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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]

« Last post by Caterkiller on December 04, 2025, 11:28:24 PM »

I've just completed my first 2-3 hours, haven't gotten the bike yet but did have a decent run with Myles. I've been a bit bored of the Prime formula since 3 but this is hitting really nice.  All that hysteria over that Myles tutorial? PUH-lease! It was over before it even started. I think the dialogue and animations are well done so far and adds to the wider universe of Metroid.

The previews made it sound like he was talking nonstop during this portion. Every line I heard in the previews I experienced for myself. Again I'm thinking to myself, was that what all the fuss was about? Ya'll weak. Now maybe later it will get worse but so far I'm enjoying this continued direction.

At one point Myles even said something that was pretty intriguing to me. He wondered why a much more modern piece of tech(the save station) was amongst the older ruins and machinery. And see I'm an ancient-aliens-Prime-lore-lovin' type and that question really peaked my interest. Later I actually had to press pause and radio Myles because I forgot what I had to do.

There is plenty of isolation. A word ain't no body said or thought about until that one Metroid review from 50 years ago.

Also... Does anyone else see female anatomy absolutely EVERYWHERE in this game?!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on December 04, 2025, 10:49:42 AM »

I pre-ordered the game through Game Stop and won't be getting it until Monday 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]

« Last post by Evan_B on December 02, 2025, 07:51:09 PM »

Hi Khush! Long time no see, though that’s more on my side. I can’t believe how the pandemic sort of rewired my brain in regards to game discourse, and how I have had to deprogram it in lieu of some personal observations I found concerning in that regard. I’m back here to talk about games because I think forums are kind of nice, actually, so we’ll see if I can contribute to this place in a more positive way.

The reviews are out, and I heard IGN in particular claim that this game is around 15 hours in length. Whether those 15 hours are chock-full of quality Metroid Prime content or not is still up in the air, as their review cited some aspects that I was already concerned with, but at the same time, find strange as critiques. I won’t get into specifics until I have the game in my hands, but a rather encouraging comment from them was the idea that Prime is sort of fitting a linear-3D Zelda sort of niche.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 954: Thangsgiving

« Last post by Cool Uncle Vince on November 30, 2025, 10:07:17 PM »

FYI - your articles have referred to "Age of Imprisonment" as "Age of Calamity" for the last 2 weeks. 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on November 28, 2025, 07:41:49 AM »

I am once again nominating myself to win all forum awards.

Clearly we need a new category!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards

« Last post by Evan_B on November 27, 2025, 01:30:40 PM »

Bad bot.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 953: Get a Grip, Game Journalists

« Last post by Cool Uncle Vince on November 27, 2025, 10:01:34 AM »

Get the bad game.  Let the kid learn.  It's sad.  It's not fun.  They're going to learn how to discern what's a good purchase & what's bad and use judgment.  This is the teachable moment where next time, you say, "Let's look up some reviews."  This'll be a good skill when they're buying cars or making other big purchases in adulthood.  And it was only 15 euro to learn this lesson.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 953: Get a Grip, Game Journalists

« Last post by Oliver-1984 on November 26, 2025, 09:51:40 PM »

James taking the piss out of Arlo made my day.
I’ve been using YouTube (via SmartTube) for a long time with very tightly curated settings, and I usually stick to my subscribed channels or to recommendations from people I trust. Despite all these precautions, the hype around the Switch 2 has managed to give me a glimpse into YouTube’s outrage machinery. After this little taste, it’s even more baffling to me how anyone can subject themselves to that platform without the safeguards I mentioned, without developing some colourful fantasies of violence.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards

« Last post by Khushrenada on November 24, 2025, 11:53:34 PM »

I am once again nominating myself to win all forum awards.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]

« Last post by Khushrenada on November 24, 2025, 11:52:53 PM »

Sort of skimming through the above posts since I'm not looking for more information and thus possible spoilers as well as some of the argument (or is it discussion?) didn't really interest me all that much.

I continue to be less surrounded by game discussion these days. Don't keep up with Discord like I used to and these forums are pretty slow now. Don't use any social media like Twitter, BlueSky, Tumblr, and others. Don't follow any YouTube talking heads or channels. No more Nintendo Power to keep up the hype on upcoming games. As such, there are times I keep forgetting that Prime 4 is actually soon to release. Which is wild since it was a game I was waiting on for years after its announcement at the 2017 E3.

It's also kind of a good thing as it's allowed me to stay pretty unspoiled about the game. Nintendo's been doing this Metroid Monday thing on the Switch news app which I've been dismissing as I don't need more information about the game. I was sold when it was just announce with the text image of Metroid Prime 4. Still, maybe it is that lack of knowledge which has made me keep forgetting about it. Aside from the last Nintendo Direct which showed more of the game and the Vi-Ol-A mobile, I haven't heard much about this game until recently with some talk about a Myles character that I see is brought up and complaining about him telling Samus what to do or where to go or something. To which I just roll my eyes. Feels like the past 25 years of a Metroid game releasing has always been a negative overreaction to something about it and how it will "ruin" Metroid and then the game turns out to be good or great after all. Even Federation Force was a good game and great fun if you could get a crew together. It took me awhile to finally get around to Other M (I think it was 2019 or so that I finally played it) and liked it way more than I was expecting based on the reaction it had and continues to get. So, I don't give a rip about the opinions and "concern" trolling of people over a bit of footage from a game they haven't even played or know what the complete product is like. At this point, the Metroid series has proven itself by consistently delivering a quality product in my eyes over the last 30 years. It easily gets the benefit of the doubt over some rando on social media I've never heard of whinging about some aspect of the game they don't like. There was a post I had seen somewhere a few months back along the lines of how Switch 2 has created the most desperate Nintendo haters and this just feels like a further part of that desperation.

For myself, my only real question about the game is whether I should get it now or wait a few months as I'll likely get a Switch 2 then. And when I do, should I get the Switch 2 version and make Prime 4 my initial launch game. I guess the less hyped I stay about the game then the easier it may be to wait until that time.