With how packed 2025 is for video games, it’s easy to forget that Retro Studios’ Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is launching later this year. Announced in 2017, the first-person title saw development rebooted in January 2019, and gameplay revealed after a long silence in 2024.
Pre-orders have been available on Amazon since the initial announcement, but they’re allegedly being cancelled (with GameSpot citing a staff member with a since-cancelled pre-order). Though it reached out to Nintendo for a statement, there have been no updates.
While some have attributed this to issues with Amazon, other factors may be at play. Perhaps with the Switch’s successor on the horizon, Metroid Prime 4 could be cross-gen, prompting a fresh wave of pre-orders. Maybe the price has increased – after all, some initial pre-orders were able to nab it for $48. Stay tuned for more updates in the coming months.
The Nintendo Switch’s successor will reportedly be revealed in March, with a release sometime in June. A hardware mock-up by accessory maker Genki made the rounds at CES 2025, which Nintendo clarified is unofficial.
