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- During Nintendo Direct 2024, the Metroid Prime 4: Beyond trailer was revealed.
- Samus Aran faces old foes plus fresh hurdles.
- The release is set for 2025 after seven years of anticipation.
- The new logo hints at a return to the series’ atmospheric roots.
Nintendo has finally unveiled Metroid Prime 4: Beyond after a patient wait of seven long years. In their Nintendo Direct event which took place in 2024, the company showed a never-before-seen trailer that confirmed this highly anticipated game will be released on Nintendo Switch consoles worldwide come 2025.
The video starts with space pirates (who are iconic villains from previous iterations) attacking what appears to be some kind of base. Samus Aran, the main character of this series, quickly jumps into action and takes out enemies using her typical moves. The clip showcases examples such as morph ball transformation charge shots missile attacks etc., all of which look like they’re going to provide an intense and exciting gameplay experience.
Shoutout to this video of everyone at Nintendo NY live reacting to the Metroid Prime 4 trailer and the camera casually panning over to a guy who fainted laying on the floor pic.twitter.com/0wqnEszaBP
— danny: a mad max saga (@noggin_chomper) June 18, 2024
Returning To Classic Atmosphere
A New Logo for Metroid Prime Four was also revealed by Nintendo during their announcement event – The design draws inspiration from elements seen across both Metroid Prime and Echoes‘ logos suggesting that there may indeed be more heavy atmospheric settings we can expect within this upcoming installment reminiscent of those beloved earlier titles fans have always held dear…
Development Troubles
Metroid Prime Four – beyond has had a troubled path towards its current state. Initially announced back in 2017 it was delayed numerous times and even restarted development completely at one stage. In late January 2019 however, Nintendo re-announced that Kensuke Tanabe would return as producer following several shake-ups behind the scenes explaining “We want fans to know that we’ve been taking their feedback seriously and have decided to give the production a fresh start”
Franchise History & Legacy
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is the fourth game in the Prime series, with it being released more than any other game in the Metroid franchise between 2007-2021. The previous release of Metroid Prime Three Corruption was over 14 years ago. Since then there has been Other M (2010) And most recently Dread (2021).
Since its initial release on November 17th, 2002 nothing else has come out under this label apart from three primes and fusion which were brought together into one package called Trilogy for Nintendo Wii in 2009 – But even when you look at such franchises like Zelda’ve had very frequent releases since then; For example skyward sword which came out around five months after Other M hit store shelves
