‘metroid Prime 4: Beyond’ Gives Off Some Real ‘echoes’ Vibes

One of Samus' caller suits from 'Metroid Prime 4: Beyond'.

The latest trailer for Metroid Prime 4 shows Samus connected nan caller satellite of Viewros and immoderate caller psychic abilities, but it’s each giving disconnected immoderate dense Echoes vibes.

It’s been a while since we had thing caller to spot for Metroid Prime 4, and nan latest trailer (shown below) reveals nan world of Viewros to beryllium some astonishing and suitably mysterious.

The original Metroid Prime trilogy felt very neat successful a bookended benignant of way. The full Dark Samus arc arsenic an antagonist worked wonderfully, but it’s nan 2nd crippled successful nan Prime bid that’s really pertinent here.

In galore ways, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes was almost a broadside communicative from nan main quest. Yes, it dealt pinch Phazon and its corrupting effects, but nan communicative was much self-contained.

Taking spot connected nan satellite Aether, an indigenous title called nan Luminoth was being hunted to extinction by nan Ing from a Phazon-induced acheronian magnitude of sorts.

While that ray and acheronian duality is seemingly absent successful Metroid Prime 4, nan satellite of Viewros and its ancient alien organization are decidedly giving disconnected beardown Luminoth vibes.

They’re evidently not nan same, but nan caller upgraded suit for Samus that’s teased successful nan trailer (shown above) besides bears stylistic hallmarks to nan Light Suit from Echoes, particularly pinch nan sleek armor and nan 3 lights successful nan halfway of nan chest.

The caller psychic abilities that Samus tin wield besides travel crossed arsenic almost Aetherean successful nature. It’s difficult to spot really and why, but there’s a definite Echoes vibe here. An echo of Echoes, if you will.

While Sylux wasn’t coming successful this trailer, it has been revealed that Sylux will beryllium 1 of nan game’s superior villains, which will beryllium absorbing to spot really that resolves arsenic good arsenic what Sylux’s motivations are for hunting Samus successful nan first place.

Considering that Retro Studios has been moving connected Metroid Prime 4 since 2019, it’s clear that this extended improvement rhythm has birthed thing astir apt rather remarkable.

Here’s hoping that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond tin yet present connected that erstwhile it is released connected Switch later this year.

In nan meantime, you should decidedly play nan remaster of nan first Metroid Prime besides connected nan Switch. It’s incredibly good.

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