
The game was first shown to the public at the E3 2005 trade show. The new control scheme took a year to develop and delayed the game's release several times. Corruption introduces features such as Hypermode, which allows Samus to use more powerful attacks, and the ability to command her gunship.

The remote is used for jumping, aiming, and firing weapons, while the Nunchuk enables actions such as moving Samus and locking onto enemies. The player controls Samus using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk devices. Samus works to prevent the Phazon from spreading to other planets while being corrupted by the Phazon.

It follows the bounty hunter Samus Aran, who becomes infected with Phazon by her doppelgänger Dark Samus. The seventh main game in the Metroid series, it was released in North America and Europe in 2007 and in Japan the following year.Ĭorruption is set six months after the events of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004).

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is an action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii.
