Nintendo Finally Releases a Good Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Trailer, 8 Years After Game's Announcement

Eight years connected from its archetypal announcement, the long-awaited Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is present conscionable a period from motorboat — and today, fans tin ticker a caller trailer.

Due to motorboat connected December 4, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond remains mysterious, with Nintendo keeping details of its much-delayed first-person shooter mostly nether wraps.

Exactly however it picks up the communicative of the Metroid Prime trilogy, 18 years later, we person nary idea. All the areas Samus volition visit? Not a clue. Chozo lore? Dark Samus? Phazon? Other bounty hunters? Time volition tell. (Though, arsenic of September, we cognize Samus someway has a motorbike.)

This year, successful particular, has seen Nintendo fans fret implicit the continued hold for much information, and rumors of a hold dispersed arsenic the hold for a merchandise day dragged on. Glimpses of the crippled to day person not prompted an outpouring of excitement, either, with a reasonably mixed effect to the Switch 2 lawsuit demo (to beryllium fair, a linear and not overly breathtaking conception from the game's opening) and little showing successful September's wide Nintendo Direct.

Fan eyebrows person been raised, too, by the evident deficiency of selling dedicated to the game. Where Kirby Air Riders has been featured successful 2 lengthy dedicated Nintendo Directs, Metroid Prime 4 has had none.

But determination is inactive clip for the Metroid Prime 4 hype instrumentality to footwear into gear. And now, 30 days from launch, fans are celebrating today's caller trailer doing conscionable that. While determination are nary standout reveals successful the video, it does an entertaining occupation of showing Samus successful action, highlighting baddie Sylux, and revisiting much of the game's setting: the satellite Viewros.

"Trailer felt like, 'Yes, we've heard you each astir the marketing. Please person this,'" wrote Metroid instrumentality Jawmuncher connected ResetEra. "I approve. This is simply a trailer I could usage to merchantability idiosyncratic connected the game. The past trailer I could not unless they REALLY similar motorcycles."

"Finally a bully trailer," agreed AppleKid. "Still privation to cognize much but this trailer astatine slightest isn't hype deflating similar the past 2. Game looks great!"

But still, determination are calls for a dedicated Metroid Prime 4 heavy dive, via a dedicated Nintendo Direct. "Kirby Air Riders got two," noted Khanimus. "The crippled radical person been actively anticipating since it was announced 8 years agone astir apt should get one."

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond launches for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 adjacent month.

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