History VideoGame / MetroidPrime3Corruption

* ImprovisedUmbrella: The Space Pirate Homeworld has acidic rain, so Samus has to spend a good amount of time finding a special device that protects her (which is not this trope). However, after she does all that, she is called outside to meet with her superior, Admiral Dane, a normal human with no protection equipped; this confidence is because it is not raining around Dane, as he's being covered by the GFS ''Olympus'', an Aries-class transport, hanging directly above his head. There's a reason the man is highly-revered among fans in a universe that contains [[ShroudedInMyth Samus Aran]].

''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption'' is a First-Person Shooter released in 2007 for the Nintendo {{UsefulNotes/Wii}}. It is the third home console installment in the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'', and the fifth game in the overall ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' franchise's fictional chronology.

** In most UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} games, pausing is set to the + button. In this game, that button activates Hypermode, and the 1 button pauses. Expect to enter Hypermode repeatedly when trying to pause if it's been a while since last playing.
** Impressively, if you're playing ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'', you can get this ''within the same game''. In the first two ''Prime'' games, 1 brings up the map (which was mapped to Z in the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube originals) and 2 brings up the pause menu, allowing you to look at your current items and alter game settings. ''Corruption'' bundles the map into the pause menu, so 2 does nothing. It's minor, but it can take some getting used to if you play the games consecutively.

* UnreadablyFastText: The [[JustForPun corrupted]] data at the beginning of ''Corruption''; it includes the words "Wii Format", and some German text with the word "Kaempfen (to fight)".

* BittersweetEnding: Samus has finally defeated Dark Samus and destroyed all Phazon, but, in the process, had to kill three of her friends and fellow bounty hunters. The 100% cutscene reveals that someone - [[spoiler:Sylux]] - is now hunting down Samus, and since the ''Prime'' trilogy takes place before ''Metroid II'', [[SavedByCanon the Metroids are back to being the galaxy's top threat.]]

* BittersweetEnding: Samus has finally defeated Dark Samus and destroyed all Phazon, but, in the process, had to kill three of her friends and fellow bounty hunters. The 100% cutscene reveals that Sylux is hunting down Samus, and since the ''Prime'' trilogy takes place before ''Metroid II'', [[SavedByCanon the Metroids are back to being the galaxy's top threat.]]

* BittersweetEnding: Samus has finally defeated Dark Samus and destroyed all Phazon, but, in the process, had to kill three of her friends and fellow bounty hunters.

* OneHitKill: Using the Nova Beam combined with the X-ray Visor lets you target certain enemies' innards. This can make short work of tough enemies like Phazon Metroids, Metroid Hatchers, Pirate Commandos, and Berserker Knights.
** Annoyingly, this can also work on you: the boss you receive the Nova Beam from, the Mining Cannon, will use a traction attack to suck you towards the middle of the room. Failure to resist will result in one of the entire series' only instant deaths.

** A notable aversion happens during the prologue, ''and without a displayed countdown''. You have about 7 minutes to restart the 3 power generators for the anti-aircraft guns before the comet slams into the military base you are trying to defend. The other bounty hunters and computer constantly remind you of this but there's no onscreen timer. Heck, you can see the comet in the upper atmosphere, seeming somewhat stationary. The thing is, it isn’t--the comet really is moving and if you start wasting time it will arrive and collide, killing everyone and everything on the base.

** [[spoiler:The whole trek on Phaaze is a timed mission for Samus due to her needing to vent all of her Energy Tanks and the Phazon corruption is slowly overtaking her. Takeing too long to reach and defeat the FinalBoss will have Samus succumb to the corruption. How much time you have depends on how many Energy Tanks you collected.]]

* First, you fight [[spoiler:Rundas]] on Bryyo. A bunch of SpacePirates arrive in a cutscene. In a BigDamnHeroes moment, [[spoiler:Rundas]] destroys them all... [[OhCrap then attacks you]]. One boss battle later, the player is treated to a cutscene of [[spoiler:Rundas]] coming to his senses to a moment, then [[DyingAsYourself is impaled on a spike of his own ice and absorbed by Dark Samus]].

** Then, on the {{Space Pirate|s}} Homeworld, you fight [[spoiler:Gandrayda. She disguises herself as a federation trooper, then tries to shoot Samus InTheBack.]] After the boss battle, [[spoiler:[[ShapeshifterSwanSong she changes first into Rundas, then into Ghor, and finally into Samus.]]]] At this point, Samus can't bear to look as Dark Samus absorbs [[spoiler:Gandrayda]].

* SceneryGorn: The desolate and ruined environments on Bryyo manage to be quite spectacular and awesome.

** While hunting down [[spoiler:Gandrayda]], Samus encounters a lone Federation Marine in the middle of the Space Pirates' home planet. He neither explains why he's there nor bothers to explain why, exactly, Samus should come with him, only that they "have to take the elevator to get out." His first transmission to the player, before one even sees him, has the player thinking [spoiler:"it's Gandrayda", and they're absolutely right. However, the cutscenes make it clear that Samus wasn't fooled, and was using Gandrayda to advance further]].

* MechanicalMonster: The Defense Drone is a big robot built by the Chozo many decades ago that protects the Boost Ball powerup in Skytown, Elysia. Despite its large size, it is capable of performing impressive jumps.

* ColorCodedElements: The Power Beam is yellow as usual, the [[ILoveNuclearPower Phazon Beam]] (now usable anytime during Hypermode, unlike in the first two games) is blue, the [[AnIcePerson Ice Missiles]] are white, the [[PlayingWithFire Plasma Beam]] is orange, the [[ShockAndAwe Grapple Voltage]] is purple, and the Nova Beam is green.

** Impressively, if you're playing ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'', you can get this ''[[UpToEleven within the same game]]''. In the first two ''Prime'' games, 1 brings up the map (which was mapped to Z in the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube originals) and 2 brings up the pause menu, allowing you to look at your current items and alter game settings. ''Corruption'' bundles the map into the pause menu, so 2 does nothing. It's minor, but it can take some getting used to if you play the games consecutively.