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Blue Liight Special: Metroid Preview

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Today I rose from bed like a zombie who had way too many hot wings last night. As I shuffled my crippled body to the basement where I would find cloathing so that I may start my day I noticed that an ominous blue auora filled the air, and it was only then did I realize I had a Wii update! Huzzah! "Really though, so soon after the last update" I asked myself. Oh well, I checked anyway and found that it wasn't really a Wii update, but a letter from Nintendo that said that the Wii Shopping Channel had new downloadable content! and it was in fact a preview channel for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. It was a very short download that put a neat channel (that I wont get rid of) that gives you two video previews from the game to watch, "Corruption" and "Bridge Fight" and two other videos that will become available 8.13.07. You can also close the docked window panel to play a game of "Uncover the cool Samus Artwork". Also the Wii Shopping Channel informs us that North America gets a Metroid Month! (thanks luther for the heads up!) The month brings us:

  • Metroid on the 13th
  • Super Metroid on the 20th.
  • Metroid Prime 3 on the 27th

- Captain Seagull

P.S. Update not available in Europe, can anyone confirm Japan? Australia?
P.P.S. It also appears that the last update also changed mail notifications a little as well, A sonar ring comes out of the "mail" button with an accompanied sound to inform you of the new mail.

Dojo Update: Franklin BadgeVC Update: Japan

Comments

seaempty 10. August 2007, 16:54

Pffft no Metroid love for me :frown:

No Wave Race OR Metroid trailers.

lutherjw 10. August 2007, 17:00

sea: They're on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pSg9Bv-NeU

How many other people skimmed through the Wii-mail and saw Metroid Preview, rushed to download it, and then discovered that it wasn't a playable demo? :D

And on the art screen, the icon that takes you back to the videos has five squares instead of four, which is interesting considering there will be four videos....

And also, buffering for me takes ages. I assume these are being streamed from the web and the channel is just there to play them...

CaptainSeagull 10. August 2007, 17:07

Luther... sounds possible, I know that the channel initially conects to download the videos (for the release of the new ones later)

Sea, hey hey hey, U.S. STILL doesn't have metroid on V.C.!

seaempty 10. August 2007, 17:13

You get a metroid month!

Metroid, Super Metroid, MP3 - all in the space of a few weeks :frown:

Ah well.

lutherjw 10. August 2007, 17:14

Ah, but we will. Did you not see that part on the announcement? When you enter the shop channel, click on "It's a month of Metroid!" under Important Info for the release/article.

We get Metroid on the 13th and Super Metroid on the 20th.

-MK 10. August 2007, 19:20

In my effort to get pumped for Metroid, I started a new game of Metroid Prime Hunters, Metroid Prime 1, and finally beat Metroid Prime Pinball for the first time.

Metroid Pinball has got to be the best pinball based video game ever made.

kakashi-sharingan667 12. August 2007, 17:55

super metroid what's that?!?!

Wiidark 12. August 2007, 19:20

GASPS! You don't know what Super Metriod is!?!? :eyes:

kakashi-sharingan667 13. August 2007, 13:02

damn!!! its august 13 and the videos won't play!!!

CaptainSeagull 13. August 2007, 13:25

we may have to wait till mid-day in the "last time zone" as I call it.

Wiidark 13. August 2007, 13:34

I have also noticed that there aren't any new games on the virtual console.

j.bullingham 15. August 2007, 03:13

why has nintendo denied us this preview channel in europe. also no vc waverace. nity must hate europeans!

kakashi-sharingan667 17. August 2007, 04:10

new mp:3coruption vids on august 16 (today)

Wiidark 17. August 2007, 05:57

Goody goody gumdrops!

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