-Device
"	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
version	O
where	O
the	O
difficulty	O
level	O
is	O
chosen	O
directly	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
series	O
producer	O
Kensuke	O
Tanabe	O
said	O
that	O
an	O
idea	O
for	O
a	O
questionnaire	O
came	O
from	O
Retro	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Casamassina	O
initially	O
criticized	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
its	O
minimal	O
marketing	O
campaign	O
for	O
Corruption	O
and	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
larger	O
campaign	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
,	O
which	O
included	O
its	O
own	O
live	O
action	O
advertisement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
questioned	O
on	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
actions	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
responded	O
:	O
"	O
Nintendo	O
fans	O
will	O
be	O
surprised	O
by	O
the	O
quantity	O
and	O
quality	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Corruption	I-Application
information	O
that	O
becomes	O
available	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
launches	O
on	O
Aug	O
.	O
27	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
promise	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
released	O
the	O
"	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
Preview	O
"	O
channel	O
on	O
August	O
10	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
on	O
October	O
15	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
channel	O
,	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
via	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Shop	O
Channel	O
,	O
allowed	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
owners	O
to	O
view	O
preview	O
videos	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
included	O
a	O
battle	O
sequence	O
and	O
previously	O
unannounced	O
details	O
on	O
new	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
month	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Device
"	O
,	O
as	O
named	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
included	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
versions	O
of	O
Metroid	B-Device
,	O
available	O
on	O
August	O
13	O
,	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
Metroid	I-Application
,	O
available	O
on	O
August	O
20	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
August	O
24	O
,	O
2009	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
,	O
alongside	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
and	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Echoes	I-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
single-disc	O
compilation	O
,	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
:	I-Device
Trilogy	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compilation	O
was	O
later	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
's	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
on	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Corruption	I-Application
received	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
praised	O
the	O
visuals	O
and	O
the	O
immersive	O
gameplay	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
one	O
the	O
best	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
awarded	O
it	O
the	O
Editor	O
's	O
Choice	O
Award	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
beautifully	O
designed	O
and	O
the	O
best	O
looking	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
stating	O
that	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
too	O
similar	O
to	O
its	O
predecessors	O
,	O
the	O
review	O
concluded	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
best	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Prime	O
trilogy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
also	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
worthy	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
score	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
(	O
9.8	O
)	O
,	O
had	O
it	O
not	O
been	O
for	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
reason	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Play	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
enjoyable	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
had	O
a	O
few	O
awkward	O
control	O
mechanics	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
little	O
difficult	O
to	O
control	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shane	O
Satterfield	O
from	O
GameTrailers	O
praised	O
the	O
more	O
user-friendly	O
and	O
action-packed	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
compared	O
to	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
and	O
Echoes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satterfield	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
superior	O
motion-sensitive	O
controls	O
and	O
further	O
added	O
that	O
those	O
elements	O
make	O
Corruption	O
"	O
far	O
superior	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamesRadar	O
named	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Corruption	I-Application
the	O
10th	O
best	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
25	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
3	I-Application
is	O
the	O
ultimate	O
achievement	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
IGN	O
's	O
Best	O
of	O
2007	O
Awards	O
,	O
Corruption	O
received	O
the	O
awards	O
for	O
Best	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
Adventure	O
Game	O
,	O
Best	O
Artistic	O
Design	O
,	O
and	O
Best	O
Overall	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
best	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
behind	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
,	O
and	O
honored	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
Best	O
Innovation	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Australian	O
website	O
MyWii	O
named	O
Prime	O
3	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
best	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
game	O
currently	O
available	O
,	O
behind	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spin-off	O
,	O
Metroid	B-Application
Prime	I-Application
:	I-Application
Federation	I-Application
Force	I-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Next	O
Level	O
Games	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
series	O
producer	O
Kensuke	O
Tanabe	O
said	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
doing	O
a	O
story	O
on	O
the	O
Galactic	B-Device
Federation	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tanabe	O
added	O
that	O
Nintendo	O
had	O
no	O
plans	O
on	O
releasing	O
the	O
next	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
a	O
new	O
installment	O
would	O
most	O
likely	O
be	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
next	O
home	O
console	O
,	O
then	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
NX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fourth	O
mainline	O
installment	O
,	O
Metroid	B-Device
Prime	I-Device
4	I-Device
,	O
was	O
announced	O
during	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Spotlight	O
presentation	O
at	O
E3	O
2017	O
,	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
was	O
reportedly	O
originally	O
led	O
by	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
Studios	O
in	O
Singapore	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
some	O
staff	O
members	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
cancelled	O
Star	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
1313	I-Device
game	O
.	O
</s>
