Metroid Prime 3 with GCN Controller?

2015-12-25 04:54:40 pm

death yon

Is there a hacked MP3 ROM that used the Gamecube controller at all?

inb4 "oh the wii controls are so much better" I don't care, I want Gamecube controls.
There's a page here which suggests that some prototype code for the Gamecube is kicking around online, so it might not be hard to re-enable controller support.
http://www.unseen64.net/2009/06/22/metroid-prime-3-corruption-wii-beta/
Anyone got any information? Thank you and have a merry christmas! :D

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Aruki

2015-12-25 06:17:36 pm

That page is referring to a prototype build from March 2006 that leaked online, not the final game.

arkarian

2015-12-25 08:41:41 pm

red chamber dream

i don't think many would argue the wii controls are better ;P

MrSpEeDrUn

2015-12-25 08:46:24 pm

MP2 also a bit MP1 speedrunning

Wii controls fucking suck.

Crythix

2015-12-25 09:15:42 pm

death yon

There's got to be a way. God, I can't play the game without getting annoyed and frustrated! I hate it.

Aruki

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Aruki: 2015-12-25 09:17:13 pm

2015-12-25 09:15:48 pm

the Wii controls are a hell of a lot better than the GameCube controls from that prototype build. It's not the same controls as mp1/2. It's some weird hybrid between the original controls and the Wii ones. You use the C-Stick to look around and move the arm cannon the way it moves in the final game, but it's very jerky and awkward. The button mappings aren't the same either. "Fire" is mapped to the R button for example.

The control scheme doesn't exist in the final and if it did trust me, you wouldn't prefer it over the normal Wii controls. It was pretty clearly a halfway point between GC/Wii.

Crythix

2015-12-25 09:35:40 pm

death yon

Does MP3 run of MP1 & 2s og engine?

arkarian

2015-12-25 10:19:20 pm

red chamber dream

still sounds better than the wii controls tbh. corruption's controls are garbage

Toozin

2015-12-25 10:23:31 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I love them for moving and shooting. It gets a little skitchier when opening doors or grappling though.

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-12-25 10:26:06 pm

arkarian: 2015-12-25 10:25:51 pm

2015-12-25 10:25:02 pm

red chamber dream

not being able to put your controller down without samus going insane sort of ruins it for me

wii pointer controls only really work well in rail shooters, and games like re4

UchihaSasuke

2015-12-26 01:59:24 pm

my umbrella goes directly to Bankai

Quote from Crythix:

Does MP3 run of MP1 & 2s og engine?

that doesn't really matter for controls. the devs did end up editing mp1 and 2 to have wii controls in trilogy.

Opium

2015-12-26 03:13:28 pm

Quote from arkarian:

not being able to put your controller down without samus going insane sort of ruins it for me

wii pointer controls only really work well in rail shooters, and games like re4

How often do you put down your controller without pausing? I prefer the wii controls for mp1 and mp2 for the exact same reasons I prefer them for RE4. I think you're just being nostalgic.

arkarian

2015-12-26 03:21:25 pm

red chamber dream

nah i played the trilogy version of prime and didn't care for the wii controls there either. i don't like that you can't really move your hands at all

for a rail shooter it makes more sense

arkarian

2015-12-26 03:23:27 pm

red chamber dream

i think the difference is in re4 you're not using the pointer to turn your body—it literally works like a pointer—whereas in prime you do. that's the part i don't like.

Crythix

2015-12-26 09:05:16 pm

death yon

It wouldn't be impossible to apply the control scheme of prime 1 and 2 into prime 3; and despite what a naysayer had told me, prime 3 would play well, regardless.

Aruki

2015-12-26 09:11:52 pm

Ok, can't wait to see your hack of the MP1/2 controls in MP3. Good luck!

Crythix

2015-12-26 09:17:53 pm

death yon

I don't know how; I don't know a thing about coding. I'm a poor man, but I'd certainly pay for a hack like that!

TheMG2

2015-12-26 09:19:17 pm

You're the one who said it wouldn't be impossible, you'd have to know how to do it if you are that certain

Crythix

2015-12-26 09:20:01 pm

death yon

Nothing in the world of gaming is impossible. It may be tons of work, but it wouldn't be impossible.

UchihaSasuke

2015-12-26 09:25:14 pm

my umbrella goes directly to Bankai

just like a new F-Zero is not impossible amirite?

arkarian

2015-12-26 09:48:25 pm

red chamber dream

Quote from Parax:

Ok, can't wait to see your hack of the MP1/2 controls in MP3. Good luck!

lol chill out brah. he clearly didn't claim he could do it

kirbymastah

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kirbymastah: 2015-12-27 11:03:00 am

2015-12-27 10:57:03 am

The wii controls work fine. The game isn't designed around having mp1/mp2 gc controls, there's a lot more "aim while moving" required. For reference, mp3 plays way better with lock on free aim on, while mp1 and mp2 play much better with it off, because mp1 and mp2 and aren't designed to really require a aiming outside of lock on. Mp3 is.

I guess if you just don't like aiming with the wiimote, that's just tough luck. But I'd have to say if you didn't even give it a try (judging from your general attitude and your inb4, im assuming this is the case) you're being dumb.

Also, you generally don't request roms on public threads and such.

Hazel

2015-12-27 11:31:10 am

rocks, locks, and invisible blocks

Good thread. I like that it went from "hey is this a thing?" to people just stopping by to say their personal opinions on the controls.

Emulate the game on Dolphin if you really just can't stand the Wiimote, you can map the controls however you like on whatever keyboard/mouse/usb controller you like. I personally use a GC controller to TAS tings in Trilogy/Corruption, I've also messed with a keyboard/mouse setup (not the greatest for morph ball movement).

arkarian

2015-12-27 11:51:52 am

red chamber dream

yeah it's almost like we're on a forum

Hazel

2015-12-27 12:13:11 pm

rocks, locks, and invisible blocks

Wii controls fucking suck.