Yes it will! And I will buy a Metrillion copies to help it achieve this goal…

Metroid and Donkey Kong are now experiencing a role reversal of last generation

I completely agree with Joey in everything. Also, I'm 100% sure Prime 2 and 3 will be re-released and I'm very excited to revisit them. Prime 3 in particular has some jaw dropping environments.

I miss the days where companies offered MULTIPLE 1st party launch games & tried to provide variety. It wouldn't have been a problem in the past to launch a system with a new 3D Mario AND a new Metroid.

I've noticed a pretty significant uptick in streamers who all went out and bought Prime Remastered after the Prime 4 announcement, so that's something, anecdotal though it may be. I'm still not sure Metroid has the mass appeal though. It's my favorite franchise of all time, but I openly admit its design is very niche. Just being a dark scify game on a Nintendo console alone makes it slip under a lot of people's radars I feel.

To be Honest I seriously fear Metroid Prime 4 won't sell too much better then Dread, regardless of how much of a flawless masterpeace it turns out to be. It'll be a miracle if it sells as well as Kirby & the Forgotten Land let alone Breath of the Wild Level sales.

I will also add, Nintendo has to announce their intentions with Prime 4 too; if they don't clearly state that there will be a Switch 2 SKU or free (or reduced) update to the Switch version people may hold off and wait to see if that's eventually announced, potentially eating away at sales that could've been made. Full transparency with their plans; announce plans for 4, then release 2 & 3 a few months ahead of 4 and now people are primed (no pun intended) for 4

I would absolutely love to see a Prime Hunters remake on Switch or even if not that. Give us a Hunters Multiplayer game, kinda like what they did with Federation Forces ball game. Having all the hunters available and being able to hop into online deathmatches with friends or even online with a bunch of randos. I genuinely miss the multiplayer

Honestly, I think it might sell better to just release it on Nintendo Switch. The Wii U had a low install base. I loved the Wii U but a lot of people didn't even know what it was. Defensive editions seem to punish earlier buyers. Because it's like great. I guess I bought the lesser version, and now I need to upgrade.

I still believe the game will be a cross-gen title to showcase the new console's capabilities. And I don't think it would necessarly hurt the game's sales either. As you mentionned, the Switch playerbase can not be ignored, and it won't be. But at the same time, they can also release the game on Switch 2 day one and give it some time to sell well before burning other big cartridges, just like they did with BOTW on Switch. Remember, it was the only "big" game on Switch for a month and a half before the release of MK8DX in April 2017. And Mario Odyssey came out in October of that same year, Xenoblade 2 in December etc. Similarly, they could absolutely release the game as the only big shiny launch title for Switch 2 and then put out trailers for Mario Kart 9, a new 3D Mario, a new Xenoblade, a new Animal Crossing and so on. All of which would release in the next months or less than a year after the console's release and of course be exclusive titles. This way, the console would have a lot of momentum going for it, just like the Switch did, and people are going to think both ways : => Some will buy the console for these new games, but in the meantime they won't have a lot to play aside from that new beautiful looking Metroid game that got people so hyped, so they might jump on board and try out the series => Metroid fans and people who get on the hype train for Beyond will most likely think they wanna play this game in the best possible conditions, and these people will likely be hyped by these other new games coming out 6 months or so after the console's release. And so, since they plan to pick up these games as well, they'll likely buy the new console to play Prime 4 on, which will help create a momentum for the Switch 2. I think doing things that way is a win-win situation for both the console and the game. Nintendo has learned the hard way thath they need to give their consoles a strong first year, but they also know that spacing out releases throughout the year is the best way to keep people interested and create a good momentum going forward.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess came out in Japan on the same day for GameCube and Wii. In America, the Wii version actually came out first. What made the Wii version enticing was that it included motion controls. I expect something similar here - a cross-platform release, but with a difference in how you play it to take advantage of the new system's trademark features. (I find it very unlikely, having watched Nintendo for decades now, that their next hardware won't enable radically new kinds of games compared to Switch. They haven't done "the same thing but with better graphics" since the GBA.)

0:24 While it's true that Dread is the best-selling Metroid game to date, it's only the 43rd best-selling Switch game, while Prime 1 is the 6th best-selling Gamecube game and the most successful Metroid relative to console sales.

My lonely left hand and the love for Samus will break the curse

heh, I was making "Metroid Prime: Alyx in 2045" jokes just minutes before the trailer reveal

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I definitely want to play Prime 2 and 3 before 4. I've played the original game twice now, but never played the others. Prime 2, in particular, I'd really prefer to play in a new version, as it needs some changes, imo.

Nothing but optimistic. 😊 I bet it's gonna be a banger. Whether it's a cross gen release, or just the Switch. It's gonna sell well enough.

dread already did it

I am secretly hoping that Prime 2 remastered is taking longer because they are reworking and improving the online mode. It’s probably not very likely, but I can dream.

If it comes out on both consoles at the same time, I'm not sure which I would get... I bought Breath of the Wild on Wii U, because I'd be damned if I owned a Nintendo console and never played a Zelda game on it... this is completely different, though. It may come down to what kind of launch lineup the Switch 2 has, or even something like its control scheme. Like, if the Switch 2 has scroll wheels for shoulder buttons, and they do something cool in the game? Gonna want that.

They should have a federation wars online game that would be a big seller.

If they try to sale Metroid as a poor man's Halo they've missed the mark.

They released Metroid prime and influencers said it was the best looking switch game. It had a review score of 94 on metacritic, the original on GameCube had a whopping 97. It released after Metroid Dread, the best selling Metroid game ever. What happened? 1 million sold. I don’t think Metroid prime 4 will be a heavy hitter. KZfaqrs will have crazy reactions, that’s it.

We need Prime 2 Echoes on the switch!

What if it’s like breath of the wild and releases on both

I understand Metroid has never sold that well, but sometimes I’m amazed at how much some Metroid fans don’t believe Metroid can become a way bigger seller.

I believe if metroid turns into nintendos "horror" franchise it can be the same as a Zelda seller. Just imagine a game like Re2 remake but instead of leon its samus. Insteas of a mansion, its a abandoned planet. And instead of Mr X we have a enemy like the SA-X armor from fusion

Metroid needs to be promoted more. Why is there not a live action Metroid movie. Ronda Rousie and Breanne Larson both wanna play Samus in a movie

No way there's a multiplayer mode. Prime 2 had a multiplayer mode and people hated it. Also, I'm pretty sure no one liked Hunters either, same as Federation Force. The whole concept of multiplayer is antithetical to what makes Metroid great, so even adding it as a purely optional experience would be detrimental to how the game is perceived by fans.

Metroid “Beyond” is the main feature of the game , you will be experiencing Metroid beyond its previous offerings, I expect this to be open world sandbox experience

To me, maybe, but more leaning on no because the franchise is underrated along with Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, Mega Man, StarFox, and Kid Icarus compared to Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Splatoon, and Pokemon since they’re popular franchises. After seeing how Dread and Prime Remastered came out, I can see it’s definitely not gonna make at least a 5 mil hit. I hope it makes more than Dread’s sale numbers. If Nintendo does plan to release this as a cross-gen release like BOTW did, then it could boost up sales, but given the current state, I think it’s best to stay as it is currently since it’s not popular in both Japan and domestically. I may be wrong though if it performs very well.

In addition to bringing Prime 2 and 3 to the Switch, which is definitely a no-brainer, I'd love to see a remake of Prime Hunters at some point. Probably a longshot, but I think it could really benefit from better controls and (maybe) more content. It's easily my least favorite Metroid game, and I think it could be much improved by a remake.

I seen another video where the highlighted the ppl working on the game. Many ppl that work on a lot of top notch online first person multiplayer . Ppl from call of duty to halo. There’s more going on . I’m sure the solo player game been done around 2020. Maybe even earlier . Nintendo wasn’t feeling the multi player aspect at that time. My guess is that is was no different or unique from what has come before. Next time around Metroid will be a top tier Nintendo franchise

It's gonna be like what happened with Pikmin 4 tbh.

How do you count to a matrillion?

Maybe the new console will launch with mp4 preinstalled or at least a demo of it like the prime hunters tutorial for the ds. it sound to generous from nintendo but if they know casual people are not into it they may try to make it more apealing whith the price, like they did whit mpr, mp trilogy, or bayo 2 which launched at 50$ and offer you bayo 1 for an extra 10$

They need to make a fucking good marketing campaign. Nintendo has never done this with any Metroid game. Also make it look like a serious game, not an alien killing shooter for kids.

If prime 4 fails... We will never see a a triple A mainline metroid ever again 😭

Metroid Prime 4K Beyond HD is a genius title Joey 😂 you should be proud of that 🤌🤌🤌

And hope there are real Metroid I. This game

Only one Xenoblade has ever broke 2 million units sold, while everything else is in the 1.5 million range, yet nobody ever calls in "unsuccessful." After Prime 4, hopefully Nintendo will let Retro continue building up the IP again with the same engine & assets to help bring down costs & development time. If they release a Switch 2 version on top of everything, I think there's a chance it'll do very well. It will never do as well as Mario or Zelda, but I don't think Nintendo gamers are as into FPS games in general. We were during the N64 era, but that's because Nintendo had Rare & dominated the space with multiplayer & 4 player split-screen. That would be cool if Prime could do great multiplayer, but it'd have to be done better than Echoes.

I doubt Prime 4 will sell more than Dread unless they reveal some game changing features like open-world, online multiplayer like Destiny or HellDivers, etc.

Damn 24 nonillion copies. That 3 sextillion per person in the world.

Make it a launch title. People flood to get a launch game for their launch console.

I dont know. But we'll see. I would wait and find out and not speculate.

Thinking of the prime hunters multi-player? Nah. The Prime 2 multi-player was actually where it's at.

I have bought every Prime game day one and that won’t change with Prime 4

The Switch Is a cash machine a lot more people own a Switch than people that owned a GameCube From a glance at the trailer, yes It looks good and Metroid fans recognize the main villain but what does this game have to appeal to non Metroid fans Zelda BOTW was a lot of peoples first Zelda game because apart from being a Zelda game It's draw was how fun It was to explore an open world and play the game the way you want Metroid Prime 4 so far seems to stick to the traditional Metroid Prime 4 formula which Is great for a numbered game In a series but If you haven't played the other 3 games what exactly Is the selling point? I do believe this game will do well because of the Switch's player base and the amount of hype fans are giving It We may even see Nintendo hype It up closer to release I mean- have you seen how much they are still promoting a rerelease of a 3DS game(LM2HD)

Is everyone ready for Prime 4 to cost $70?

I hope they release Prime 2 and 3 before then. I never finished 2 back in the day and haven’t played 3. At the same time though, I kinda want the Prime Remastered treatment for them.

What curse?

just wanna remind everyone that fire emblem: three houses sold 4 million copies, meaning it outsold almost every single kirby and sonic game (aside from dream land, forgotten land, sonic 1, and sonic 2) the switch can really make anything happen when it comes to sales and it is amazing. as a fire emblem fan thrilled to see it now be a massive nintendo series, literally anything can happen with metroid prime 4

It's very very unlikely to sell as well as you're hoping, like metroid will likely stay below the big sellers like mario, zelda, splatoon, pokemon, and animal crossing. I would even very confidently say that that series like Fire emblem, xenoblade, and kirby are above metroid in terms of sales and importance to nintendo right now and again it's very unlikely to do that well, I mean it's more important than dk is to nintendo right now that's something to acknowledge

Metroid could take Zelda's place since Zelda has gone off the deep end with crafting junk open sky no cool linear puzzles.

Not sure how that can happen when Switch 2 is supposedly March 2025. I can't see Prime 4 coming Februrary 2025. I honestly think Prime 4 is a late 2025 title, after the Switch 2 launch.

Please for god sake please I really want Ridley to be in this game the last fight with Ridley in fusion was stupid

Nintendo still doesn't have a proper FPS game. With Switch 2's rumored beefy specs (~4 TFLOPS (PS4 Pro) + DLSS) it can finally be home to the bigger FPS franchises like CoD, and make Switch 2 a viable contender to PS5/XSX, meaning Metroid Prime may very well become the new "Halo" :)

Who are you looking at?

I'm afraid that won't happen, first Dread already did that, second is that while Metroid is a very niche series, is unfortunately always in the shadow of other franchises like Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and even Splatoon, for me it would be better is Prime 4 just sells well enough.

From the little we’ve seen, the game doesn’t seem to be doing enough different to break new ground. Us hardcore fans will all double dip in the Switch and Super Switch versions however!

I actually believe Nintendo completely messed up here snd waited too long to release Metroid prime 4. Migjt be right up there with dread or maybe a little above. But i really think people lost interest

Metroid Dread already broke the curse, it sold over 3 million copies and now is the highest selling metroid game of all time.

I am not a Metroid fan (yet), but when Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was announced I thought 2 things. 1: okay 👍, and 2: That's cool, I wanna try it! I recently bought Metroid Dread and Metroid Prime Remastered on the Nintendo Eshop when they were on sale after the direct to try out the series. So far, I LOVE METROID DREAD! Metroid Prime Remastered I enjoy so far (tired sometimes tho), I have just not played as much of it compared to Dread and have not played enough of it to make a proper opinion.

Metroid Prime 4 will be released for Switch, then.... Metroid Prime Anthology will be released for Switch 2, including Prime, Echoes, Corruption, Beyond and even a remastered version of Hunters.

Genius did you forget how the Switch's launch year was like. Zelda, Mario, Mario Kart, Splatoon, and Xenoblade all released in the same year. But every single one ended up doing much better than their previous game's, with plenty of room to breathe between them. It should'nt be any problem at all for Metroid to release in the same year as a 3d Mario or Pokemon infact it would show how confident Nintendo is in it to give it that kind of treatment. You clearly want your own idea to come true and don't want to acknowledge any other outcome. I'm not even a fan of the series and I think it's going to sell well.

I don't think the number 4 is as much of a deterrent as you make it out to be. A lot of franchises kick started their popularity with their forth entry.

Is so obvious it will becausd the Switch alone is selling still millions and Metroid fanbase had growth a lot

Correct me if I'm wrong but the switch will be the first Nintendo console to get both a new 2d metroid and 3d metroid.

The narrative that Metroid has always had low sales needs to stop because it is wrong. First of all, would you consider Kirby and Megaman to have good sales numbers? On average for a decade, these two series underperformed compared to Metroid’s sales numbers. Kirby’s only managed to do noticeably better with the very first game and the Switch games (although Metroid games also fell off a cliff after Other M so that was a large part of that) while Megaman has never had the sales figures of Metroid. Megaman also only managed to break past 1.5 million with 11 which is average for a Metroid game. As for the numbers themselves? According to VGSales in millions compared to the best selling mainline game in the Kirby series for that console: 2.73 for the first game (1.75 for Kirby, not even a million for Megaman) 1.72 for Samus Returns (The only win for a while with Kirby at 5.13) 1.42 for Super (A somehow notorious failure despite practically matching the sales of Kirby’s SNES outing at 1.44) 1.6 for Fusion (1.47 for Kirby and the Amazing Mirror) 2.84 for Prime (No equivalent but the N64 Kirby game sold 1.77 on a better selling console) 1.1 for Prime 2 1.41 for Prime 3 (Another loss but this time for 1.85 for Kirby) After this point the games actually do follow the supposed Metroid curse, but they’re also games that the Metroid fanbase didn’t like (Other M and Federation Force) or a remake that had a free and more widely known alternative while being on a platform that was being overshadowed by the Switch anyways. It was only really in the 2010’s that Metroid became “cursed,” until then it was a pretty successful series that didn’t cut it when in sales compared to Mario or Zelda. You wanna know what also doesn’t compare to Mario or Zelda in that regard? Most video games. This idea that Metroid has always been cursed needs to stop. At best it’s a misrepresentation of data and at worst it hurts the sales of the series because it hurts Metroid’s public perception.

I have a solution. Put Zero Suit Samus on the cover.

MP4B will sell well but nothing crazy. I've been saying for years it'll sell about 3-6 mil in its first year and that will be it. Us Metroid fans aren't very many but we are the one who double and triple dip lol

Bet Nintendo will annouce the new system first then put it on both systems. It will be $70. I hope its $60 so it doesnt scare off new people.

In the area of "Prime 2 & 3 are a must" I feel compelled to say that they should also consider Prime Hunters and Federation Force as well given that, like them or not they are not only a part of the Prime sub-series but also told about Sylux. They introduced us to him and his story along with his impact and reason as to why he was not only in Prime 3's special ending but also what his plans are as evident with not only his introduction and logbook entry in Hunters but also the special ending of Federation Force. It also builds and completes the story package that some people would like to see, plus it would preserve them in so they won't die for good on the DS and 3DS (though Nintendo is rather spiteful about preserving their history). Prime's 2 & 3 getting the big-boy remaster like the original Prime would be optimal, Prime Hunters and Federation Force would work fine with the simple HD remaster like Luigi's Mansion 2 HD has. Since those two were not well received there is no need to go overboard with the visuals outside of HD upscaling and such.

Gotta love a guy who knows nothing about the halo sandbox talk about how classic halo isn’t vast and that infinite didn’t ruin the sandbox

No. Metroid would need a more accessible game, as well as to embrace some of the more modern conventions of other Metroid-like games.

It would be downright evil of them to release a superior Switch 2 version after the Switch 1 version. Then they'd force hardcore fans to choose between getting the game immediately and finally ending the wait, or waiting even LONGER to play Prime 4 while seeing everyone else loving it just for some extra content. Or blowing $140 on 2 versions of the game.

I really can't imagine how it could ever be a good idea to put the number "4" to a relatively low selling franchise. Even Zelda games would sell less if they were named 4 or 7 or 11, because there are lots of people who think "oh but I haven't played the older games in the series, I should do that first". Call it Metroid and something new, so newcomers feel welcome, damnit! Other than that, eh, does this kind of game have potential to sell well? I think maybe with more beautiful environment and exploration, fewer dorky sci-fi villains.

I feel like one of the only gamers that does not want Switch 2 to have 4K. It’s done nothing but balloon budgets and dev cycles. Causing games to be this slurry of sameness, lacking originality. Massive file sizes and ridiculous patch sizes. I primarily play my Switch on a 4K tv, most of the games I’ve played look great on it. My PS5 collects dust because there are next to no games on it I want to play; due to the unoriginal gameplay and lack of titles coming out for it.

I want to see that full reaction video of e3 metroid prime 4

I would love to SEE Bandai 's ideias

If Prime 4 becomes open World, I am cancelling my preorder. I am sick and tired of Open World.

Why this dude looking at me twice at once? Anyways I think this is why the Switch 2 has been delayed so long. They want to do a dual release for Switch and S2.

People won’t not by Metroid Prime 4 because they haven’t played the first three. Splatoon 2 sold amazing and I assure you most people did not buy Splatoon 1. That game was on the Wii U.

Mp4 is going to be woke stool

Ultimately I don’t think it’ll ever change unless Metroid fundamentally changes into something that it isn’t. The type of game this is isn’t accessible to non observant gamers and unfortunately that’s the majority of people who play games. You look at all the top selling games as well as the most popular free to play games and you’ll see a lot of these titles really never ask much of the player at any given time. Personally I’m ok with this. I’d rather Metroid stay how it is and still be a B franchise than it completely change its identity just for the sake of sales.

No. It won't.

The guy is making sure people get into this game. And thats awesome, it needs to succeed!

comparig to halo infinite...yeah thats not the best choice, that game is kinda hated at this point from everything ive heard. and going "open world" is NOT good for a metroid game as im gussing your opposition to it too, is part of. going open world would utterly fuck the very core of what it means to be METROID

I'm 100% convinced that multiplayer will be one big compenent that will be later revealed.

Simply put, no. This game is coming out way too late for that. Had this game released in the first 2 - 4 years of the Switch maybe, but now I fear it's too late. There is a such a thing as taking too long and I think Metroid Prime 4 is an example of it. It doesn't help that to the casual audience the trailer showed little new or anything that would entice the broader mainstream.

I swear, no matter how well this series does people are always going to accuse it of being a failure due to shallow double standards. People need to stop perpetuating the false narrative that Metroid is this financially troubled flop of a series. If it really was it would've gone the way of F-Zero. Its sales look unimpressive when put next to the juggernauts but with the exception of Prime Pinball, Federation Force and Other M the series has always brought in what most standards consider a profit. Prime Remastered has sold more than 1.09 mil at this point, that number was from a single month after the game's release. The franchise is doing better than Warioware, Xenoblade, Bayonetta 3, ARMS, and actually is still about a million units ahead of Fire Emblem.

Nah man even in my wildest dreams Metroid will forever be a nich franchise (the best franchise ever btw) Prime 4 will at much sell 5M and this is dreaming af

This is something I’ve been hearing from a lot of retrospectives, I think if Nintendo rereleases prime 3 It’ll definitely turn off some of the audience. The gimmicky sections with motion controls would really break the pace of the game. I’m sure they can fix that with mapping those movements to the right stick or smth but they would still break the pacing

When are we predicting the Switch is going to take the top spot for the best selling console of all time? It's been a while since the figures were last updated, it was only about 15 million off the top spot at that time, and surely it must be right on the cusp of taking the lead. Anyone have any take on how close it is now and when it would be likely to take the crown?

To be honest, Metroid Prime is a bit generic. There are billions of games similar to it, and even if it was one of the first and most unique, it still doesn’t look like anything special. Also, I bought Metroid Prime HD, and I kind of found it boring. 2D Metroid is better because it is way more original, and it even has a genre named after it. I know I’m probably alone on this opinion, but I really dislike first person games, because there isn’t anyone to look at, and from a person’s point of view, you can see significantly less, and it makes me feel stuck.

Honestly I think the gameplay just needs to be faster

Switch 2 in March 2025, MP4 release in May 2025 simultaneously on Switch and Switch 2.

Why would they name it HD on the Switch 2 when it already is HD on the Switch 🤨

Pikmin 4 is the best-selling game in the franchise, the number 4 in the title doesn't matter that much. Metroid Dread is the 5th entry in the 2D series and the best-selling one, another example that the number doesn't matter.

Yes it can and it will! ...Just wait until Nintendo blows the lid on Prime 4 and we get a full blown Switch 2 trailer of Samus spider balling all over the place in new environments, grapple beaming and using new visor abilities vs enemies and puzzles.... boss battles.... chozo... the return of Ridley... and maybe even the Gunship comes into play more... we've seen NOTHING! ...like point 1 % of the game and as we continue to see more... the hype for the game will increase ten fold!