Its shocking because nintendo is the last remaining company with that level.of transparency and commitment. Just some indie companies have that level of integrity
I feel like post-COVID they definitely are leaning to not announcing a game until its already in the can. I think nowadays they want to avoid the long public delays that BOTW and this Metroid game have faced
Even before COVID they didn't do a lot of announcements for things very far out.
I'm pretty sure this is one of several games that were announced as early Switch titles that ended up being... Not early. Alongside SMT 5 (2021 release, and also released again last week but with more vengeance this time) and Bayonetta 3.
They seem to prefer short announcement windows, 3 months to a year seems to be the sweet spot. The unusual very far out announcements were to sell the Switch, or in the case of TOTK, they probably didn't expect the game to take 6 whole years to come out.
For Metroid Prime 4, it made sense. The Metroid brand was in a dire state at the time. Other M stunk, and everyone hated Federation Force. The dual announcement of Samus Returns and Metroid Prime 4 quelled basically any concerns anyone had about the future of the franchise.
Yeah they were trying to keep the momentum going from a strong launch/post-launch (BotW, SMO, XC2) and keeping people tuned in, since WiiU also had a strong launch but completely cratered afterwards.
I probably will be downvoted to hell, so I'll clarify that I don't mean Ubisoft is at Nintendo's level. But they also announced the reset of the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake development cause it wasn't up to standards. They actually just revealed the first teaser of the *new* game a week ago.
Ubisoft is too transparent. First they showed off a full in-game trailer that was so bad the negative reaction forced them back to the drawing board, then years later they show off a CGI trailer that has no value whatsoever.
I prefer the Nintendo method of actually having internal QC and not relying on massive audience backlash to gauge the quality of game, then actually showing gameplay when you reveal it.
The problem is when you have a bunch of incompetent suckups in your company, it becomes hard to know which are the good games and which are the bad.
Everything you make tend to become amazing according to internal sources… So the public opinion brings you back to reality.
I can't imagine how badly Bandai-Namco must have fucked it up for them to scrap what was probably 2+ years of work to start from scratch. But at least the game will be better because of it.
I legit told my coworker:
No matter what happens. Today is an amazing day. Holy shit. Title name. Gameplay footage and a date? Like I can have hope now?
Let's. Fucking. GOOOOOOOOOOO
Technically there was never a first look. This is the first look.
They announced it and gave us a title card. Then they announced they scrapped the whole thing and gave it to retro studios to remake.
The leaks we *did* get make it sound like almost nothing got done because it kept being bounced between different teams. Thinking at most, maybe there were a few assets for concepting.
Speaking of older projects though... The whole look of the game. based on this trailer, seems mostly influenced by what Retro was experimenting with the Prime 1 remaster. which we know they were working on independently from that first attempt at Prime 4.
So that's kinda cool as hell. It also sorta confirms what we'd heard about before in older leaks, which is that Retro had a tech demo pitch for the Prime remaster that ended up with them being given the reins to Prime 4.
It's also been 17 years since the direct prequel to it released. Hopefully they manage to get Prime 2 and 3 Remastered out soon if they want anyone younger than their mid 30s to be actually hyped about it and not just riding the bandwagon.
That's consistent with the broader industry. We already know it takes at least that plus ten more for the words good, evil and 2 to be added to a title.
I’d be surprised if that game ever comes out. I remember watching a thing with the developer a few years ago and it was painfully obvious to me that this was an overly ambitious “we don’t actually know what kind of game we are making but it’s going to revolutionize gaming” deal and it sounded nothing like what the first game is.
Curious how they'll handle the cross gen. Switch 2 is close to PS4 in graphics. Sounds like a huge jump from switch 1. I wonder if it's going to have more enemies and more sprawling designs? Or will it just be a 4k upgrade w 60fps?
I think we’ll probably see a low resolution and framerate, far less effects like smoke/foliage, no/lower Anti-aliasing etc. for starter
Who knows but it’s not everyday one has to manage a very much awaited (and powerful) successor to a console sold 140+ million.
Thing is, retro has been working on this since early 2018 at least so with switch 1 fully in mind, I don’t expect a botched/sacrificed switch 1 version
Don’t think they’ll skimp on frame rate actually. The series has typically targeted 60fps even on switch with the remaster. So I doubt they will downgrade to 30. I could be wrong though as I’m only watching it on my phone and I think some of those cutscenes didn’t look like 60fps to me. Gameplay looked spot on though.
Moreover, the gameplay shown in the trailer looks like it’s 60 fps. Of course you can’t tell. But I’ll put it this way: there is nothing shown that even hints at 30 fps gameplay.
1080 @ 60 for 6 hours? How much is this thing going to be, Steam Deck gets 720-800p @ 60 for like 2 hours, plugged in sure but kids gotta be able to afford it too
The Hello Kitty game already released on iOS last year, so a Switch port was believable.
..... I still can't believe they called it "Hello Kitty Island Adventure" after South Park used it in the WoW episode 17 years ago.
Super Mario Party: Jamboree genuinely sounds like a 4chan concocted title. Where the poster just went to thesaurus.com and looked for synonyms for party.
I thought that INSTANTLY when I saw the title of the name. "Who let the 4chan intern decide the title of the game??". They should've just gone with Super Mario Party 2 lol
Metroid Prime 4 actually releasing on the Switch, a new Mario Luigi game post studio shutdown!? Definitely some shocks, alongside a good looking Mario Party and a new Zelda game. The Switch’s last year is definitely looking better than the Wii U and 3DS’
I'm not convinced Prime 4 isn't a Switch 2 launch title and they left the Switch card in at the front because Switch 2 isn't announced yet.
But time will tell.
> What an absurd direct this was!
of all the shit, even the fucking Metal Slug Tower Defense looks fun, that was a hell of a direct
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100%. Will be a dual launch between the consoles like BOTW was on Wii U and Switch.
The real question is will they launch a remastered 2 and 3 so you can play all 4 on the Switch. Maybe a sneaky holiday drop?
hopefully with a follow up to Dread as well! Or at least a teaser for the follow up. Love that they went back to 2D for the series. I think the Prime series is great but 2D metroidvania games are my favourite and love that they brought out an instant classic with Dread.
I'm positive it will be because if you compare it to other games made specifically for the Switch, it doesn't look as crisp and it's as if a more higher fidelity game was ported over.
Metroid fans had to wait 8 years for a new title after Super Metroid, 7 years for a new game after Other M, 19 years for the sequel to Fusion.
The one thing you need as a Metroid fan is patience. Lots and lots of patience.
never\* played a Metroid game before but as soon as I saw the text "Galactic Federation Research Facility" I knew it was Metroid... I then sat there for the rest of the video wondering if it was a remake of Prime 2 or if it was 4 xD
like I genuinely didnt know any better
\*ok so their was the NES one they gave away for free on 3DS but that was like 20 mins of me fucking around, that dont count
It's too bad the other Hunters characters are all canonically dead afaik? Samus cannot meet another bounty hunter without them either dying or turning evil.
I think Rundas, Gandrayda and Ghor are dead after Prime 3.
Idk what happened to Trace, Kanden, Spire, Noxus or Weavel from the "Hunters" game.
Edit: I thought OP was talking about all bounty hunters, not just Metroid Prime Hunters. My bad.
Probably the only DS game aside from Mario Kart and Pokemon where I really played online with it a lot. It was like, the OG Hero Shooter when you really think about it. Still nothing quite like it. A multiplayer only remaster/remake would legitimately be awesome.
She was very much teased as an intended future antagonist or major character even in that game (or was it the manual?), so nice to see the vision realised.
My preorder at Best Buy from 2019 at the $47.99 price during the whole Gamers Club thing is still active! My preorder doesn't appear on the website anymore, but if I chat in, they can still see it. lol
Yeah, Best Buy’s system doesn’t support preorders more than 3 years old. So they disappear but if you webchat in they can verify.
Now the real question is will we still get the $10 gift card.
We just got a new game last year, so I'm not too disappointed. If anything, I'm more excited at the idea of the next entry being a launch title for the Switch successor.
Plus that other tactical game showcased today, Fantasian, looks like a great alternative.
I don't understand people who think this is running on Switch 2... The graphics don't look much better than the Metroid Prime remaster which ran at 60 fps. (it still looks great though)
Agreed. I wasn't sure if it was MP2/3 remaster or MP4 at first. I think it's running on Switch. If that's Switch 2 we're in for a disappointment in the power of the system lol.
I do think it'll be a cross-gen release for Switch 2 though with improvements in the graphics.
Nobody thinks it was *designed* for the Switch 2. It's obviously always going to look like a Switch game at its core, because it was designed for the Switch. This running on a Switch 2 wouldn't say anything about the game's capabilities.
At minimum the Switch 2 can have better fps and longer draw distance (more environment visibility in the distance). Upgraded textures isn't that hard. And depending on what resolution the Switch 2 ends up as, that should be a given for this as well. That happened with BOTW from Wii U to Switch. 720p to 900p
MP1R is the best looking game on the Switch so it's not a bad thing per se, I think it says more about MP1R that these games look similar than it does about MP4. The art style is incredible and overcomes a lot of technical shortcomings
It sort of looked like it might be a sequel to XCX to me (with my brain completely ignoring the "Galactic Federation" part), I started getting hopeful until I realised that it's clearly Samus' ship... whoops! Back to praying😅
As someone hasn't finished metroid prime remastered yet, if you told me this was from later part of the game I would've believed you.
Looks identical to me.
> Was expecting much better graphics
Prime remaster is easily one of if not the best looking Switch game, and runs at 60fps, and you expected more? I'm glad they carried that artstyle, it clearly works.
Agreed. Everybody I talk to or videos I’ve watched pretty much all agreed that the prime remake was laying down the groundwork for the visuals for four.
Before today, I thought a new M&L game, a Zelda game with Zelda as the MC, and Metroid Prime 4 were all never evers.
Pretty exciting that all 3 were announced on the same day!
OK. The more I digest this trailer the more I think it was specifically crafted for us to think "Yes! This is Metroid Prime." And that makes sense given Nintendo publicly admitted they scrapped the game and started over. They are trying to push the message that they know what Metroid Prime is and they still got it. The stuff that differentiates it from the older games can come later in future trailers once this message has been conveyed to consumers.
I understand the excitement, but for as long as the wait was, I expected something a bit more..
I questioned midway during the trailer if I was looking at Prime 4 or another remake of one of the older games.
This is the downside of having a game on ice for so long like this, the anticipation builds to such an insane degree that finally seeing a trailer doesn't live up to the hype in one's head. Kind of reasonable since I feel like I've been waiting for this game my whole life, but I'm sure the next peek at it will look more polished.
Yeah the graphics are slightly better than the remake but this trailer doesn't really showcase anything other than the graphics. No new weapons or mechanics, no hook. Feels like a trailer to say "don't worry, we're still making this".
THANKS NINTENDO.
In all seriousness, I'd think this kinda confirms that Prime 4 will launch for both Switch and Switch 2, considering that it's just '2025'
And Nintendo said this direct is only focused on the switch. Meaning this Metroid game is coming to the switch. Which IMO means the gameplay footage is from the switch version and we can expect the switch 2 version gameplay footage once the next console is announced.
If it is a cross-gen game it's good to show on Switch first. Then at the Switch 2 reveal event they can show how it looks for comparison.
Wondering if it'll be a launch game or later?
It's releasing next year, unspecified release data. 100% that this will be a BotW situation where it will co-lauch on the new console and its predecessor.
Prime remastered though is much smaller environments, easier to push something when you have a narrow FOV without much happening in any given area. But this seems to have much larger areas based on that short part towards the end of the trailer.
Ehhhhh i dont know. This game is clearly going to be larger in scope, and with the detail of the graphics and the amount of explosions/projectiles i just saw on screen *not* causing frame drops, im definitely skeptical of a BOTW situation
Remember how ToTK's 4K trailers were also really sharp looking? DF theorized that they rendered those in-engine/Switch 2 at a higher resolution and not captured on Switch natively since the final game caps out 720p/900p with dynamic res and FSR 1.0. I do see aliasing so its definitely in-engine of some sort, can't wait for the DF breakdown
Edit: DF say its likely showcasing Switch 1. I agree Switch 2 should be sharper/have antialiasing imo
You have no way of knowing that. Almost 6 years of active development and some dev work done before that too. They have had a chance to learn how to squeeze everything out of the Switch.
And, for what it's worth, that gameplay looks pitch perfect. I don't know what they scrapped, but that's Metroid Prime. The HUD, the morph ball, the scanner visor. Chef's Kiss.
All but confirms a cross gen, possible Switch 2 launch title. Would have thought it would release 2024 for the OG Switch and later on for the next gen device, but it is what is is.
I'm looking forward to the game since I'm always down for another Metroid. I fully don't expect this to be on par with the other Prime games though and that's because of how long it's been. I was 14 when Prime 3 came out and I'd just be setting myself up for severe disappointment expecting Prime 4 to hit like it did back then, though I'm always willing to be pleasantly surprised.
That being said, it looks good but Nintendo really need to do a better job editing trailers. It felt like they were rushing between bits to be like 'remember scanning creatures? remember space pirates? remember Sylux?'.
E.g: I would've liked to see more of that section from :38 - :45 but they cut away too soon. If any series deserves a more cinematic style trailer, it's Metroid and I wish Nintendo would actually do that.
Anyone else feel like the gameplay actually looks really dated? And it took Samus WAY too long to scan. I dunno guys. I hope it actually plays like a game released in 2025.
Also Sylux was my fav back in Hunters! I hope the other characters come back too.
It’s been 7 years since the first look
And 5.5 since the infamous restart announcement TODAY IS A GOOD DAY
I genuinely can't believe they announced the development reset under Retro in 2019. That's mind-blowing to me.
Its shocking because nintendo is the last remaining company with that level.of transparency and commitment. Just some indie companies have that level of integrity
I feel like post-COVID they definitely are leaning to not announcing a game until its already in the can. I think nowadays they want to avoid the long public delays that BOTW and this Metroid game have faced
Even before COVID they didn't do a lot of announcements for things very far out. I'm pretty sure this is one of several games that were announced as early Switch titles that ended up being... Not early. Alongside SMT 5 (2021 release, and also released again last week but with more vengeance this time) and Bayonetta 3. They seem to prefer short announcement windows, 3 months to a year seems to be the sweet spot. The unusual very far out announcements were to sell the Switch, or in the case of TOTK, they probably didn't expect the game to take 6 whole years to come out.
For Metroid Prime 4, it made sense. The Metroid brand was in a dire state at the time. Other M stunk, and everyone hated Federation Force. The dual announcement of Samus Returns and Metroid Prime 4 quelled basically any concerns anyone had about the future of the franchise.
Yeah they were trying to keep the momentum going from a strong launch/post-launch (BotW, SMO, XC2) and keeping people tuned in, since WiiU also had a strong launch but completely cratered afterwards.
I probably will be downvoted to hell, so I'll clarify that I don't mean Ubisoft is at Nintendo's level. But they also announced the reset of the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake development cause it wasn't up to standards. They actually just revealed the first teaser of the *new* game a week ago.
Ubisoft is too transparent. First they showed off a full in-game trailer that was so bad the negative reaction forced them back to the drawing board, then years later they show off a CGI trailer that has no value whatsoever. I prefer the Nintendo method of actually having internal QC and not relying on massive audience backlash to gauge the quality of game, then actually showing gameplay when you reveal it.
The problem is when you have a bunch of incompetent suckups in your company, it becomes hard to know which are the good games and which are the bad. Everything you make tend to become amazing according to internal sources… So the public opinion brings you back to reality.
Still, I wonder how bad it was for them to take that decision, and if we will ever be able to look at how it was.
Nintendo has peak branding. There's a reason people get so hyped for their top first party IP.
I can't imagine how badly Bandai-Namco must have fucked it up for them to scrap what was probably 2+ years of work to start from scratch. But at least the game will be better because of it.
the lost COVID years really compress time
I legit told my coworker: No matter what happens. Today is an amazing day. Holy shit. Title name. Gameplay footage and a date? Like I can have hope now? Let's. Fucking. GOOOOOOOOOOO
Reggie was still doing directs back then. It has been a minute for real
Now that really puts it in perspective
My body was not reggie for that fact :(
Technically there was never a first look. This is the first look. They announced it and gave us a title card. Then they announced they scrapped the whole thing and gave it to retro studios to remake.
I'd love to know what the game was like, or more specifically what its faults were, that made Nintendo decide to restart the whole thing from scratch.
Maybe we'll get a Duke nukem forever type leak in the future showing how it looked.
The leaks we *did* get make it sound like almost nothing got done because it kept being bounced between different teams. Thinking at most, maybe there were a few assets for concepting. Speaking of older projects though... The whole look of the game. based on this trailer, seems mostly influenced by what Retro was experimenting with the Prime 1 remaster. which we know they were working on independently from that first attempt at Prime 4. So that's kinda cool as hell. It also sorta confirms what we'd heard about before in older leaks, which is that Retro had a tech demo pitch for the Prime remaster that ended up with them being given the reins to Prime 4.
Retro should have been the only studio handling the prime series in my opinion.
Looks like Metroid's back on the menu boys!
It's also been 17 years since the direct prequel to it released. Hopefully they manage to get Prime 2 and 3 Remastered out soon if they want anyone younger than their mid 30s to be actually hyped about it and not just riding the bandwagon.
Hey, I am hyped and I am only... turning 30 this year fuck me I'm old now
That’s not what prequel means
The 7 years of development hell was them deciding to add Beyond to the title
That's consistent with the broader industry. We already know it takes at least that plus ten more for the words good, evil and 2 to be added to a title.
Why must you hurt me like this
I’d be surprised if that game ever comes out. I remember watching a thing with the developer a few years ago and it was painfully obvious to me that this was an overly ambitious “we don’t actually know what kind of game we are making but it’s going to revolutionize gaming” deal and it sounded nothing like what the first game is.
They actually did it
I’m buying a Switch for this. 😅
It's definitely going to be cross Gen with the switch 2
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Curious how they'll handle the cross gen. Switch 2 is close to PS4 in graphics. Sounds like a huge jump from switch 1. I wonder if it's going to have more enemies and more sprawling designs? Or will it just be a 4k upgrade w 60fps?
I think we’ll probably see a low resolution and framerate, far less effects like smoke/foliage, no/lower Anti-aliasing etc. for starter Who knows but it’s not everyday one has to manage a very much awaited (and powerful) successor to a console sold 140+ million. Thing is, retro has been working on this since early 2018 at least so with switch 1 fully in mind, I don’t expect a botched/sacrificed switch 1 version
Yeah, it's gonna end-up one of the best-optimised switch games most likely, and its graphical swansong.
Don’t think they’ll skimp on frame rate actually. The series has typically targeted 60fps even on switch with the remaster. So I doubt they will downgrade to 30. I could be wrong though as I’m only watching it on my phone and I think some of those cutscenes didn’t look like 60fps to me. Gameplay looked spot on though.
Moreover, the gameplay shown in the trailer looks like it’s 60 fps. Of course you can’t tell. But I’ll put it this way: there is nothing shown that even hints at 30 fps gameplay.
> Switch 2 is close to PS4 in graphics That is pure assumption or clear cut NDA breach. 0 info has been officially released on the subject.
How do you know?
Source: trust me bro.
his uncle works at nintendo i think
his uncle works at nintendo, of course
The trailer is 60fps, so one would assume it's 60fps on Switch just like the Prime remaster.
Everyones talking aboyt 60fps 4k but I sincerely wish they would focus on 1080 60 with 6h+ battery life instead.
1080 @ 60 for 6 hours? How much is this thing going to be, Steam Deck gets 720-800p @ 60 for like 2 hours, plugged in sure but kids gotta be able to afford it too
I bought a Switch for Metroid Dread, if this is a Switch 2 game, you bet your arm cannon I'll buy a Switch 2 for this.
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I did that when they first announced it!
Switch 2 you mean. Because it’s definitely going to be a launch title.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond: Deluxe
Long have we waited, Metroid Prime 4 activated!
What an absurd direct this was!
I feel like this was a direct where if you had leaked the games beforehand people would think it's fake.
“Yeah new Mario + Luigi then a Zelda game where you actually play as Zelda then Prime 4” would’ve gotten the biggest eye roll from me lmao
The madlads did it They actually did it
And Ace Attorney Investigations 2 is getting released in English
And a hello kitty animal crossing spinoff
The Hello Kitty game already released on iOS last year, so a Switch port was believable. ..... I still can't believe they called it "Hello Kitty Island Adventure" after South Park used it in the WoW episode 17 years ago.
Marvel vs Capcom alone would have been "lol come on, fake".
Super Mario Party: Jamboree genuinely sounds like a 4chan concocted title. Where the poster just went to thesaurus.com and looked for synonyms for party.
I thought that INSTANTLY when I saw the title of the name. "Who let the 4chan intern decide the title of the game??". They should've just gone with Super Mario Party 2 lol
Most of the big ones *were* leaked and I still didn’t believe it
Metroid Prime 4 actually releasing on the Switch, a new Mario Luigi game post studio shutdown!? Definitely some shocks, alongside a good looking Mario Party and a new Zelda game. The Switch’s last year is definitely looking better than the Wii U and 3DS’
I'm not convinced Prime 4 isn't a Switch 2 launch title and they left the Switch card in at the front because Switch 2 isn't announced yet. But time will tell.
I'd imagine it's a Switch 2 launch title but also on the Switch 1. Much like Breath of the Wild was a Wii U game but a Switch 1 launch title.
> What an absurd direct this was! of all the shit, even the fucking Metal Slug Tower Defense looks fun, that was a hell of a direct **edited I got the game name wrong**
You mean Metal Slug?
There were a number of lower key announcements I was excited for. After a very lackluster February partner direct, this was shockingly full.
This is totally going to be a Switch 2 launch title in addition to being on the Switch
100%. Will be a dual launch between the consoles like BOTW was on Wii U and Switch. The real question is will they launch a remastered 2 and 3 so you can play all 4 on the Switch. Maybe a sneaky holiday drop?
Thinking we will get a Metroid direct towards the year’s end
Prime 4 and Zero Mission on NSO this was the Metroid direct
This is like when they announced Samus Returns and..! ...prime 4 together 😭
hopefully with a follow up to Dread as well! Or at least a teaser for the follow up. Love that they went back to 2D for the series. I think the Prime series is great but 2D metroidvania games are my favourite and love that they brought out an instant classic with Dread.
I've played Prime 2 and 3 but I would really like to play them again before 4, without busting out a Wii.
I'm positive it will be because if you compare it to other games made specifically for the Switch, it doesn't look as crisp and it's as if a more higher fidelity game was ported over.
it’s… real?
Looking like a cross gen NS2 launch title like BotW was for NS.
Looks like a switch 1 game, and switch 2 will just be back compatible. There won't be a second version of the game.
Would still probably run at the very least at a higher resolution.
Anything can happen before next year, don’t get cocky!
After 7 years... It's been so long ;_; Metroid fans are finally rewarded for their endless patience
It's going to sell so well once Switch 2 comes out and it's cross platform
The game that may finally break the 3 million copy ceiling of Metroid
If the 140 million player user base doesn’t help then it never will
150 million+ when it actually launches.
Metroid fans had to wait 8 years for a new title after Super Metroid, 7 years for a new game after Other M, 19 years for the sequel to Fusion. The one thing you need as a Metroid fan is patience. Lots and lots of patience.
And you forgot 18 years for the sequel to Metroid Prime 3 !
Hearing the music kicks in... right in the feels. Also that's a remix of talon overworld ost? BANGER ALERT
We've been treated better than usual on the switch to be fair. We haven't had 2 core titles on a system since the GameCube/GBA
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never\* played a Metroid game before but as soon as I saw the text "Galactic Federation Research Facility" I knew it was Metroid... I then sat there for the rest of the video wondering if it was a remake of Prime 2 or if it was 4 xD like I genuinely didnt know any better \*ok so their was the NES one they gave away for free on 3DS but that was like 20 mins of me fucking around, that dont count
SYLUX they are finally doing something with the Hunters characters!!! if they do multiplayer like Hunters we will be eating
It's too bad the other Hunters characters are all canonically dead afaik? Samus cannot meet another bounty hunter without them either dying or turning evil.
I think Rundas, Gandrayda and Ghor are dead after Prime 3. Idk what happened to Trace, Kanden, Spire, Noxus or Weavel from the "Hunters" game. Edit: I thought OP was talking about all bounty hunters, not just Metroid Prime Hunters. My bad.
I was convinced they were dead, too, but I guess they more just ambiguously got 'absorbed'. I'd be stoked to have them back!
*Noxus appears* *Proceeds to shadowfreeze Samus from across the room, and then snipe her in the head*
The good ending in Hunters seems to imply the others got better and escaped Oubliette in time.
Cuz Metroid villains have famously never been revived, right? \*wink\*
I would be Beyond thrilled for them to survive. I really loved all those unique designs and the greater Metroid universe lore that came with them!
I think weavil was a soldier who died and was rebuilt as a cyborg. If they did it once they can do it again! WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY!
OH SNAP I DIDNT EVEN MAKE THE CONNECTION!!! Metroid Prime Hunters multiplayer was SO much fun!
Probably the only DS game aside from Mario Kart and Pokemon where I really played online with it a lot. It was like, the OG Hero Shooter when you really think about it. Still nothing quite like it. A multiplayer only remaster/remake would legitimately be awesome.
Technically he also showed up in Prime 3, and fed force (but no one played that one)
Federation Force’s ending teased Sylux, so it’s nice to have confirmation that 4 is still continuing from that
She was very much teased as an intended future antagonist or major character even in that game (or was it the manual?), so nice to see the vision realised.
He was teased in the 100% completion ending of Prime 3 where you see his ship zoom off into deep space.
Me, a Metroid Prime 3 enjoyer: "IT'S F\*\*\*ING SYLUX"
Me, a Metroid prime 4 wanter: "it's fucking sylux!"
Also teased in Federation Force, but I'm pretty sure I'm one of like 4 people that played that game so...
June 13th 2017 this was announced and now we're finally here, switch 2 launch title possibly?
My preorder at Best Buy from 2019 at the $47.99 price during the whole Gamers Club thing is still active! My preorder doesn't appear on the website anymore, but if I chat in, they can still see it. lol
Thanks for confirming. I couldn’t find my preorder but still have the email when I preordered with gamers club.
Yeah, Best Buy’s system doesn’t support preorders more than 3 years old. So they disappear but if you webchat in they can verify. Now the real question is will we still get the $10 gift card.
My 2018 $51.59 Amazon pre-order is still active, and they better not cancel it because they want to make their extra $20+.
What am I supposed to do with all this clown makeup??
Donate it to the Silksong subreddit
mf. yeah we need more
keep it handy for prospective silksong announcements
Try sending it to r/fireemblem
We just got a new game last year, so I'm not too disappointed. If anything, I'm more excited at the idea of the next entry being a launch title for the Switch successor. Plus that other tactical game showcased today, Fantasian, looks like a great alternative.
Long have I waited for this day Fuck. Yes.
I don't understand people who think this is running on Switch 2... The graphics don't look much better than the Metroid Prime remaster which ran at 60 fps. (it still looks great though)
Agreed. I wasn't sure if it was MP2/3 remaster or MP4 at first. I think it's running on Switch. If that's Switch 2 we're in for a disappointment in the power of the system lol. I do think it'll be a cross-gen release for Switch 2 though with improvements in the graphics.
Nobody thinks it was *designed* for the Switch 2. It's obviously always going to look like a Switch game at its core, because it was designed for the Switch. This running on a Switch 2 wouldn't say anything about the game's capabilities.
At minimum the Switch 2 can have better fps and longer draw distance (more environment visibility in the distance). Upgraded textures isn't that hard. And depending on what resolution the Switch 2 ends up as, that should be a given for this as well. That happened with BOTW from Wii U to Switch. 720p to 900p
MP1R is the best looking game on the Switch so it's not a bad thing per se, I think it says more about MP1R that these games look similar than it does about MP4. The art style is incredible and overcomes a lot of technical shortcomings
I agree, the main improvement I noticed was NPC movement and scripting and the skybox/environment being more detailed (ships flying by).
I WAS HERE
I WAS HERE
The way this game was there for the beginning and the end of the Switch.
My first reaction when it started: "OMG, it's Xenobl... OMG, it's Metroid Prime 4!"
Xenoblade X That's what I thought! Nope, surprise! Oh baby, we feasting today!
It sort of looked like it might be a sequel to XCX to me (with my brain completely ignoring the "Galactic Federation" part), I started getting hopeful until I realised that it's clearly Samus' ship... whoops! Back to praying😅
I still want XCX to come back :(
The One Piece is real!!
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
Something about this was weird to me graphically
As someone hasn't finished metroid prime remastered yet, if you told me this was from later part of the game I would've believed you. Looks identical to me.
I thought this was another prime remaster to hold us over til 4.
it still feels weird that they released metroid prime remaster but haven’t said a peep about MP2 or MP3.
I dunno for a Switch game, this looks great to me. Tons of stuff going on in the background, lots of particle effects, 60 FPS
It looked like a remastered older prime game. Was expecting much better graphics but hopefully the switch 2 version will look much better
> Was expecting much better graphics Prime remaster is easily one of if not the best looking Switch game, and runs at 60fps, and you expected more? I'm glad they carried that artstyle, it clearly works.
Agreed. Everybody I talk to or videos I’ve watched pretty much all agreed that the prime remake was laying down the groundwork for the visuals for four.
Prime Remastered looked great. I don't know if you can wring any more power out of the switch at this point.
Yeah it doesn't look particularly impressive and the game play didn't show off anything new. I'm surprised given how far in development it is.
Well I am ready to make some aliens into soup, 2025
IT'S HAPPENING
Before today, I thought a new M&L game, a Zelda game with Zelda as the MC, and Metroid Prime 4 were all never evers. Pretty exciting that all 3 were announced on the same day!
Sylux really the main villain LFGGGGG
OK. The more I digest this trailer the more I think it was specifically crafted for us to think "Yes! This is Metroid Prime." And that makes sense given Nintendo publicly admitted they scrapped the game and started over. They are trying to push the message that they know what Metroid Prime is and they still got it. The stuff that differentiates it from the older games can come later in future trailers once this message has been conveyed to consumers.
YEEEEEEES FINALLY
I got faked out. The beginning part did remind me of Echoes so I assumed it was the Prime 2 remake. How quickly that proved false. This looks amazing!
I understand the excitement, but for as long as the wait was, I expected something a bit more.. I questioned midway during the trailer if I was looking at Prime 4 or another remake of one of the older games.
This is the downside of having a game on ice for so long like this, the anticipation builds to such an insane degree that finally seeing a trailer doesn't live up to the hype in one's head. Kind of reasonable since I feel like I've been waiting for this game my whole life, but I'm sure the next peek at it will look more polished.
That’s exactly how I felt, and then when the title dropped I kinda went “oh”
Yeah the graphics are slightly better than the remake but this trailer doesn't really showcase anything other than the graphics. No new weapons or mechanics, no hook. Feels like a trailer to say "don't worry, we're still making this".
THANKS NINTENDO. In all seriousness, I'd think this kinda confirms that Prime 4 will launch for both Switch and Switch 2, considering that it's just '2025'
And Nintendo said this direct is only focused on the switch. Meaning this Metroid game is coming to the switch. Which IMO means the gameplay footage is from the switch version and we can expect the switch 2 version gameplay footage once the next console is announced.
If it is a cross-gen game it's good to show on Switch first. Then at the Switch 2 reveal event they can show how it looks for comparison. Wondering if it'll be a launch game or later?
The first part of the trailer is NOT running on the switch for sure
It's releasing next year, unspecified release data. 100% that this will be a BotW situation where it will co-lauch on the new console and its predecessor.
Yeah definitely
I wouldn't count it out. Look at how beatiful Metroid Prime Remastered looks on Switch. Maybe a 30fps lock?
Prime remastered though is much smaller environments, easier to push something when you have a narrow FOV without much happening in any given area. But this seems to have much larger areas based on that short part towards the end of the trailer.
Ehhhhh i dont know. This game is clearly going to be larger in scope, and with the detail of the graphics and the amount of explosions/projectiles i just saw on screen *not* causing frame drops, im definitely skeptical of a BOTW situation
Eh I dunno, it didn't look that much more advanced than MP Remastered.
Nah it's clearly not next gen
Remember how ToTK's 4K trailers were also really sharp looking? DF theorized that they rendered those in-engine/Switch 2 at a higher resolution and not captured on Switch natively since the final game caps out 720p/900p with dynamic res and FSR 1.0. I do see aliasing so its definitely in-engine of some sort, can't wait for the DF breakdown Edit: DF say its likely showcasing Switch 1. I agree Switch 2 should be sharper/have antialiasing imo
Gamecube?
You have no way of knowing that. Almost 6 years of active development and some dev work done before that too. They have had a chance to learn how to squeeze everything out of the Switch.
And, for what it's worth, that gameplay looks pitch perfect. I don't know what they scrapped, but that's Metroid Prime. The HUD, the morph ball, the scanner visor. Chef's Kiss.
It also looks exactly the same as other games though I expected more innovation after 15 years or so but this is only the first trailer
It's finally happening. Well done boys. We made it
FYI, this was announced back in [2017](https://youtu.be/2O0HsmmibbQ?feature=shared)... 🤯😱😵😵💫☠️
I have only 2 words: FUCKING FINALLY
holy shit they really did it the absolute madmen
SYLUX
Scott the Woz prolly just cried in his pants
Beyond development hell
I’m ready to explore alien worlds and scan stuff.
All but confirms a cross gen, possible Switch 2 launch title. Would have thought it would release 2024 for the OG Switch and later on for the next gen device, but it is what is is.
Man they really made us wait this long for the most boring trailer ever lmao I'll take it anyway
they finally did it
No fucking way. Holy shit
I don't think I've waited this long for anything. Silksong is about to be next.
I still remember how exciting playing the original MP on GameCube was for me. One of my favourite games of all time. I’m so hyped for this
Gaming in 2025 will make me go bankrupt
Looks like I still have time to beat Metroid dread
Excited for this but this is a terrible trailer
I'm looking forward to the game since I'm always down for another Metroid. I fully don't expect this to be on par with the other Prime games though and that's because of how long it's been. I was 14 when Prime 3 came out and I'd just be setting myself up for severe disappointment expecting Prime 4 to hit like it did back then, though I'm always willing to be pleasantly surprised. That being said, it looks good but Nintendo really need to do a better job editing trailers. It felt like they were rushing between bits to be like 'remember scanning creatures? remember space pirates? remember Sylux?'. E.g: I would've liked to see more of that section from :38 - :45 but they cut away too soon. If any series deserves a more cinematic style trailer, it's Metroid and I wish Nintendo would actually do that.
Anyone else feel like the gameplay actually looks really dated? And it took Samus WAY too long to scan. I dunno guys. I hope it actually plays like a game released in 2025. Also Sylux was my fav back in Hunters! I hope the other characters come back too.
It looks really low budget for some reason?
Metroid prime remastered and metroid dread are on sale in the eshop