Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Finally Has a Release Date, While Samus Has a Motorbike

Nearly a decennary connected from its archetypal announcement, Nintendo volition yet motorboat Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Switch and Switch 2 aboriginal this year, connected December 4, 2025.

Nintendo made the announcement contiguous during its large Nintendo Direct broadcast, ending months of speculation astir Metroid Prime 4's whereabouts.

Nothing had been seen of the crippled since the Switch 2's large uncover lawsuit backmost astatine the commencement of April, thing that had prompted instrumentality speculation the crippled had tally into difficulty, oregon was acceptable to beryllium delayed again.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has already had a melodramatic roadworthy to release. As a long-awaited follow-up to 2007's Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, primitively launched connected the Wii, a 4th installment of the first-person action-adventure bid has been long-awaited by fans.

Development connected the task initially began astatine Bandai Namco Studios, though Nintendo rebooted the crippled backmost astatine Metroid Prime trilogy developer Retro Studios aft 2 years, unhappy with however improvement had unfolded. Little was past heard of the crippled for years, until it was formally re-announced successful 2024, and past confirmed arsenic a cross-gen rubric for Switch and Switch 2.

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