After seven long years, Nintendo has officially unveiled Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and there is much rejoicing.
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Samus Aran is back in 3D and first-person for the first time since Metroid Prime 3: Corruption launched way back in 2007 on Nintendo Wii.
Now, we finally have our first look at Metroid Prime 4 and it's stunning. Metroid Dread and Metroid Prime Remastered were brilliant and Prime 4: Beyond looks to, hopefully, continue that trend.
Best of all, Nintendo has even given us a release date window.
Read on to find out everything there is to know about the Metroid Prime 4 release date and what its gameplay is like. Morph Ball your way down to the end of the page to watch the gorgeous gameplay trailer.
Metroid Prime 4 release date speculation
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Nintendo
The Metroid Prime 4 release date is 2025, Nintendo has confirmed.
Unfortunately, the vague year-long window is all we've been told. At least now we know to expect it sometime in 2025 after years of speculation, with Samus's latest adventure joining the likes of GTA 6 and Pokémon Legends Z-A as big titles launching next year.
Can I pre-order Metroid Prime 4?
While there isn't a pre-order page for it on the Nintendo store yet, GAME seem to be well ahead of things.
They not only have a Metroid Prime 4 page, but they're offering a pre-order price at £59.99. How this is possible when we don't know when in 2025 the game is coming out, we don't know. But you can check out the page here!
Which consoles and platforms can play Metroid Prime 4?
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has been confirmed for Nintendo Switch, as expected.
Given the Switch successor is set to be released sometime in 2025, however, could we see the game launch as a cross-gen title across both Nintendo platforms new and old? Time will tell, but Nintendo has done similar before with Twilight Princess and Breath of the Wild on GameCube/Wii and Wii U/Switch, respectively.
Metroid Prime 4 gameplay and story details
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Nintendo
Thanks to its official reveal trailer, we now know a little bit about the gameplay in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Surprise, surprise, it's first-person again.
The famous scanner is back, as is the Morph Ball, which looks like it shares the physics and controls of the earlier Prime games.
We also know that the Missile Launcher and standard blaster are back – as you'd expect. It's developed by Metroid Prime studio Retro Studios, and if you've played any of the previous three games you should know what to look forward to.
For the story, details are also thin. We know that it's set in the Cosmic Year 20X9 and Sylux is involved as an antagonist, leading an attack on a Galactic Federation Research Facility along with Space Pirates and, of course, Metroids.
We're sure Nintendo will slowly but surely detail the game's plot as we near its 2025 release date.
Is there a Metroid Prime 4 trailer?
Yes! There is a Metroid Prime 4: Beyond trailer, which reveals the game's new logo and name, shows off some gameplay, teases the story and gives us a good look at the game's gorgeous visuals. Check it out below:
Ben Huxley is a freelance contributor to Radio Times, with bylines also in TechRadar, WhatCulture, GAMINGbible, and Live Science. A writer of fiction, too, he has a few short stories published and a novel on the way. He has a BA in English Literature, and an MA in creative writing.
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