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Setup Guide

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Note

Older Corruptovania releases before 1.2.1c require downloading the patcher seperately. See the previous version of this guide for more info.

Setup Guide

Corruptovania can create and export randomized games for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption that is playable with Dolphin Emulator or on a real Wii/Wii U with a backup loader.

As Corruptovania is an unofficial fork of Randovania, do not expect official support for this.
That said, you may ask for help with setting up or playing the Randomizer in #corruption-help in the Metroid Prime Randomizer Discord server.

This guide assumes that you are using Windows 10 or later.
The randomizer is compatible with the standalone NTSC-U (R3ME01) and the PAL (R3MP01) versions of the game.
It is not compatible with the Metroid Prime: Trilogy version of the game.

Downloads and Installation

Download and extract the latest Corruptovania release.

Dump your ISO image of the Metroid Prime 3: Corruption from disc.
You can follow these instructions to obtain the game's ISO image using a Wii or Wii U.
See Input Validation to check if the ISO image is correct and valid.

Warning

NKit ISO is not supported and will not work.

Randomizing the Game

Launch Corruptovania and generate a seed for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption:
Play a new solo game in the Welcome tab → Metroid Prime 3: CorruptionPlay → Select or make a new preset → Generate
When the game finishes generating, the Game Details window should appear.

If you would like to configure cosmetics, click Customize Cosmetic options.

To export the game, click Export Game. Follow the prompts to export your randomized game.

  • For Input File (Vanilla Wii ISO), browse and select your dumped Metroid Prime 3: Corruption disc ISO.
  • For Output File, browse and select a location to place the randomized game file.
    Exporting as WBFS is recommended if you plan to play this on a Wii/Wii U. See Playing on a Real Wii or Wii U Console for more information.

Finally, play the exported game in Dolphin or your console's backup loader.
Enjoy!

Warning

Corruption Randomizer uses the same save slots as the official vanilla game.
Take care when deleting or overwriting save data!

Optional Add-Ons

Additional patches and tools for Corruption Randomizer

Addon Description Links
MP3Update
MP3Update is now included with Corruptovania!
To apply it, enable it in your preset: Game ModificationsQuality of LifeEnable MP3Update

Randomizer-related fixes and improvement patches for Corruption, such as backing out of a flight destination, a menu HUD to prevent softlocks (Hold A, B, DPad-Down then Shake your Wii Remote and Nunchuk), allowing the peeks of some items via scanning certain objects, removing cutscenes, as well as various fixed crashes. Lists of individual changes can be found on the project's Releases page.
(Built into Corruptovania)
MPItemTracker An automatic item tracker that can be used with Corruption Randomizer in Dolphin.
While Corruptovania has its own automatic item tracker, this tracker is displayed on-top of Dolphin rather than in a separate window.
Home
Download
Gyro Controller Profile for Dolphin A controller profile for Dolphin Emulator that uses controller motion gyro sensors to emulate the pointer controls needed by the game.
This was intended for a Switch Pro Controller, but can likely be used with a DualShock 4/DualSense controller with simple changes.
Place in (Dolphin Emulator User Folder)\Config\Profiles\Wiimote
Download

Unsupported Tools

Tool Description
PrimeHack
A fork of Dolphin Emulator that implements keyboard and mouse controls and dual-stick controller controls for the Metroid Prime games.

⚠️ WARNING
- PrimeHack is not supported by Corruptovania. While Corruption Randomizer can be played with PrimeHack, you may be on your own if you encounter issues playing the randomizer with PrimeHack.
- The logic database is primarily intended for a real Wii/Wii U or an official release of Dolphin. Many tricks in the logic database may not be possible on PrimeHack.

Playing on a Real Wii or Wii U Console

Exporting the randomized game as WBFS is recommended if you plan to play this on a Wii/Wii U.

To play on a real Wii or Wii U console, you'll need to setup the Homebrew Channel, patched custom IOS, and a Wii backup loader.

Wii backup loaders need the game to be placed in a specific location on your portable drive.
On Windows, the file path the NTSC-U version is

X:\wbfs\Metroid Prime 3 - Corruption [RM3E01]\RM3E01.wbfs

The file path for the PAL version is

X:\wbfs\Metroid Prime 3 - Corruption [R3MP01]\R3MP01.wbfs

(Replace X with your portable drive's letter.)