Why would Nintendo fill the latest Metroid entry with a rote sci-fi story, annoying new characters, and a literal sandbox?

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Metroid Prime 4 stumbled multiple times before being completely scrapped and restarted over the decade it took to make. Although it found its way back to Retro Studios, the team behind the original ...

Last week, the monkey’s paw curled for Metroid fans. After years of waiting, we finally got extensive gameplay impressions for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and a host of new details ahead of its Dec. 4 ...

I’ve been pouring over the handful of reviews of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond as the embargo apparently lifts ahead of the game’s long-awaited December 2025 launch, and it’s mostly stuff you’d expect. One ...

Earlier this year, I played Metroid Prime for the first time in at least a decade. Back in 2023, Nintendo released a remastered version of the 2002 classic for the Switch, and I felt like dusting it ...

Certain gaming franchises can reinvent themselves time and again and find new avenues to excite fans. The Super Mario Bros. series, for example, has over a dozen different permutations and keeps on ...

More than eight years after it was originally announced, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is finally set to hit Switch and Switch 2 this December. Ahead of its global launch, I got to play over an hour of the ...

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Publisher Nintendo and developer Retro Studios have released a new trailer for first-person shooter sequel Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, dubbed “Survive.” The trailer description reads: “Take on the role ...