01 Dec 2025
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Shinesparkers Metroid Prime 4 Video: Get involved!

December 1, 2025

Four years ago, we put together a special video to commemorate the release of Metroid Dread on Nintendo Switch. Members of the community shared photographs of their newly acquired game and merchandise. The response was overwhelming, and for the release of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, we would love to try this again!

We are asking Metroid fans to contribute to a new video Shinesparkers are producing, and to capture the moment they received their new game and products in an effort to preserve it for the future, so people can look back and see what happened on the day Metroid Prime 4 was released. We would love to include as many entries as we possibly can from all parts of the world! It’s also our aim to share the video with Nintendo and Retro Studios in an effort to show fan support for its release!

Examples of what you can share could include the following:

Photographs of your new game, special edition, amiibo, and other promotional items purchased on the day of release, even your digital products.

Video footage (No more than 30 seconds) of the moment you collect your video game, or an unboxing)

Video footage (No more than 30 seconds) sharing a personal message of how much the release of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and the Metroid series means to you.

Fans should email Shinesparkers before December 15th 2025 and provide one or more of the following, along with their Bluesky or other social media username so they can be credited in the video:

  • Photograph of their Metroid Prime 4-related products (Special, standard editions, any merchandise, all within one image) as an attachment
  • A link to some clear video footage (Uploaded to Google Drive, one file, no more than 30 seconds long) with no effects added.
  • A short message in text of around around 20-30 words with a message to include within our video.

Please note: All of this will be compiled into a single video and uploaded to our YouTube channel at a later date, and shared via social media using the #SamusIsBack hashtag. We may not be able to include everyone if we become inundated with entries, but we will try to include as many as possible! We reserve the right to make changes and edits to content shared to fit within our scope of the video.

Here’s an example of a previous video we put together to mark the release of Metroid Dread!

29 Nov 2025
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond acquired early by some – Beware of spoilers!

November 29, 2025

Some retailers have reportedly broken the street date for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. We advice anyone that cares about spoilers to log out of social media! For YouTube, there exists extensions for all kinds of browsers that let you block certain channels without having to find them on the recommended page.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond releases in less than a week. We hope you get to experience it unspoiled.

Source: BehindTGames (Twitter)

26 Nov 2025
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Full amiibo functionality for Metroid Prime 4 revealed

November 26, 2025

Nintendo have finally unveiled what the three amiibo do in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Although their gameplay benefits were previously shared at the end of the Overview Trailer, Nintendo have expanded on what you get from each one.

By tapping the Samus amiibo, you can change the background music while riding Vi-O-La in Sol Valley. Once a day, you can activate a shield that will block up to 99 units of damage by tapping the amiibo, and this also fully restores Samus’s energy.

By tapping the Samus & Vi-O-La amiibo, you can change the bike’s color scheme. Once per day, tapping the amiibo increases the regeneration rate of Vi-O-La’s boost energy. Every time you tap the amiibo, you can see the total distance you’ve traveled with the bike.

By tapping the Sylux amiibo, you can see the full versions of cutscenes shown throughout the game once you’ve completed it. However, if you don’t have the amiibo, you can still see these cutscenes by collecting 100% of items and scans. Notably, every time you tap Sylux’s amiibo, you’ll hear a random line from him. Does this mean he’ll speak?

As for what previous Metroid amiibo do when tapped, a random sound will play.

Have you got either of the Samus amiibo? Will you get Sylux’s? Let us know!

Source: Nintendo

25 Nov 2025
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Two sponsored livestreams confirmed for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

November 25, 2025

YouTube channels TetraNinja and Le Jeu C’est Sérieux will host a Metroid Prime 4: Beyond streams on their respective channels!

TetraNinja will have their sponsored stream at
Wednesday, December 3, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. EST.
(Full stream time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. EST)

The duo at Le Jeu C’est Sérieux will stream at
Wednesday, December 3, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. EST.

The contents of the streams is not known, but they will feature the game Metroid Prime 4: Beyond in some fashion!

Source: Nintendo

25 Nov 2025
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New commercial for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

November 25, 2025

A new commercial for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has been shared by Nintendo on YouTube, on the channel for their South Africa Distributor. The commercial shows an office employee (played by British actor Sam Rees-Baylis) playing the game at work during his 1pm break. He demonstrates Beyond’s Mouse Controls on a handheld Switch 2 as he fights Aberax, before looking at the clock and returning to work. Once he’s home at 7pm, he resumes playing, this time fighting Carvex and several Jungle Grievers, collecting a Psychic Ability and solving one of the psychic puzzles. At the end of the commercial, Beyond’s release date of December 4 is reiterated, and its quality modes are highlighted.

Although this ad has been shared on the South African YouTube channel, it is possible the commercial will air elsewhere in Europe online or on TV, since the main actor is British. Let us know if you see it anywhere else!

Source: YouTube

24 Nov 2025
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond demo now playable at U.S. retailers

November 24, 2025

Several Reddit users have reported that a demo of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is now playable at Nintendo Switch 2 kiosks in Walmart, Target and other U.S. retailers. It has a 20 minute time limit, and showcases the opening sequence of the Tanamaar invasion that we are all familiar with by now.

If you’re in America and able to get to a store to try it out, let us know how you liked Beyond! For the rest of us, we’ll have to wait one more week.

Source: Nintendo Life/My Nintendo News

22 Nov 2025
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We translated the new Japanese Metroid Prime 4 commercials

November 22, 2025

Recently, Nintendo of Japan released two new commercials for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Notably, one of them features potential spoilers: never-before-seen footage of Samus with the Galactic Federation troopers, including an encounter with Sylux! The same ad has narration from Samus’s perspective, voiced by an unknown actress. Our translator Darts has graciously translated the narration of both commercials into English, which we’ve transcribed below. Thank you Darts!

Become Samus, and fight.

With mouse controls, find your target and strike the enemy.

Return home alive.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

I was transported to this place alone.

Or so I thought.

5 soldiers were also dragged into this.

Together with these comrades sharing the same fate,
I will escape from this planet.

I mustn’t lose a single one of them.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

If you know who voiced Samus in this ad, please contact us! One of our features is a record of actresses who’ve voiced or portrayed Samus, and we’d love to add her to it.

21 Nov 2025
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My Nintendo announces Metroid Prime Legacy Sweepstakes (North America only)

November 21, 2025

If you’re in North America, My Nintendo has announced a new Metroid Prime Legacy Sweepstakes! By spending 10 points, you could win a copy of Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective and the Gravity Suit PVC Statue from First 4 Figures. You can spend up to 50 points for a maximum of 5 entries into the contest.

The sweepstakes ends at 3am Toronto time on February 17, 2026 and is open to residents of the United States and Canada (except in Quebec) who are 13 and older. 5 winners will be chosen at random.

If you decide to enter, good luck!

Source: My Nintendo

20 Nov 2025
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Korean Metroid Prime 4: Beyond commercials surface

November 20, 2025

Two new commercials for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond have been uploaded to Nintendo of Korea’s YouTube channel. Notably, they feature English voiceover and Korean subtitles, suggesting they are intended for a Western release as well. The first commercial features a montage of previously shown gameplay clips and the narration talks about seeing things through a different lens as you explore Viewros, if you want to survive. The second commercial, however, features a glimpse at a new timed sequence in the Flame Pool area, and another shot of Sylux.

You can watch both commercials below.

Source: First/Second

UPDATE: Two commercials have now been uploaded to the Japanese Nintendo YouTube channel as well. They feature gameplay we’ve already seen, a demo of the Mouse Controls, and Japanese voiceovers, one of which appears to be from Samus’s perspective! The first commercial can be viewed here, and the second here.

19 Nov 2025
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Metroid makes small cameo in Stranger Things Target ad

November 19, 2025

It seems that a subtle Metroid-Stranger Things crossover slipped through the cracks! A new Target commercial, released almost two weeks ago at the time of writing, shows Ted Wheeler going to Target after he accidentally spills his bowl of cheese balls. A montage of Target in the 80s is shown, including kids playing on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) consoles. One of the games advertised for it as “available now”, aside from Kid Icarus and The Legend of Zelda, is the original Metroid!

Stranger Things’ final season and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond are both releasing very soon at the time of writing. Will you be checking out one, or both of them? Let us know on our social media channels!

Source: YouTube

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