Metroid Prime 4 could reignite fans’ passion for the series. Image credit: Nintendo, Retro Studios Arriving in North America several months prior to its release in Japan, Metroid Prime had been a long ...

The Metroid Prime series has effectively been on long-term hiatus since 2007's Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Plans for a fourth core entry in the first-person branch of Nintendo's long-running sci-fi ...

Sometimes I find it hard to believe that Metroid is a nearly 40-year-old series. It still feels young next to the likes of Mario, which has countless games to its name. The Metroid library is ...

In 2002, Nintendo released Metroid Prime on Nintendo GameCube. This reinvention of the Metroid series shifted things to a first-person perspective while still keeping intact all of the puzzle-solving, ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Enter “Metroid Prime 4: Beyond” for Nintendo Switch 2, which is ...

It’s been 18 years since the last Metroid Prime game, but I felt right at home in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Almost too at home. Whether fighting my way through a volcano, exploring a research base in a ...

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 ...

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Metroid Prime 4 has finally arrived after eight years of anticipation. Now subtitled “Beyond,” the latest chapter in Samus’ journey takes her to a mysterious new planet where she comes face-to-face ...

Since 1986 the Metroid series has gone from 2D to 3D (and back to 2D) and to consoles and portables, with plenty of Samus appearances and cameos in other games along the way. It’s responsible for ...

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond seemed like it would never come out since it was first teased in 2017, but the newest adventure featuring Samus Aran is less than a month away. Nintendo released a trailer ...

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 ...