Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

I surprisingly like this game, but I highlighted swearing as a minor issue because of what Fleet Admiral Castor Dane says during the Ready "Briefing" Room cutscene. In short, he's the first character to utter a profanity in a Metroid game according to Wikitroid, the Metroid Wiki. However, the swearing only applies to the original NTSC version of Metroid Prime 3, as the PAL and Trilogy versions have the profanity changed to "No!" One more thing: the part with the blood wasn't accurately pointed out by Common Sense Media, as there IS blood in the game over sequences; (red blood in normal sequence and blue Phazon corrupted blood in Terminal Corruption sequence.) Overall, despite the violence, I like this game.

No gore. No language. No anything. Violence is minimal, playing experience is giant, has a good seventy hours or more of playing time. the only problem is that the bosses are a little creepy, and there is some goop once certain creatures are killed. My favorite Wii game, but that goes without saying.

Nuff' said

In this game you shoot aliens and this game is not disturbing for most pre-teens and this game is moderate.

The message is that you can't look new with new stuff. In the game, the other three bounty hunters (grandryda, Ghar, Rundas) are later injected with with a substance that makes them more powerful (samus is also affected), but makes them evil later. Therefore, if you do end up playing this, tell your kids about new and cool stuff.

This game is SO GOOD that I wanted my seven year old son to play it with me or to at least see how the game evolves. But, my wife, along with the recommendations from Common Sense Media, made me ponder on that situation. First there is a problem in how parents say that the violence is just "mild". Mild? Violence happens through out the whole entire game. There is a WHOLE lot of shooting in this game. Looney tunes is a show that does not show gore or bloody scenes yet, we can't say that the vilonce in this show is just "mild". It has more violence and cruelty than a young child should be exposed to. Now, back to the game. When you're not solving puzzles, and not exploring, you're shooting the lights out of bad guys. Now, don't get me wrong, this game is AWESOME,just not for young children. I think that letting 10 year- olds play this is not appropriate. Think about this, letting them play first person shooters like this....how can we say no to grand theft auto and call of duty at thirteen when they are already being allowed to play these kind of games? I almost fell into letting my child play this because I really thought that it had many positive things to it: use of maps, plenty of reading, good story behind it, puzzle solving, but then realized soon after that all these great things can be found in Super mario 64 for the Ds, and above all, is age appropriate. The experts keep on warning that our children are seeing too much violence, but we don't seem to heed their advice. Our children are constantly witnessing acts of violence EVERYWHERE!!! Could it really be that just another game with "mild" violence won't hurt anyone? If they are allowed to play this, are we ABSOLUTELY sure that is the only source of violence they are being exposed to? I hardly think so.

In addition to whats already stated in "What families can talk about". Throughout the game there are undertones in the conflicts between the different civilizations. Though this game is in the Sci-Fi category, its clear the makers of the storyline wanted to ask the player "when does technology cross moral lines?". You see the remnants of the Chozos, who found a balance between the ways of old and new, their city is very beautiful, and they are portrayed as the enlightened civilization. And then you meet the Space Pirates, who in a relentless quest for dominance genetically mutate themselves into monstrosities, and have polluted their planet to such extremes that it is covered in a constant cloud of acid rain. This is great for 9+ kids because you get to discuss concepts concerning technology and morality, and allow them to form their own opinions.