Tips: Metroid Prime 3

Feeling a little lost in space? If last week’s serving of interstellar strategies for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption wasn’t enough for you, you’ve come to the right place as we bring you another batch of tips and secrets to make the most out of Samus’s first-person Wii adventure. But be warned; if you want to uncover everything for yourself then look away now!

Boss battle – Ghor

In our previous tips section we looked at how to blast your way past the first of the corrupted Hunters you cross paths with in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. But dispatching of Rundas was just the beginning; your next battle with a Hunter sees you going toe to toe with the formidable Ghor.

When you run into Ghor at the Main Docking Bay on Elysia, you’ll find him unleashing his considerable anger on your precious gunship. If that’s not a good enough reason to put him in his place, then just remember that he is about to do everything he can to ensure your mission ends here and now.

The battle begins with Ghor dashing at you with all his force in an attempt to ram you clean into next week. A protective shield around him means your firepower will be useless at first, but there is a sneaky way to bring the shield down and open him up to attack. Using your Ice Missiles, freeze some of the pools of hot Fuel Gel that scatter the battlefield. If Ghor runs over one of these frozen patches while he is coming for you he’ll end up slipping and spinning, exposing a weak point on his back which you should promptly target to bring down his shield. Once his shield is out of the way, you’ll be able to shoot another weak spot; this time on his head.

Eventually Ghor will try a new approach, firing a lethal Plasma Beam at you which can be avoided with a well-timed jump. Now you need to target his next weak spot, this time by entering Morph Ball mode and getting underneath him. Dropping Morph Ball Bombs or hitting him in Boost Ball mode will eventually stun him and once again reveal the weak spot on his head. Once you’ve dealt enough damage, Ghor will launch a last desperate attack; throwing everything he has at you. Do everything you can to avoid his attacks and continue targeting the weak spot on his head. Entering Hypermode will let you dish out maximum punishment and bring the battle to a satisfactory conclusion sooner rather than later. If you’re running low on energy at any point, be sure to take aim at the Transportation Drones flying over the battle arena.

Screen-Shot Tool

Finished off a boss worth remembering? Found a pretty location you want to show to your friends? Or maybe you located a well-hidden Energy Tank and you want to send your friends a sneak preview of where it can be found? The Screen-Shot Tool will let you take a picture at almost any point during the game by just pressing up on the +Control Pad. This image will then be sent to your Wii Message Board, from where you can send it to all your Wii Friends.

Collect one Blue Credit, two Friend Credits, three Red Credits and three Gold Credits and go to the Bonus Gallery in the Extras menu, where you can unlock and activate the Screen-Shot Tool. With that out of the way, you can make snapshots of your favourite moments during the game – including most of the spectacular cut scenes.

Not only is this a great tool to show your Wii Friends exactly how far you already made it into the game, by opening up the Photo Channel you can even watch your favourite Metroid moments in a Slide show!

Secret Messages

In the last tips section we shared the secret codes you need in order to hear messages from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. The messages can be accessed from the cockpit of Samus’s ship by calling up the eight unusual symbols via her computer terminal. Looking at the symbols from left to right and imagining they represent the numbers one through to eight is the first step.

Now tap in the equivalent of the number sequence 4,6,1,7 to hear a message from Metroid master Yoshio Sakamoto, director of the original 1986 Metroid game on the NES. And to hear from Metroid music composer Kenji Yamamoto insert 3,6,4,8. Don’t be surprised if you can’t understand the messages though – they’re both in Japanese!

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is in shops now, only on Wii. For more information, visit the official website.