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Despite my fierce love for most things Metroid, I was extremely disappointed with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Gathering all those keys made the whole game feel like a giant fetch-quest, and I hate fetch-quests. I also hated being in Dark Aether. I mean, I didn’t expect the Ing to dwell amongst cupcakes and rainbows, but spending half the game in a truly ugly dimension became a spiritually draining chore. And, most importantly, the game did little to actually improve on the basic Metroid formula. It was a fine game, but considering my expectations of Retro Studios, it was ultimately underwhelming. Hence my nervousness at the prospect of playing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
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These are the original instructions from the cable I built back in November. This “howto” was originally posted on my personal blog so if you think you’ve seen this before then your probably right.

Using a bud’s component cable I duplicated the pins with a regular AV cable from Nintendo. My cable is switchable so that it is both component and composite at the flip of a little switch.

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