Much has been made of Nintendo Switch 2’s sales during the holiday period, but with the December 2025 Circana U.S. sales report having just been released, it paints a more positive picture. Last month, Nintendo Switch 2 led the hardware market in both unit and dollar sales. The same also goes for 2025 as a whole. Thanks to that, the...
As someone who loves the three other games, even 3 that was a bit more divisive… 4 is rough. Part of it is decent, but it’s riddled with bad choices.
One of the worst crimes for a Metroid game, they just felt like polluting the plot with a bunch of quirky allies pestering you all the time. You literally can’t explore on your own for ten seconds before one of them calls you on the radio and point at wherever the plot wants you to go next. With forced unskippable zoom in on the map destination. Previous Prime games only had subtle, impersonal hints from your suit, and you could disable them. No such thing in 4.
Bonus, those characters are all so annoying. Especially the one you have to go back to just to activate half of the game’s new abiities.
And then, the huge, “open” central area. It’s a desert, both in appearance and features. It only exists because you need a place to go through with the motorcycle. And the motorcycle almost only exists to go through that place. I just couldn’t see the point.
The enemy variety is very poor (though to be honest some environments look pretty cool at least).
It’s half a good game, with some cool moments, and the rest is either boring or cringeworthy.