This is it. The end of the dark, Phazon drenched hallways, terrain and planets.
In Metroid Prime II, she once again travels to Aether, a planet where she received a distress signal from fellow Galactic Federation Marines. Her ordinary search and rescue mission soon turns sour-a brief encounter with the dark realm of Aether has caught her in the war between the Luminoth and the Ing, and with no choice except to set things right-she begins a one-woman war against the Ing. Eventually she destroys their legions, but not before feeling the power of her Dark Clone, reborn from Phazon.
And now, in this game...she's back. Along with Dark Samus, her greatest adversary.
Story:
After a brief introduction and some explanation, an emergency call breaks out on the GFS Olympus, where a Space Pirate armada attacks an entire Galactic Federation Fleet from orbit. Samus, along with three other fellow bounty hunters, rush to the planet's surface to aid the ground troops.
In minutes, a "thing" rockets out of another wormhole-flying straight towards the Naval Base. Restoring power to the base defense systems, the team of four fight against time to power up the weapon to destroy the meteor, only to see an old adversary crash through the window and corrupt everyone.
The Corruption had begun-in the universe, on the surface of planets, and even Samus herself.
Gameplay:
Like a generic FPS shooter, but there's more to that. Explore giant, fully detailed 3D worlds, from ancient ruins of a long lost civilization to the clouds of a flying city. Tons of enemies await you to give you a pounding, from the lowly Shriekbats to the tough-as-nails Space Pirate Commandos. There's more to that, however. When you're not shooting off a squad of Space Pirates, you'll be likely trying to solve a puzzle. It can range from finding a correct path on a Spider Ball Track to bombing your way out of a stone maze.
This game also has a new slew of weapons, like the Ice Missiles and the Nova Beam. Send an arctic-chilling blast down your enemies' spines with the Ice Missile or use the high frequency Nova Beam to headshot that poor Pirate in the cranium. Not only this, but Samus's corruption has also granted her new powers based on Phazon, allowing her to launch devastating Phazon element attacks. Two of these are a Phazon Beam and a High-Explosive Missile loaded with the mutagen.
Classic upgrades like the Seeker Missiles and Screw Attack will also make their appearances. However, the bad aspect of this game (in my opinion anyways) is the lack of the two other classic beams-Ice and Wave-in the game. Plasma is in this game, although it overrides your default beam once you acquire it and it no longer has the destructive power like it did in the original Metroid Prime. This doesn't ruin the game that much, but missing two of the three destructive beams of the game somewhat disappointed me. The mighty Super Missiles and Power Bombs are not in this game either.
Control:
Instead of using a default controller like the one (Gamecube Controller) back for the first two Metroid Primes, you'll be able to use the Wiimote and Nunchuk to fight evil-aim with your Wiimote and pop some shots with the click of the A button, or rappel yourself across the chasm by casting your Nunchuk forward. This is perhaps one of the first titles to demostrate such realism in terms of controls. Alright, it's not as amazing as it sounds, but it's still a blast to try.
Sound:
Fits perfectly. Beam shots are well sounded, while explosions are even more glorifying-hear the sound of a missile exploding on a Space Pirate and you'll understand me. Enemy sounds are also well done, from their attacks to their deaths.
Music is even better. Feel the chill down your spine as you explore a Leviathan core as an ambient soundtrack plays, or feel like you're in heaven when you're exploring a city in the sky. The adrenaline rush the music gives you during a boss battle will also pump your gaming spirit up.
Rent or Buy:
Buy. This is perhaps one of the best titles for the Wii. But if it's not, it's still an amazing experience for any gamer to try out.
Now get out there and start your mission, soldier.