History YMMV / MetroidPrime3Corruption

* HilariousInHindsight: Samus gives a fly-by thumbs up at the end of the game, a few years before ''Other M'' had her signature gesture be a thumbs-down.

* EightPointEight: At least one review complained that [[ItsEasySoItSucks the levels were too easy]] because [[InsaneTrollLogic the controls were too good.]]

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: You'd think defeating Omega Ridley would not only create a massive ContinuitySnarl, but that the game makes as if Ridley is KilledOffForReal, since he's supposed to canonically die in ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' when he's reduced to Phazon dust. [[spoiler: As ''VideoGame/MetroidSamusReturns'' show, apparently being ''reduced to said Phazon dust'' is ''not enough to kill him'']].

** [[spoiler:Gandrayda]], especially if fought on the hardest difficulty. For a seemingly unarmored {{Exposed Extraterrestrial|s}}, she has ''a lot'' of health, especially when she goes into Hypermode. While it's possible to damage her badly by jumping into her with Screw Attack, she moves so quickly that one would be lucky to hit her.

* EightPointEight: At least one review used a really stupid reason for a complaint; the idea that the game was too easy because the controls were too good.

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:AU 313.]] While Dark Samus before it was a thrilling battle, the following one is not so much. The pace is slow and the boss attempts to drag the battle out as long as possible, all while trying its hardest to waste the valuable time you have. It is generally agreed to be a good boss in its own right, but as the conclusion to the ''Prime'' trilogy, it is considered a major letdown.

** Even if having to fight them is heartbreaking, [[spoiler:Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda]] provide some epic battles and epic music to go along with it.

* BestBossEver: The Meta Ridley battle in the beginning of the game is generally agreed to be the only thing capable of topping his fight in the original ''Prime''. It's timed, but not so short that you don't have some leeway, it's challenging because of the angles and the way the fight progresses, and it should be mentioned: ''You are falling down a 17000-meter shaft to a planet's core trying to kill one another''. To make a fun fight even more amazing, the positions switch, with Ridley getting up-close and personal to blast you in the face before righting himself.

* ThatOneBoss: Mogenar, the Core Guardian of the Leviathan on Bryyo. To defeat it, you have to destroy its four power cores one at a time, then use Hypermode to destroy the cores' sockets so that it can't replace the destroyed cores. Problem is, [[DamageSpongeBoss not only are those cores very durable]], but Mogenar is one of the earliest bosses in the game. As such, you only have a few energy tanks and the measly Power Beam, and [[CastFromHitPoints sacrificing health for Hypermode]] means you'll likely be very weak towards the end of the battle. The last of its power cores is on its back, making shooting it and its socket even harder. There are ways of slowing Mogenar down, like using Ice Missiles to freeze its face when its mouth is open, but otherwise it's a very difficult boss at this early stage in the game.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [[spoiler:The other three hunters. They made such an impression as rivals to Samus that it's only natural to hope they'll be playable later. Too bad they get corrupted by Phazon and you're forced to kill them off before very much can be done with their development.]]

* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler:AU 313.]] While Dark Samus before it was a thrilling battle, the following one is not so much. The pace is slow and the boss attempts to drag the battle out as long as possible, all while trying its hardest to waste the valuable time you have. It is generally agreed to be a good boss in its own right, but as the conclusion the ''Prime'' trilogy, it is considered a major letdown.

** While the other characters speak, Samus stays silent, so it can seem sorta awkward when others converse with her and Samus never responds.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [[spoiler:The other three hunters. They made such an impression as rivals to Samus that it's only natural to hope they'll be playable later. Too bad they get corrupted by Phazon and you're forced to kill them off.]]

* ThatOneBoss: Mogenar, the Core Guardian of the Leviathan on Bryyo. To defeat it, you have to destroy its four power cores one at a time, then use Hypermode to destroy the cores' sockets so that it can't replace the destroyed cores. Problem is, [[DamageSpongeBoss not only are those cores very durable]], but Mogenar is one of the earliest bosses in the game. As such, you only have a few energy tanks and the measly Power Beam, and [[CastFromHitPoints sacrificing health for Hypermode]] means you'll likely be very weak towards the end of the battle. The last of its power cores is on its back, making shooting it and its socket even harder. There are ways of slowing Mogenar down, like using Ice Missiles to freeze its face when its mouth is open, but otherwise it's a very difficult boss at this early stage in the game.

** There's considerable leeway in theorizing [[spoiler:how in control Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda were of their own actions under Phazon madness]], and if any of them [[spoiler:became sane before they died]].

* {{Narm}}: While the other characters speak, Samus stays silent, so it can seem sorta awkward when others converse with her and Samus never responds.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: For whatever reason the models of Meta Ridley and Omega Ridley were switched ([[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/metroid/images/7/72/IbcYy5BfP7VtMc.gif/revision/latest?cb=20131226221748 as shown by this test cutscene]]), making it seem as though Ridley regressed from a Phazon-enhanced body back to a mechanical one.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: For whatever reason, the models of Meta Ridley and Omega Ridley were switched ([[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/metroid/images/7/72/IbcYy5BfP7VtMc.gif/revision/latest?cb=20131226221748 as shown by this test cutscene]]), making it seem as though Ridley regressed from a Phazon-enhanced body back to a mechanical one.

** The art booklet included with ''Prime Trilogy'' suggests that [[spoiler:the planet Phaaze]] was like any other organism in that it sought to reproduce itself. Seeing as its reproduction involved corrupting planets and their wildlife, though, it raises questions about if [[spoiler:Phaaze]] had omnicidal or predatory motives or was just another animal like the Metroids that the Space Pirates turned into a weapon.

* ThatOneBoss: Mogenor, the Core Guardian of the Leviathan on Bryyo. To defeat it, you have to destroy its four power cores one at a time, then use Hypermode to destroy the cores' sockets so that it can't replace the destroyed cores. Problem is, [[DamageSpongeBoss not only are those cores very durable]], but Mogenor is one of the earliest bosses in the game. As such, you only have a few energy tanks and the measly Power Beam, and [[CastFromHitPoints sacrificing health for Hypermode]] means you'll likely be very weak towards the end of the battle. The last of its power cores is on its back, making shooting it and its socket even harder. There are ways of slowing Mogenor down, like using Ice Missiles to freeze its face when its mouth is open, but otherwise it's a very difficult boss.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The narrator of Bryyo's backstory is far from subtle in pointing out how the refusal to compromise and increasing extremism of both sides of the war led to such destruction that it [[PyrrhicVictory cost the "victors" what they valued]] and left such resentment that attempts to fix the damage led to further bloodshed. Given how applicable such is elsewhere, such warning prove very well merited.
* ThatOneBoss: Mogenor, the Core Guardian of the Leviathan on Bryyo. To defeat it, you have to destroy its four power cores one at a time, then use Hypermode to destroy the cores' sockets so that it can't replace it with another core. Problem is, [[DamageSpongeBoss not only are those cores very durable]], but Mogenor is one of the earliest bosses in the game. As such, you only have a few energy tanks and the measly Power Beam, and sacrificing health for Hypermode means you'll likely be very weak towards the end of the battle. The last of its power cores is on its back, making shooting it and its socket even harder. There are ways of slowing Mogenor down, like using Ice Missiles to freeze its face when its mouth is open, but otherwise it's a very difficult boss.