Metroid Prime (Metroid Prime: Trilogy)

Metroid Prime
Developer(s)	Retro Studios
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Metroid
Platform(s)	Wii
Genre(s)	First-Person Action Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-Player, Multiplayer
Input methods	Wii Remote + Nunchuk
Compatibility	4 Playable
See also...	GameCube Version Wii Version Search Dolphin Forums Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Metroid Prime: Trilogy is an action-adventure video game compilation developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It features Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on a single dual-layer disc. The former two, which were originally released for the Nintendo GameCube, have been updated with many of the features that were first implemented in the latter. It was released in North America on August 24, 2009, Europe on September 4, 2009, and in Australia on October 15, 2009. It comes packaged in a Steelbook case (only available in the North America release), contains an art booklet, and includes other features; it is one of three Wii games to come in a non-white keep case (the others being New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Zangeki no Reginleiv).

Game Pages

This page should be used for specific issues with the Metroid Prime sub-game of Metroid Prime: Trilogy. For other Metroid Prime: Trilogy games or launcher information, please see the following pages.

• Metroid Prime: Trilogy
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Metroid Prime: Trilogy)
• Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Metroid Prime: Trilogy)

Problems

Performance

Performance in general seems reduced compared to the game's GameCube counterpart. This may be related to the higher resolution textures and various new screen effects added for the trilogy versions.

Audio Issues

Several sound effects don´t play appropriately, and sometimes music stops playing. DSP LLE fixes the sound effect problems, but unfortunately BGM may still stop; and once it stops it requires a full emulation reset to recover. This issue also appears to cause stuttering when using LLE. See issue 5563.

Wiimote Lag

The game may experience a small amount of Wii Remote lag. Use "Alternate Wiimote Timings" in the game settings to correct it.

Black Bar

Whenever Dolphin has trouble with the game and flickers, from a loading hiccup to taking a screenshot, a black bar will appear on the bottom of the screen, taking up 15% of the screen space and "squishing" the game in the remaining space. This occurs in all graphics backends, and there is no known solution. See issue 5574.

Correct emulation

Black bar and squishing

Bloom Offset

Like Prime 3 and all the Trilogy games, Prime 1 Trilogy has bloom offset problems. Fortunately, it is not very noticeable with this game. There is no known solution to this issue. See issue 5573.

Example of the bloom offset

Dot

When playing above 1x Native internal resolution, there is a dot in the center of the screen. It's small and easy to ignore, but it's always there. There is no fix for this problem.

The dot, zoomed in 8x

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Audio

Config	Setting	Notes
DSP Emulator Engine	LLE	Helps with sound problems

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Metroid Prime since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r7689

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r7689	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.4GHz	nVidia GeForce GTS 250	Close to perfect -> constant 60FPS, 1280x720, 3xNative textures and DSP-HLE sound (still must use dol swap though)	Zlutz
r7714	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phenom II X4 980 @ 4.2GHz	nVidia GeForce 8800 GT	DX9, 1.5x Resolution, 4x SSAA, 8x AF runs at 90-100%. HLE works with little to no issues. Use Accurate VBeam Emulation for a nice speedup. Very well emulated in current versions. MUST use dol swap to get working.	Keller999
3.0-694	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.2GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6870	For any Resolution up to 2.5x, any AA up to max, any AF up to 8x: With EFB->Texture, runs at ~30-45fps. With EFB->RAM, runs at ~7-10fps. EFB->RAM needed for X-Ray Visor, otherwise it's just a white screen. Thermal Visor works fine with EFB->Texture. No other settings seem to have any real effect on the framerate, although enabling Accurate VBeam Emulation in the properties does provide a speedup on the map screen, from ~10fps OGL and ~20fps DX9/11 to ~45fps with any settings. (x64 Release, git master rev bfde41895f52 + ES_LAUNCH rev 52def7cebd32, compiled w/ MS VS 2010.)	eyeonus

Gameplay Videos

• Metroid Prime Trilogy (MP1 & MP2) HD Gameplay