Initial release date: December 4, 2025
Developers: Nintendo, Retro Studios
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2
Nominations: The Game Award for Most Anticipated Game
Genres: First-person shooter, Action-adventure game
Publishers: Nintendo, Nintendo of America Inc.
Series: Metroid, Metroid Prime
After nearly 20 years since the last Prime game, a lot has happened in the world of game design, but Metroid Prime 4 Beyond barely seems to acknowledge that. Even that would have been okay with me, just more Metroid Prime would be great! I love Metroid Prime, I would gladly take more of it.
But it has to be good, and Prime 4 very often misses the mark, at least when it comes to things that matter most, such as the level design and traversal. My hope is that this game is what it is due to the unique circumstances of its development.
Hopefully, Retro will be allowed to put out a follow up, and hopefully, that follow up will be a lot less confused and conflicted, and a lot more cohesive with its overall vision and design. Until then, Prime 4 is what we have, the worst of the four mainline Prime games.
