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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Announcement Trailer – Nintendo Switch (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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FINALLY! Looking forward to this one!

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 months ago (3 children)

By saying just “2025” this solidifies in my mind that this will be the cross gen game that launches with the Switch 2 around April or May or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That would be new, usually Zelda games are the ones that are the death knell of Nintendo systems.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and we can assume Tears of the Kingdom was intended to be this before the delaying actions started.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There has been no delaying, only TotK itself was delayed by a year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The switch 2 itself was delayed til next year. The all but verified leaks and rumors originally had the switch 2 releasing this year before it was delayed. This was evidently confirmed by several different sources. Though rumors are just rumors.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think too, that this will be a cross-gen game. But the Switch 2 will be released in fall next year, and it will be announced in spring, at least 6 months earlier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

That’s certainly a possibility. I just have this feeling that Nintendo doesn’t have any other games than what they showed us in this direct to fill up a whole extra year. Of course, that’s just a feeling.

And I feel like they may follow the Switch playbook where they show off the console in December - probably during the game awards or (ugh) on Jimmy Fallon like they did last time. Then launch in four to six months with Metroid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Given the lack of noticeable aliasing in this trailer I wouldn't be surprised if this footage is being run off Switch 2 hardware. Things to my eye look significantly sharper than what we've been getting from the switch.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

This looks about comparable to the remaster from earlier, which looked incredible for a Switch game. The trailer looked nice but definitely not what we would expect from something on the level of a PS4. I don't see a reason to doubt that the footage was the game running on Switch.

But the fact that people are debating if this is Switch 2 footage speaks volumes about Retro Studio's skill. Jaw-dropping graphics for a Switch game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Digital Foundry made a pretty convincing case that it's running on current switch hardware: https://www.ign.com/articles/was-metroid-prime-4-running-on-switch-2. That being said, a cross-generation release wouldn't be out of character for Nintendo.