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Lucas just might be our new favorite character to hate, as today the dojo reveals his special move list. Sure, Fox has the annoying ability to reflect everything and spam his pistol across the whole level, but Lucas might have him beat with the Psi Magnet maneuver you see above. It allows him to absorb projectiles and turn it into health.

Since our favorite character is Samus, he could very well be a lot of trouble to fight.

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Samus is getting ready to blast her way into Europe on October 26th. This French Metroid Prime Trois commercial shows a Samus look-alike playing the Wii game!

Her voice says:
“Their traps hold no secrets to me anymore.
The best defense against their attacks? The precision of my weapon.
All the resources of my armor will be useful to me in my solitary fight.
Their mistake: attacking a woman!”

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Filed under: News, Screens

It's another week and that means another 5 days full of updates over at the dojo. Today showcases the variety of maneuvers Samus can perform while in her Zero Suit, which you may or may not know occurs when she lays the smack down hard. Personally, we can't wait to give her a try in both forms, so that we may see which is better for us. Considering she was our favorite character in Melee, we're sure we'll like playing as her again.

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Filed under: News, Video, Screens

There just might be a new level to topple our current favorite from Smash Bros. Melee, Hyrule. Not only is this stage a wonderful piece of nostalgia, it is also fairly functional and includes a feature we wish more stages had: nowhere to fall to your death. Seriously, we hate ourselves some plunging to doom. Oh, and occasionally a Metal Gear will appear. Rock!

Click on through to check out some videos aside from the ones featured this morning, including one where Snake talks about him and Samus taking their clothes off. "!" indeed.

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Filed under: Mods

We love Metroid Prime 3 and all, but perhaps the best thing about the game is that it inspired this jaw-dropping Wii mod from the guy responsible for the equally jaw-dropping Zelda DS Lite and the astounding Zelda Wii case mod. Basically, we've developed TMJ from looking at Ramon's mods.

This one is the coolest one yet. In addition to the awesome backlit, custom-made Samus Aran emblem, the case mod integrates a Wiimote charger in its illuminated stand. The Wii disc slot glows green in imitation of Samus's visor; even the Wiimote and Nunchuk are painted the metallic green of Samus's arm cannon.

Like the others, this modded Wii is being auctioned off on eBay, and 15% of the selling price will go to Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity. In return, 100% of the awesome modded Wii will go to the buyer.

Check after the break for a couple of choice closeups! And then check your wallet for the hundreds of dollars required to buy this.

[Via Gizmodo; thanks, Jeremy!]

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Filed under: Fan stuff, Features

Continuing our romp through the Metroid series's boxart history, we're ending today with a look at covers from Samus's prime installments on both handhelds on consoles. We've also thrown in the packaging designs from the NES Classics releases which we neglected to include yesterday, though none of you noticed. As for music pairings, the boxarts past the post break go best with The Commodores's "Three Times a Lady." Seriously, try it.

Metroid Prime (US)


Metroid Prime (Europe)


Metroid Prime (Japan)


Metroid Prime bundle (US)


Metroid Prime 2: Echoes GameStop display (US)


Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (US)


Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Europe)


Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Japan)


Metroid Prime: Hunters (US)


Metroid Prime: Hunters (Europe)


Metroid Prime: Hunters (Japan)


Metroid Prime: Pinball (US)


Metroid Prime: Pinball (Europe)


Metroid Prime: Pinball (Japan)


NES Classics: Metroid (US)


NES Classics: Metroid (Europe)


Famicom Mini Series: Metroid (Japan)


Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (US)

[Images courtesy of Metroid Database]

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Filed under: Friday Video

This is it. This is why odd little events like Metroid week are so great. Not only do we get to wallow in all things Metroid, but as the week winds down, we get to celebrate with a great little song and video from Uncle Monsterface about one of gaming's biggest revelations. Let's take a little trip back in time -- and behind the break -- to see what it's all about.





[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

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Filed under: Fan stuff

You know how much we love to discuss boxart here at Wii Fanboy, so it seemed obvious to us that we should take a look back at past Metroid covers during our commemorative week. We've gathered up all the packaging art we could find from Samus's tenderfoot days on the NES to her later outings on the Game Boy Advance, and have posted them all past the post break for you to scroll through. Feel free to queue up Kenny Rogers's "Through The Years" for maximum enjoyment.

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