Here are all the guides, tips, and strategies to enjoy playing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption with cheats and unlockables.
Unlockables
100% Ending
Collect all 100 pickups to view a secret ending clip after the game credits.
Bumper Stickers for your Ship
Having these titles on your Wii system memory will unlock decals after enabling the bumper sticker bonus.
- Excite Truck
- Mario Party 8
- Metroid Prime 3
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Super Paper Mario
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- WarioWare: Smooth Moves
- Wii Play
- Wii Sports
- Zelda: Twilight Princess
Credit Unlockables
When you make a file, there are items that can bought with credits. The credits are Red, Blue, Gold, and Green, which are earned by completing tasks in the game. They are open to you as soon as you begin.
- Red credits (total: 108) are earned from scanning new creatures in your Logbook.
- Blue credits (total: 51) are earned by scanning lore items in your Logbook.
- Gold credits (total: 52) are earned by defeating bosses.
- Green credits (total: 26) are earned by swapping Friend Vouchers with other players over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
| Unlockable | Cost |
|---|---|
| Aurora Unit 313 (Soundtrack Gallery) (Only on Metroid Prime Trilogy) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Berserker Lord (Soundtrack Gallery) (Only on Metroid Prime Trilogy) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Bryyo (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Bryyo Thorn Jungle (Soundtrack Gallery) (Not included in Metroid Prime Trilogy) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Creature Package 1 (Concept Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Creature Package 2 (Concept Gallery) | 3 Red, 2 Blue, 2 Gold, 1 Green |
| Diorama 1 (Bonus Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 1 Green |
| Diorama 2 (Bonus Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 1 Green |
| Diorama 3 (Bonus Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 1 Green |
| Diorama 4 (Bonus Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 1 Green |
| Diorama 5 (Bonus Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 1 Green |
| Diorama 6 (Bonus Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 1 Green |
| Gandrayda (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| GF Battle Theme (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Helios (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| In The Cockpit (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Metroid Battle Theme (Soundtrack Gallery) (Not included in Metroid Prime Trilogy) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Mii Bobblehead (Bonus Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 2 Green (4 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 2 Green in Metroid Prime Trilogy) |
| MP3 Title Music (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Omega Ridley (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Phaaze (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Pirate Homeworld (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Samus Package (Concept Gallery) | 3 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Screen-Shot Tool (Bonus Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 2 Green (3 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 2 Green, 1 Orange, 2 Purple in Metroid Prime Trilogy) |
| Ship Bumper Stickers (Bonus Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 3 Gold, 2 Green |
| SkyTown (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Steamlord (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Storyboard Package 1 (Concept Gallery) | 3 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Storyboard Package 2 (Concept Gallery) | 3 Red, 2 Blue, 2 Gold, 1 Green |
| The Corruption (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| Valhalla (Soundtrack Gallery) | 4 Red, 2 Blue, 1 Gold |
| World Package 1 (Concept Gallery) | 3 Red, 1 Blue, 1 Gold (4 Red, 1 Blue, 1 Gold for PAL) |
| World Package 2 (Concept Gallery) | 3 Red, 2 Blue, 2 Gold, 1 Green |
Extended Ending
Collect at least 75% or more of suit upgrades after beating the game.
Hyper Mode Difficulty
Beat the game once.
Secret Message from Kenji Yamamoto
When inside of Samus’ ship, go to the radio and press the following symbols.
Going from left to right, press the third symbol, the sixth symbol, the fourth symbol, and then the eighth symbol.
You will then hear a message from Mr. Yamamoto.
Secret Message from Kensuke Tanabe
When inside of Samus’ ship, go to the radio and press the following symbols.
Going from left to right, press the third symbol, the sixth symbol, the fourth symbol, and then the eighth symbol.
You will then hear a message from Mr. Tanabe.
Secret Message from Satoru Iwata
When inside of Samus’ ship, go to the radio and press the following symbols.
Going from left to right, press the second symbol, the seventh symbol, the fifth symbol, and then the first symbol.
You’ll be greeted by Iwata himself in Japanese.
A brief translation:
“Hello, this is Iwata from Nintendo.
A president has to take things really seriously, even if it doesn’t seem like it. It’s understandable if you lose weight from stress…but I get fatter instead. Nobody thinks I’m taking it seriously.“
Secret Message from Yoshio Sakamoto
When inside of Samus’ ship, go to the radio and press the following symbols.
Going from left to right, press the second symbol, the seventh symbol, the fifth symbol, and then the first symbol.
You will then hear a message from Mr. Sakamoto.
Tips & Tricks
Reveal All Item Locations
After you get the Spider Ball, X-ray Visor, and Nova Beam, go back to the Chozo Observatory in the eastern part of Skytown. Use the Spider Ball to access all the bomb slots in the room to download maps that give away the locations of ALL items on all four planets (this doesn’t include Valhalla).
In addition, the Space Pirate Homeworld isn’t acquired through the Spider Ball. Go to the bottom of the room and look for a blue square. Use the X-ray Visor and Nova Beam to shoot the red dot. This opens a panel above you which gives away the item locations on the Pirate Homeworld.
This will reveal every marker on your map where each expansion (missiles, ship missiles, and E tanks) is located, except the ones in Valhalla.
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is an action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and initially released in 2007 for the Nintendo Wii. It was later released as part of the Metroid Prime: Trilogy compilation in 2009.