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[Lunatic_Gamer]

If Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, a cross-gen release, will be the most impressive title shown during the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, the next-gen version has to have considerable graphical upgrades over the version that runs on the aging Switch hardware. It’s possible that the extra horsepower of the Switch 2 is used not only to boost image quality and frame rate, but also to add modern features, such as ray traced reflections. Only time will tell whether this is the case, however.

Metroid Prime 4 Showcase At Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Will Allegedly "Blow Everything Else Out Of The Water"

The Metroid Prime 4: Beyond showcase at the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Direct will allegedly "blow everything else out of the water".

twistedvoxel.com

Mod edit: Added more clarity to the headline. You guys can now stop overreacting. Thanks.

 

[Knightime_X]

With Switch 2 coming soon, ain't no way I'll be playing this on switch 1.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Metroid Prime 4 Showcase At Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Will Allegedly "Blow Everything Else Out Of The Water"

The Metroid Prime 4: Beyond showcase at the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 Direct will allegedly "blow everything else out of the water".

twistedvoxel.com

Who's this twat? What else has he leaked before?

 

[Hudo]

I hope so but I remember that past cross-gen titles by Nintendo were fairly conservative in what they used the additional power of the "next gen" platform for. I think Breath of the Wild, for example, had a more stable framerate and higher resolution than the Wii U Version? But it did not look significantly better. And I expect this to be the case for Metroid Prime 4 as well, tbh. But I am ready to be proven wrong.

 

[Xyphie]

Who's this twat? What else has he leaked before?

He's done a ton of really good interviews with ex-Retro staff.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

How exactly?

It will need to be a reboot to be something on that level.

That said, nothing wrong with sticking to the formula.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

It's been in development for quite a while now even after they started it from scratch. Fingers crossed for release this year. Hopefully there won't be bs gimmicks and motion controls like in Prime 3.

 

[Ozzie666]

Define everything else please? Like on Switch 2, Switch 2 launch titles? Switch titles? PS5 Pro enabled titles? Previous Metroid titles? or just games in general?

Pretty bold statement without context and setting pretty unrealisitic expectations. Most people will just be happy to have a great prime game.

 

[Team Andromeda]

Not hard when you haven't got much else to show no doubt, other than yet more ports

 

[MagnesD3]

It needs to be better than MP1 this time. There needs to be some real innovation.

 

[Kamina]

 

[Branded]

With Switch 2 coming soon, ain't no way I'll be playing this on switch 1.

So hyped to pick up the Switch 2 on launch day with, hopefully, MP4 and MK9.

Would be an insane launch with these games alone.

 

[Hyet]

Define everything else please? Like on Switch 2, Switch 2 launch titles? Switch titles? PS5 Pro enabled titles? Previous Metroid titles? or just games in general?

Pretty bold statement without context and setting pretty unrealisitic expectations. Most people will just be happy to have a great prime game.

I think its pretty obvious he means everything else at the presentation

 

[yogaflame]

Great if its true. Maybe what they mean is about gameplay and design that we will be blown away. Dont expect next gen visuals but what matters most for Nintendo is great exclusives and gameplay. Metroid is one of the best, and the gamecube metroid is still for me the gold standard for action games puzzles.

 

[Woopah]

I'm expecting good things from the game, but I'd be surprised if it was much better than everything else shown.

I hope so but I remember that past cross-gen titles by Nintendo were fairly conservative in what they used the additional power of the "next gen" platform for. I think Breath of the Wild, for example, had a more stable framerate and higher resolution than the Wii U Version? But it did not look significantly better. And I expect this to be the case for Metroid Prime 4 as well, tbh. But I am ready to be proven wrong.

I can't think of any Nintendo cross gen game that was on two platforms of noticeably different power levels. So we don't have much precedence to follow here.

Not hard when you haven't got much else to show no doubt, other than yet more ports

Why don't you think they have much else to show?

 

[Little Mac]

Metroid Prime back on the Gamecube is one of my favorite games of all time so I really hope so.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Fucking psyched for a new Prime. Last one was almost 20 years ago. This one better deliver the goods and be an epic launch title. It's time for Metroid to step in to the glorious 10 million seller club.

 

[Doom85]

I think its pretty obvious he means everything else at the presentation

That makes me less hyped for Metroid Prime 4 as it does concerned about the rest of the announcements of the presentation.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Not hard when you haven't got much else to show no doubt, other than yet more ports

Your Uncle works at Nintendo, I presume?

 

[RoboFu]

It's hard for a Nintendo franchise to blow anyone away on announcement simply because everyone expects such high quality and creativity from them to start with.

 

[cireza]

This is Retro Studios. We already know this.

 

[Hyet]

That makes me less hyped for Metroid Prime 4 as it does concerned about the rest of the announcements of the presentation.

Hes not saying all games are gonna look worse than a Switch Game hes saying MP4 has a unseen side on NS2 that makes It rise Up over the rest of the games of the presentation (that also probably includes moderen third party games) so I dont see why his statenent is deflating your expectations.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Not hard when you haven't got much else to show no doubt, other than yet more ports

 

[Doom85]

Hes not saying all games are gonna look worse than a Switch Game hes saying MP4 has a unseen side on NS2 that makes It rise Up over the rest of the games of the presentation (that also probably includes moderen third party games) so I dont see why his statenent is deflating your expectations.

I was just going by the thread title which failed to specify graphics. Regardless, I highly doubt it will “blow away” modern third party games in terms of graphics, but the other Switch 2 games, sure, that seems feasible.

 

[Davevil]

 

[SweetTooth]

Nintendo fanbase have such low standards, you can show a PS3 era game for them and will be blown away to stratosphere.

A benefit of being a decade behind technologically.

 

[Holammer]

Switch 2 version will look better, what a twist!
A good game to show off the mouse functionality.

 

[spons]

Speculation by a literal nobody. Everybody could say this and it wouldn't be thread-worthy for any of them.

 

[Pejo]

I can't help but laugh while reading the thread title and looking at the image in the OP with all the jaggies and general shitty visuals. I remember being completely underwhelmed by the reveal promotional video, here's hoping they show some cool stuff this time. I don't doubt that they can pull it off.

 

[Lupin3]

I expect nothing but disappointment.

 

[DoktorCoktor]

Hope good. Me want.

 

[blacktout]

I was just going by the thread title which failed to specify graphics. Regardless, I highly doubt it will “blow away” modern third party games in terms of graphics, but the other Switch 2 games, sure, that seems feasible.

Neither the tweet in the OP nor the user you're responding to mentioned graphics. While the graphics could be impressive, I doubt he's exclusively or primarily talking about graphics, since MP4 is a crossgen game. More likely he's implying that the scope of the game is larger than people expect and/or there are major gameplay features that were not shown in the first trailer.

I also think that some of you are taking the part about blowing away everything else in the direct too literally. There's no way he's seen the direct, which probably isn't even fully edited yet, or has inside information on every game that will be featured. It's just a hyperbolic way of stating that he thinks MP4 is going to be more impressive than you might think.

 

[Moses85]

For Nintendo’s standards

 

[Team Andromeda]

Your Uncle works at Nintendo, I presume?

No, He works for SEGA

 

[kunonabi]

I expect nothing but disappointment.

I mean they seem to be leaning into Prime's shitty story and characters so that's pretty much a lock.

 

[Robb]

Implying everything else at the presentation will look worse and supposedly be able to run on the current Switch is not a flex.

Love Metroid and can’t wait to play Prime 4, but I want to see stuff that wasn’t possible on 2015 hardware.

 

[Doom85]

Neither the tweet in the OP nor the user you're responding to mentioned graphics. While the graphics could be impressive, I doubt he's exclusively or primarily talking about graphics, since MP4 is a crossgen game. More likely he's implying that the scope of the game is larger than people expect and/or there are major gameplay features that were not shown in the first trailer.

I’m just going with what the article said that the OP quoted. If the article writer misinterpreted the tweet, that’s on them.

 

[thatJohann]

“Will blow everything else in the direct out of the water.”

OP forgot to add the bolded underlined italic part.

 

[blacktout]

I’m just going with what the article said that the OP quoted. If the article writer misinterpreted the tweet, that’s on them.

Oh yeah, that's fair. I do think the article is drawing the wrong conclusions from the tweet.

Personally, I think there's probably some gameplay feature that he was told about off the record during his conversations with Retro devs that he's hyped about. I'd honestly be surprised if he's even much (or any) more actual game footage than we have.

 

[Sephimoth]

 

[Horseganador]

Metroid Prime 4 will be a great game...but a few seconds of the new Mario 3D will already eclipse it.

 

[jonnyXx]

I sure hope so, been waiting so damn long for this game.

 

[Hohenheim]

Hell yes. This is why I need a Switch 2.
Hopefully it's released along with the console.

 

[N0S]

Day one in this bitch!

 

[Spukc]

remake super metroid you motherfuckers

 

[Deerock71]

Not hard when you haven't got much else to show no doubt, other than yet more ports

Yeah. Switch 2 launch isn't going to have much to show.

 

[deriks]

For Nintendo’s standards

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

He's done a ton of really good interviews with ex-Retro staff.

Ex-retro staff? What does that have to do with people that are currently there and the game they’re making that these ex-staff had no involvement in? Not seeing the logic.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Not hard when you haven't got much else to show no doubt, other than yet more ports

“Haven’t got much else to show”? What do you know that the rest of us don’t? Been 10 months since the last Direct, and very few major first-party EPD-developed games since 2022/2023. Everything would seem to point to it being the opposite of what you’re saying.

 

[SALMORE]

Graphically yes but gameplay no ! it looked average in the 1st teaser