In terms of Switch 2 heavy-hitters, Nintendo fans are surely still enjoying rocketing around the tracks of Mario Kart World and pummeling through the stages of Donkey Kong Bananza. Now, we have further tantalizing hints that a release date for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond may be coming very soon.
As reported by VGC, the game has been rated by a board in South Korea, which deemed it suitable “for ages 12 and up due to “mild violence.” If you’ve been in the gaming sphere for a while, you’ll know that these ratings can typically be taken as an indication that the game is firmly on its way to retail.
Just how firmly, of course, remains to be seen. Aside from the fact that it’s still currently on course for a 2025 release, we don’t yet know when it’s going to land.
All this anticipation isn’t anything unusual for the broader franchise. Metroid Dread took quite the merry road from an obscure hint in Metroid Prime 3 Corruption (Project “Dread,” you say?) to its eventual release. All that did, though, was make it feel all the sweeter when I finally got to play and be brutally dismantled by those darn E.M.M.I. robots over and over. I really am horrible at stealth sections.
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Still, an actual release date would be an enormous boon. In the run-up to Switch 2’s essential first holiday season, the Pokemon Z-A bundle is positioned to be the big system seller, but what about those who aren’t Pokemon players? I’m not saying a Switch 2/Joy-Con combo in Samus’ trademark orange and red color scheme is remotely likely, but I am saying that I’d battle Ridley himself in a bareknuckle fight to get my hands on one.
Prime was the sub-series that put Metroid on the map for millions. The original, back on the GameCube, is still revered as one of the greatest games that system ever saw.
The excitement when the first game’s remaster shadow dropped just proved that it’s as beloved as it ever was. Though I managed to get hopelessly lost several times (I absolutely could not remember where the heck to go after retrieving the Gravity Suit), I had as much fun reliving it as I did experiencing it for the first time in 2003. It’s absolutely one of Nintendo’s best-looking games to date, as well.
In a similar way, the latest game in the Prime saga could go on to become just as revered in the Switch/Switch 2 lineup. It just needs the support from Nintendo to do so. This could be a potential Game of the Year, Nintendo, so please throw us a bone.
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