NINTENDO first announced a new entry in the Metroid Prime series with a logo of Metroid Prime 4.
This was all the way back in 2017, and since then Nintendo changed the studio and started the game fresh.
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Many believed that Metroid Prime 4 would never be released, and that Nintendo would silently cancel the project.
Hope was restored when at the beginning of 2023, Nintendo released a remaster of the original Metroid Prime, which was hugely successful.
Fans thought we would at least receive remasters for Prime 2 and 3 even if Prime 4 never saw the light of day.
However, we were all proven wrong when the company showed its first trailer for the game, now called Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, at the June 2024 Nintendo Direct.
Like the other entries in the Metroid Prime series, it is a first-person shooter featuring series protagonist Samus Aran.
The platforming looks as smooth as ever, as Samus traverses a war torn alien planet, fighting space pirates along the way.
A two-minute trailer was shown giving fans a sneak peek at the upcoming game, and the new mysterious protagonist.
The only disappointment from the trailer was that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond won’t be launching this year, but that was to be expected.
The trailer ends by revealing that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will launch in 2025 exclusively for Nintendo Switch, which is still sooner than we thought.
If you want to read more about Nintendo’s upcoming releases, check out everything that was announced during the June 2024 Nintendo Direct.
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