MP3 tokens award in-game tasks

While the attempt resembles nothing of Microsoft's system of achievements, in spirit it might. Apparently, as part of a feature that promotes sharing your progress in the game with friends, Metroid Prime 3 will utilize tokens, in different color varieties. Each token will be awarded for in-game tasks completed.

The tokens come in four different colors: red, blue, green and gold. Reds are awarded for scanning enemies and items, blue for scanning lore and completing side missions, green comes from tokens gifted by friends and gold is received for defeating bosses on various difficulties. If this all says one thing to us, it says "replay value." So, we're expecting a huge game and it looks like we're getting it.

[Via Joystiq]