- Huge amount of voice acting.
- Friendly NPC's plays a big part in the game.
- Less backtracking and more action oriented compared to the previous games.
- Cutscenes, more story oriented.
- No losing and recovering of abilities and weapons. Starts with Varia Suit, morphball, bombs, double-jump and standard power beam.
- Controls are significantly improved. Feels like it was designed from the beginning for the Wii remote and nunchuk.
- "Advanced" control method is prefered. Possibly fastest and most responsive first-person controls in any home console game ever.
- Looks a lot like its predecessors, but more detailed and crisper textures.
- IGN completed the game in 20 hours.
- Reward system similar to achievements on Xbox Live.
- Players can even take the helm and fly the ship for the first time.
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