Metroid followers have been ready for the higher a part of 20 years for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. The sequel was formally introduced in June 2017, and Amazon put up preorders someday after that. Via the sport’s prolonged growth, these orders nonetheless stood. Now, even after final summer season’s re-reveal of Metroid Prime 4, Amazon is canceling these longstanding preorders.
Presumably this can be a mistake on Amazon’s finish, quite than something dire like one other delay for Metroid Prime 4 or perhaps a cancelation of the sport itself. GameSpot has reached out to Nintendo for remark. A minimum of one particular person on GameSpot’s employees famous that his six-year-old Metroid Prime 4 preorder–which was discounted to $48–was among the many canceled orders as we speak.
Following the preliminary announcement in 2017, Nintendo up to date the standing of Metroid Prime 4 in 2019 when it was revealed that the earlier growth was being deserted in favor of a contemporary begin with Retro Studios, the identical studio that developed the Metroid Prime trilogy. In the course of the years between bulletins, a standalone title referred to as Metroid Dread and a remastered version of Metroid Prime have been launched on Swap. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption are both reportedly getting remasters for Switch as nicely.
Apart from these video games, Metroid’s main girl, Samus Aran, stays a daily within the Tremendous Smash Bros. franchise. However to remain present with Samus’ in-continuity adventures, you need to in all probability brush up on everything that’s happened in the Metroid Prime games so far. Nintendo lately reiterated that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will be released in 2025, but it surely would not at the moment have a precise date.
