Metroid Prime 4 is finally due to launch in 2025, 8 years after it was first revealed
Jun. 18, 2024Finally, Metroid Prime’s big comeback is upon us
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Officially titled Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, the brief trailer shows series protagonist Samus Aran landing at a Galactic Federation base under assault from Space Pirate forces. Samus’s ship appears to be a new design, but the action looks very familiar to previous Metroid Prime games - there’s still a lot of lock-on targeting and circle-strafing, as well as the opportunity to scan the environment for bits of lore and hints on what to do next.
I’m guessing that the Space Pirate assault is going to be the game’s opening set-piece action sequence and tutorial. This part of the trailer closes with a mysterious character who I didn’t initially recognize flanked by a pair of Metroids - this is Sylux, a bounty hunter who first appeared in the spin-off game Metroid Prime Hunters. The trailer then ends with Samus exploring a vast alien landscape, seemingly an assurance that the game’s not moving away from the exploration the series is known for.
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