I was reading an interesting editorial over on IGN from Matt Casamassina discussing the complete absence of hype and/or marketing for the upcoming Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. I thought it was a great read, especially considering we are less than 3 weeks away from MP3’s launch, and Nintendo hasn’t even bothered to update the official Metroid.com website with any mention of MP3’s existence. I was prepared to write up a blog post agreeing with Casamassina’s contempt for Nintendo’s apparent lack of MP3 love.

But then, today happened. What does today bring? Oh, nothing much. Just a brand new Wii Channel you can download that has videos, screenshots, and information about MP3. Oh, and word comes down from on high that both the original NES Metroid as well as the SNES Super Metroid will be released this month. Not only that, but the official Metroid.com website has just been updated with a new splash screen displaying MP3 and a little news bit about the new downloadable Wii Channel.

The irony is deliciously brilliant. I guess Casamassina isn’t as much of an insider with Nintendo as he would have us believe.