Metroid Prime 4 still alive. During today’s Nintendo Direct eventThe company revealed that the highly anticipated sequel, now called Metroid Prime 4: Beyondare heading Switch next year.
It’s been almost seven years since Nintendo first announced the game during the 2017 E3 event with the participation of developer Bandai Namco. At that time, Metroid Prime 4 is expected to close the decades-long gap between it and the 2007 Wii game Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Other titles in the entire franchise, incl Metroid: Another Mreceived a warm reception and a remake of Metroid Primehas decreased during that time, but no one has satisfied the desire to have a full new one Metroids liberate, release, free. Metroid Prime 4 plan to do it—until it goes away.
After years of development, the entire project was scrapped and started from scratch in 2019 after failing to meet “the standards we sought in a game sequel.” Metroid Prime series,” Nintendo said at the time. Retro Studios, the original developers of the series, were brought in for this second spin on Samus Aran’s return, but after their work began, little news was heard about the game’s development. play.
In addition to revealing that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will be available for the Switch at some point in 2025, Nintendo has released gameplay footage that includes Samus scanning the alien, shooting everything in sight, and turning into a nice, neat little ball beautiful — one could say classic. Some more details came out as the game wrapped up at today’s Nintendo Direct, which also included news about a new game. The Legend of Zelda gamebut it was like a flood after the previous five years of information drought.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond seems to be nearing the end of the current Switch’s life cycle. News about the console’s successor is expected at every new Nintendo event, but so far there has been none. However, Metroid fans are still ready to welcome Samus back. Or, as one person put it on X with a screenshot of one 2018 receipt: “My pre-order finally means something!”
