RoadHazard
Gold Member
That sure looks like a Switch game. I guess they're doing cross-gen with this one, which was expected.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond | Nintendo Direct
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Dr. Wilkinson
Member
This. There was no secret Switch 2 footage shown. This was the game running on Switch.
rhodesianshepard
Banned
Watch this game undeservedly score a 95 metacritic while the upcoming Doom game get an 87. Nintendo bullshit
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Robb
Gold Member
Of course it would. But I'm pretty sure they didn't have "Switch 2" dev kits 7 years ago.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Of course. if they showed the game with some super advanced graphics then people would have pointed it out instantly. This game is coming to the Switch, Nintendo hasn't announced Switch 2, so they show the game on a Switch.
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Deleted member 1159
Unconfirmed Member
Hell yeah. Only 7 years late
LordOfChaos
Member
Do you think resolution is the only aspect of graphical quality? Textures, lighting, shadows, AA, AF could be done so much better on the expected Switch 2 hardware, 3X the RAM and a lot more rendering performance, and DLSS is almost as big a deal as the rest of it and could provide a high quality upscaled output
We'll have to see how much they do with the Switch 2 version, obviously if it was built bespoke for that it could be more impressive
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Dr. Wilkinson
Member
I'll be doing what I did for BotW and buying it as my day one launch title for Switch 2. For sure
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DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
I absolutely adore the Metroid Prime games. Going back and playing Remastered last year was such an amazing experience. My GOTY. I'm gonna be greedy and hope MP2 Echoes Remastered comes out before 4 so I can play Echoes and then jump right into 4.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
If it's cross-gen, you'd expect them to use their best footage (Switch 2) for the reveal.
No, because they're still doing everything to pretend the Switch 2 doesn't exist. They don't want you to think about that yet, they want you to buy a Switch.
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Dr. Wilkinson
Member
It'll happen. Just give it time. They'll be used as gap fillers. Prolly between 4 and the Dread sequel.
StueyDuck
Member
im still genuinely baffled at how poorly put together this trailer is (not the game, the presentation of the game)
It should have been like a dark room, echoed gunfire then like a silhouetted object breaks through the door and the camera follows them outside to reveal a big beautiful alien landscape with things flying about and walking around then the camera pans around the reveal it's samus and then Title cut "Metriod prime 4 : Beyond" then jump cut to varied gameplay in different locations, different enemies etc. Tease a big boss as the final shot and as they are about to collide weapons cut to black, 2025
Think of how dumb the actual trailer is, obvious text, ship lands with very little surprise or interest for what it might be, instant samus reveal, randomly walks forward, jump cuts to arbitrary combat in the same location, random scan, tiny morphball movement then jump cut to other random encounter. then a weird end stinger of what we assume is the antagonists but literally zero narrative or reason to think so other than they stand opposite samus in the scene, and then finally a bad breath of the wild camera pull away shot.
Honestly this could go down as one of the blandest worst trailers made. A CGI trailer would have even been more exciting
It should have been like a dark room, echoed gunfire then like a silhouetted object breaks through the door and the camera follows them outside to reveal a big beautiful alien landscape with things flying about and walking around then the camera pans around the reveal it's samus and then Title cut "Metriod prime 4 : Beyond" then jump cut to varied gameplay in different locations, different enemies etc. Tease a big boss as the final shot and as they are about to collide weapons cut to black, 2025
Think of how dumb the actual trailer is, obvious text, ship lands with very little surprise or interest for what it might be, instant samus reveal, randomly walks forward, jump cuts to arbitrary combat in the same location, random scan, tiny morphball movement then jump cut to other random encounter. then a weird end stinger of what we assume is the antagonists but literally zero narrative or reason to think so other than they stand opposite samus in the scene, and then finally a bad breath of the wild camera pull away shot.
Honestly this could go down as one of the blandest worst trailers made. A CGI trailer would have even been more exciting
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Complistic
Member
Looks excellent, hopefully it'll look even better on the Switch 2.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
A lot of people that worked on Halo 4 left Retro after Nintendo moved on from Prime 3 and decided to have them make 2D Donkey Kong.
A lot of Retro/343 alumni may have returned to help on Prime 4
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rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Coma news.
LordOfChaos
Member
It was giving Guardians with the intro level and everything exploding all over, but tbf it goes two ways as iirc a lot of Metroid graphics designers went over to there and that's why the Promethians look so Metroid
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Maybe a little weird, but I don't like that scene at all that has the humans shooting and whatnot.. Marines or whatever. Maybe I'm just cautious but that bit especially felt less Metroidy.. I don't want NPCs and whatnot hanging around so hopefully they are just window dressing to set the scene and everyone's dead by the time things get rolling.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Well that would be the reviewers fault tho, not Nintendo's
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sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
So, obviously to me this is going to be a Switch 2 launch title with it coming in 2025. What they showed looked good and while i know its just a trailer, i'm hoping the visuals in the final game look less Switch 1 and more of a current gen type visuals.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
It's deliberately TBD 2025 because this game, like some others not shown today are being held for Switch 2 reveal/ launch window.
alucard0712_rus
Banned
So you think this is a toned-down version and they release another one just next to it and it will be next-gen? I really, really doubt it. Of course I expect much better picture quality, obviously but it will be still like a port from Switch 1 version. 3x RAM will not be utilized, maybe for faster loading at best.
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Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Dude it's a 2015 mobile chipset. What you saw is what the game looks like on Switch 1.
If you're needing more than that, Nintendo will be glad to sell you this game on Switch 2 instead.
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Roman Empire
Member
I expected a Switch 2 versions being considerably better, but we have to wait until 2025 for that reveal
DanEON
Member
I remember when Metroid Prime launched on GameCube. It had the pinacle graphics at the time. Nothing looked better. It was just amazing to play at the time.
Now I look at this trailer, these "cartoonish" graphics, so outdated. Its just SAD. Nintendo should have made it exclusive to Switch 2.
Now I look at this trailer, these "cartoonish" graphics, so outdated. Its just SAD. Nintendo should have made it exclusive to Switch 2.
Aldric
Member
onnextflix5
Member
Was this running on switch one, looked slightly above what one would expect it to handle.
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Yeah good chance. But still skeptical given the trailer, the fact it isn't a big franchise, the fact it's been in development hell for 7 years...
LordOfChaos
Member
Obviously it won't be as good as if they made a fully native Switch 2 version, but there's still a lot they could ramp up with the new power level and DLSS within the same game and engine. There's PS4-PS5 titles I could point to. The 9 year old TX1 is struggling and has been for a while and a lot of cuts have to be made for that.
Yes it had the feel of something they are just going to push out the door as is.
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tommib
Banned
Prime 2 dream is over.
LordOcidax
Member
StueyDuck
Member
i don't like to feel this way, but it does feel like they don't have huge confidence in the game if that's how they choose to present it first.
Compare it to their big franchises like TotK and BotW or even Mario odyssey reveals, this has a complete different vibe going
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DownLikeBCPowder
Member
It's really not good at all. Not sure what they were thinking here or if anyone really reviewed it at all.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Fuckin' FINALLY! Can't wait to play it at 8K on PC.
P.S. They're not going to remaster 2 and 3, are they?
P.S. They're not going to remaster 2 and 3, are they?
Aldric
Member
Yeah. The game is obviously ready to release but they didn't give a precise date because it's a Switch 2 launch title.
jufonuk
not tag worthy
That must be the switch 2 version
E-Cat
Member
I know, I know... if it's any consolation, even if it were Switch 2 exclusive and maxed out that console, it would still be like one gen behind state-of-the-art.