Cheat in Video Games: Hidden Gems in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Halo 3 might be getting all the attention, but Metroid is every bit as engaging a shooter. The Wii controller acts like a 3D mouse, letting you point right at the screen and zap enemies without having to fiddle with joysticks. And click on some hidden secrets.
Messages From Nintendo
The control panel in Samus' ship that you use to enter your passcode at the start of the game has another use, but it's secret. If you press the right codes, you can hear secret audio messages from the game's developers. Sure, they're in untranslated Japanese, but that just adds to the mystery.
From left to right, there are eight different symbols. Press:
- 8, 3, 5, 4 to hear a message from Shigeru Miyamoto
- 2, 7, 5, 1 to hear a message from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.
- 4, 6, 1, 7 to hear a message from Yoshio Sakamoto
Pimp My Ride
Once you unlock the Bumper Sticker option that allows you to add decals to Samus' warship, having saved data from the following Wii games on your system's memory will open up secret decals: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Play, Wii Sports, Mario Party 8, Wario Ware Smooth Moves, Super Paper Mario, and Excite Truck.
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Get Friend Vouchers Quickly
You can get a friend voucher for performing certain tasks that you can trade with other players who have the game. Once traded, these can be used for buying special extras. Among other things, you get a voucher for every 100 kills (up to 1,000). An easy way to rake in 10 vouchers is to look for swarms of small, explosive bugs that crawl around the levels after the Space Pirates attack. Just sit there and zap 'em and you can get to 1,000 kills fairly quickly. Submitted by Molly Metroid
Unlockable: Ending Screenshot
After finishing the game, a screenshot of your final scores (total time, percentage complete, et cetera) will be taken, which can then be seen anytime on the Wii Message page on your console. Submitted by gamemaster1315
Unlockable: Hyper Missiles
The Hyper Missiles are earned in Hyper Mode after getting to Seed in Skytown. The Hyper Missile is the most powerful weapon in the game. Submitted by TheFallenElement
Unlockable: Hyper Mode
To unlock "Hyper Mode" difficulty, beat the game once on normal difficulty. Submitted by Matt Casamassina
Unlockable: Crash Landing Friend Voucher
To get the Crash Landing Friend Voucher, find a Pirate Aerotrooper. Use regular beam attacks on the creature to stun him, and then use your grapple lasso to remove his armor and weaponry. Doing so will net you this Friend Voucher. Submitted by Nintendo1991
Hint: Extended Ending
To get a special extended ending, beat the game with at least a completion at or above 75%. Submitted by Matt Casamassina
Hint: Complete Ending
By finishing the game with a 100% rating (meaning you picked up all one hundred pickups in the game), you will get a special ending. Submitted by Molly Metroid
Hint: Friend Credit Tips
Bowling for Bots: In Skytown, if you use Morph Ball to run over the Tinbots, you'll gain this bonus. Easiest place to do this is in the doughnut-shaped room.
Stylish Kill
In Skytown, there's a Bridge area that collapses when you cross it. Before it falls, there's a fight with Tinbots and the Master Bot. Ignore them and finish crossing the bridge. A cutscene with go off and show the bot fall to their doom. Submitted by Hyoko
Hint: Killing Helios
To kill Helios easily, fire at the open spots on his body until he reveals his Phazon center. When he does this, quickly go into Hyper Mode, and then into Morph Ball mode, and attack him quickly for an easy kill. Submitted by gamepurposes123_sev
Hint: Unlimited Friend Vouchers
To execute this cheat, you'll need 2 SD memory cards. Copy and save your game from your Wii to one card, and then go back to your game on one card and send out your Vouchers. After you receive your Vouchers in return, save your game to the other SD card (so that you have an old save and a current save). Whenever you want to send more Vouchers, just save your game to the current SD card, reload the old save game, and send out more. Then reload the current save to receive the Vouchers. In this way, you can easily get as many Friend Vouchers as you want. Submitted by red3183
Hint: Harvest Voucher
In the Mining Zone of the Pirate Homeworld, use your gunship to destroy a Pirate Harvester. You'll receive a Friend Voucher in return. Submitted by CyberSkull
Hint: Frozen Reptilian Voucher
To get a secret Friend Voucher, head to Bryyo and freeze the reptilian enemies that throw boomerangs at you. It requires great timing, but freeze them with your Ice Missiles when they throw a boomerang at you. The boomerang will come back at the reptilian foe and kill it. An on-screen message will confirm that you have indeed gotten the voucher. Submitted by thewindwaker8
Hint: Nova Beam Voucher
In the room where you battle enemies in order to acquire the Nova Beam, keep fighting until you've killed at least twenty enemies before you physically acquire the Nova Beam. You'll get a friend voucher for your efforts. Submitted by Isidro
Hint: Kenji Yamamoto's Message
Whenever Samus is in her ship, open her computer terminal (where there are eight button options, each a mysterious symbol). If you’re looking at the buttons from left to right, numbering them one through eight (for ease), insert this code: 3-6-4-8. If entered correctly, a secret message from Nintendo’s very own Kenji Yamamoto plays in Japanese. Submitted by Molly Metroid
Hint: Stop The Boss
When Aurora Unit 313 is on the ground and spinning around, you can use the Screw Attack to stun it. Submitted by FirebyrdXX
Hint: GFS Olympus Voucher
At the beginning of the game when you are on the GFS Olympus, head to where your gunship is sitting. Adjacent to the ship will be two beacons that, when shot, will head upwards in the air. With careful firing, you can juggle the two beacons in the air, shooting them higher and higher. If you manage to hit one twenty times in a row without missing or the beacon hitting the ground, you will be rewarded with a friend voucher. Submitted by Zeus1110
Hint: Lever Friend Voucher
When you're on Bryyo fighting the two anti-aircraft turrets, you can get a secret Friend Voucher. You will get it when destroying the second of the three turrets. You'll need to pull three levers to open the fuel cells to destroy the device. If you manage to pull all three levers without a Space Pirate resetting any levers, you'll receive a voucher for "Perfect Execution". Submitted by Evilnolan
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