Metroid Prime 4: Beyond gives Samus a new suit and psychic powers

Nintendo has revealed a bit more about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, due later this year — but made no mention of the strongly rumored possibility that there will be a Switch 2 version as well as a the planned 2025 release for the original Switch. The game’s release date remains a vague “2025.”

During Thursday’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo showed a new trailer that revealed Samus will gain new psychic powers as she explores the jungle planet of Viewros. The powers enable Samus to manipulate magnets and doors with her mind, and even bend the trajectory of her beams.

The trailer ended with the surprise reveal of an all-new look for Samus’ iconic suit: metallic red and gunmetal gray, edged with purple highlights. Is this a… psychic suit?

The trailer showed organic-looking enemies that will attack Samus as she explores the jungle, scanning stone figures and other ancient relics to make her way forward. The origin and purpose of Samus’ new psychic powers is presented as the game’s central mystery. At one point, an alien figure says to Samus, “Chosen One, we welcome you.” At another, an old spaceship is seen entangled in the vines of the jungle.

“The threads intertwining beyond space and time are beginning to weave a new tale,” said the trailer’s narrator, gnomically.

It’s still worth keeping an eye on the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct next week, on April 2, to see if a Switch 2 version of Metroid Prime 4: Echoes materializes, along with a release date.