Metroid Prime 4 arrives in December 2025 to close a fantastic year in video gamesafter some excellent months like October and November.
This is both the Switch and the Switch 2 so everyone Samus Aran fans Enjoy whether you’ve made the console leap or not. Interestingly, your the story can also be enjoyed whether you are new or a veteran.
As Nintendo summarizes on its Japanese website, the company has just left a guide “for all those playing ‘Metroid Prime’ for the first time“.
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The successor to the most popular hybrid console comes with more power, a 120Hz OLED screen and full backwards compatibility.
Firstly, they highlight that is divided into two main parts: the most ‘Metroid’ 2D zone and the ‘Metroid Prime’ first-person adventure stage.
After that comes the interesting thing: “There are several titles in the ‘Metroid Prime’ saga, but this is the first completely new title in about 18 years“.
Specifically, since Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for Nintendo Wii. And this game has more weight in the franchise today than you might think.
In the saga, and until Corruption, there is an energetic substance that transforms living beings into mutations. In Metroid Prime 4a story was created around it and You don’t need to play previous titles to have fun.
In this adventure, Samus Aran meets her enemy “Cyrax” in a Galactic Federation research center.
The bad thing is that she is involved in an unexpected accident and is transferred to the unknown planet “Buros” together with Galactic Federation Soldiers.
Metroid Prime 4 is the beginning of a new story
What’s certainly clear is that Samus is still as cool as you want and there will always be room on consoles for the Queen’s return.
After eight years of waiting, the new game from Retro Studios promises to give us a powerful return to one of Nintendo’s most special formulas.
But you expected to know that Metroid Prime 4 is the beginning of a new story in the saga and you don’t need to have played the previous Prime games?