Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Gameplay

Gameplay

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is a first-person action-adventure game. The player controls the protagonist, Samus Aran, using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk devices. The Nunchuk enables the player to perform actions such as moving Samus and locking on to enemies and targets. The Wii Remote allows the player to execute actions such as jumping, aiming, and firing weapons.

Corruption is a large, open-ended game that takes place across several planets, each with regions connected by elevators, rail systems, and bridges. Each region has rooms separated by doors that can be opened when shot with the correct weapon. The gameplay revolves around solving puzzles to uncover secrets, jumping on platforms, and shooting enemies with the help of a "lock-on" mechanism that allows Samus to move in a circle while staying aimed on an enemy. The game uses a first-person view, except in Morph Ball mode, in which Samus' suit transforms into an armored ball and the game uses a third-person camera.

The game's heads-up display simulates the inside of Samus' helmet, and features a radar, map, ammunition gauge, health meter, and when engaged with a boss, its health bar and name. The player can change visors to enable new abilities such as X-ray vision, collecting information on many items, creatures and enemies, and interfacing with certain mechanisms such as force fields and elevators. Corruption also includes a hint system that periodically displays on-screen instructions and navigation assistance.

The game also has the addition of the Hypermode, a feature in which one of her full energy tanks' contents are diverted to her Phazon Enhancement Device' Phazon tank. This device uses this energy to give Samus temporary invincibility and more powerful attacks. These attacks drain the Phazon tank. Remaining in Hypermode for too long leads into Corrupt Hypermode, a version of Hypermode that increases the risk-reward profile even more. This mode causes her Phazon tank to slowly fill up with Phazon, and damage taken will further fill up her Phazon tank. Damage taken in this way will not damage her non-Hypermode shield energy, however. If the Phazon tank is allowed to fill up and overflow in Corrupt Hypermode, a non-standard game over results due to Samus being driven insane by the overflowing Phazon. However, this growth in Phazon can also be used to fuel her attacks, so she could use this to perform more Hypermode attacks and retain her invulnerability as long as she fires her weapons enough to keep the Phazon tank from overflowing, though after 30 seconds, the Phazon Tank will activate an emergency vent and Samus will be forced out of Hypermode.