Kind of crazy that so much stuff happened between Metroid 1 and Metroid 2 lmao. Samus is like a war hero by the time she gets to Metroid 2.
@BlueLeef
3 ай бұрын
Makes sense why they trusted her with wiping out the Metroids by the time 2 rolls around. (If it's canon that is, I know it's vague-ish)
@meatmobile
3 ай бұрын
By prime 3, even! One of the federation marines is excited to meet her on the Olympus, so she's practically a celebrity.
@NamekianG
3 ай бұрын
@@meatmobileEven by the start of 2, you have scan logs at the GF camp where they think Samus is a legend and not actually real
@CH-mw6sp
3 ай бұрын
Thats why its called samus returns, she probably takes some time off. Shes in her 20s during the first few games, by the time metroid 2 happens shes probably 30 something
@NamekianG
3 ай бұрын
@@CH-mw6sp Metroid 1 is 20X5 and Super Metroid is 20X7. Metroid 2 takes place right before Super Metroid, so there are only 2 years in between
@Jack-Barton
3 ай бұрын
Arlo: "I don't really have anything interesting to add to the discussion." Also Arlo: "When I play, I'm gonna shoot him." This is why I watch Arlo.
@xXDexter3000Xx
3 ай бұрын
u watch arlo for his insufferable fake cutesy persona?
@Jack-Barton
3 ай бұрын
@@xXDexter3000Xx No need for that, friend. Everyone's different. It's okay to let people enjoy things.
@xXDexter3000Xx
3 ай бұрын
@@Jack-Barton i am not preventing anybody from enjoying it by pointing out that i hate it
@bradyp8868
3 ай бұрын
@@xXDexter3000Xxright, but you also aren't providing any evidence by which you're basing your original "criticism" off of. You simply state that his "cutesy persona" is fake with nothing substantial to back it up. No you aren't preventing anyone from enjoying it, but you're attempting to create a hostile environment for no real reason. So i have to assume you're just being a troll 🙂
@elio7610
3 ай бұрын
@@xXDexter3000Xx what were you expecting from a puppet? honestly, he seems relatively real for a puppet and not that cutesy compared to lots of vtubers.
@barelyhere7200
3 ай бұрын
Sylux has been set up as the main villain of prime 4 since 2007 with the cliffhanger ending of prime 3 and was set up even more with the cliffhanger ending of federation force and only now is he actually going to get to do his evil plan. Only took him 18 years
@OurHeroXero
3 ай бұрын
It took Sylux 18 years to enact his plan...and 18 years for Snorlax to stand up. Hrmm... Sylux...Snorlax... strangely similar names. Both taking 18 years to _get going._ Coincidence???
@JohantheFunnyguy
3 ай бұрын
@@OurHeroXeronew game theory episode
@Nathan-qp9uv
3 ай бұрын
spoiler 4 ends on another cliffhanger where Samus managed to thwart a local part of the scheme Sylux put in motion putting an exploitable vulnerability in the evil plan that Samus will need to thwart in 5.
@vesperancetv4546
3 ай бұрын
I could see a bait and switch (lol) where he's a lot more complex and maybe becomes an antihero; maybe the galactic federation are revealed to be doing some messed up things & Sylux shows that with some sort of time travel portal device
@dragon_nammi
3 ай бұрын
That's enough time to have and raise a whole kid
@get_stached
3 ай бұрын
“I can't stop me” is actually such a good statement.
@GrizzcoVP
3 ай бұрын
That guitar riff when Sylux appears is SO GOOD i love Prime music
@clap2973
3 ай бұрын
It sounds a bit inspired by Rundas’ boss theme.
@shifterlocker2361
3 ай бұрын
@@clap2973naw Metroid prime hunters ost.
@bluethan806
3 ай бұрын
I want the OST immediately in my hands right now thank you please
@_jamescube
3 ай бұрын
I didn't much care for Sylux. I thought it was kinda weird how, out of all the hunters in the series, he gets picked to be Samus's big rival. Like, why him over Trace or Weavel or just making a brand new character specifically for the next game? Then I heard that guitar riff and everything changed. Now I think Sylux is a cool guy.
@DiegoHernandez-jy3mg
3 ай бұрын
@@_jamescube AKSjaskjasashajs i guess you're memeing about sylux and it was a good one, but in case u're not, his story is revolving around the fact that he hates the galactic federation. That's why him and not the other hunters.
@agcrazystudios5199
3 ай бұрын
The amount of Arlo calling bad guys "rude" gives me life. This game looks amazing
@xXDexter3000Xx
3 ай бұрын
arlo constantly LARPing as a quirky bob’s burgers character sucks so hard.
@cyanicxl00
3 ай бұрын
@@xXDexter3000Xx rude
@timzel
3 ай бұрын
@@xXDexter3000Xxrude
@zerofth7957
3 ай бұрын
@@xXDexter3000Xx rude
@ravenebony2267
3 ай бұрын
I'm glad Samus was there to help make those rude people not alive anymore.
@EnigmaticGentleman
3 ай бұрын
Y'know people used to joke about how "insert Nintendo vaporware/game that wont happen here" would release before Silksong, and now almost every piece of Nintendo vaporware is coming/came out before Silksong. Maybe that says something deep, but i just find it really funny
@UltimaKeyMaster
3 ай бұрын
Kingdom Hearts 3 came out (and 4 with a reveal), Shenmue 3 came out, FF7 Remake is 2/3rds out sort of, every single Mario RPG rose from their graves in a single year, Zelda is a Zelda game, MVC 2, fuck I'm just listing the Direct at this point, all of that happened and Silksong still doesn't exist yet.
@ameliaMorgan-zf8ic
3 ай бұрын
If kid Icarus gets something it’s so jover for silk song
@FlintandStone1
3 ай бұрын
@@UltimaKeyMaster Oh, and GTA6 Can't forget that we're getting GTA FUCKING SIX before silksong
@Irish_Enderman
3 ай бұрын
@@UltimaKeyMaster there was also Metroid Dread
@westonmeyer3110
3 ай бұрын
The Switch actually had 3 “vaporware” games, Shin Megami Tensei V, Bayonetta 3 and MP4.
@kennethstark1117
3 ай бұрын
HUNTERS PLAYERS UNITE!! THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!!!! DOZENS!!!
@stilldamaged3945
3 ай бұрын
Trace main here representing the funny fella.
@orthochronicity6428
3 ай бұрын
We need a remake with multiplayer support so bad now.
@SoloBlackhand
3 ай бұрын
If we yell loud enough we can probably get the whole gang back together!!
@nathansanchez4851
3 ай бұрын
IM HERE
@jaypostromboli-jpgamertv-457
3 ай бұрын
Right here. Absolutely top tier game
@lukethephantomthief
3 ай бұрын
I’m still processing the fact that we saw Metroid Prime 4 yesterday…like not any sort of second teaser like actual gameplay and a release window
@darcidious99
3 ай бұрын
mio pfp, based
@MrBytorr
3 ай бұрын
Whether it's DK or Samus... RETRO DOESN'T MISS!
@Eddy002
3 ай бұрын
Retro is the new Rare. Every game is great
@Eddy002
3 ай бұрын
@PBJA89 100% agree with all that.
@Logos729
3 ай бұрын
@Eddy002 yeah, even if they don't nearly have a similar rate of fantastic game release as rare had back in its heyday, they really give each individual project a lot of time in the oven
@SomeYouTubeTraveler
3 ай бұрын
"At first I thought, 'I'm not gonna,' but then I thought, 'I'm gonna.' And I can't stop me." -Arlo
@joaocardoletto
3 ай бұрын
Scanning items to learn the lore is more diegetic and interesting than learning about the world through item descriptions on a menu screen.
@raffa_101
3 ай бұрын
Elden Ring lol.
@joaocardoletto
3 ай бұрын
Be quiet, you will attract the mob.
@Eddy002
3 ай бұрын
I was so happy to see the scanning in the video. One of my favorite parts of Metroid since I’m a data and lore nerd. And unlike Zelda, Nintendo actually tries to have continuity with Metroid lore 😂
@everydaysniper9390
3 ай бұрын
Yeah in my opinion that's true but some people like the souls way of lore delivery and who am I to deny them their enjoyment
@michanowak7060
3 ай бұрын
I don't think Elden Ring world has enough technology for scanner vision to be widely avaiable :p
@jpswim3693
3 ай бұрын
One of the cooler details is that Prime 4 seems to take place after Super. According to press releases at the time of Super’s launch, that game takes place in Cosmos Year 20X7, putting Prime 4 two years after its events. This would explain why Sylux only has Mochtroids by his side rather than genuine Metroids, seeing as they’re effectively extinct by that point.
@carterbracken4234
3 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t say we know for a fact that the X in 20X9 and 20X7 are the same number(the dates of Prime 4 and Super). They could be, but they very well could not be
@TheSurprisePig
3 ай бұрын
Zero Mission is set in 20X5 as per Samus Return’s opening so if the cosmic calendar works more like AD than BC that lines up, I really hope that’s the case.
@NamekianG
3 ай бұрын
It wouldn't necessarily explain that, because Federation Force was 20X6 and that's when Sylux stole the metroid egg. He has a real metroid with him, and has had presumably 3 years to either get more and breed them, or learn how to properly clone them
@xXDexter3000Xx
3 ай бұрын
this definitely takes place before metroid 2, samus has the same armor and gunship from prime 3
@NamekianG
3 ай бұрын
@@xXDexter3000Xx We never got an excuse for Samus losing the gunship from Prime 3. Her ship in Prime 2 is very similar to the Metroid 2 ship, so unless i have forgotten a scan log it's possible that Samus just has 2 ships. Meaning that there isn't any specific reason why the Prime 3 ship means this is before Metroid 2
@xxProjectJxx
3 ай бұрын
I think the fact that Sylux seems to be weaponizing the Metroids fits perfectly in with the lore. The Federation ordering Samus to exterminate the Metroids in Metroid 2 might be a direct response to Sylux's actions in Prime 4. Which would then add a layer of depth to the fact that the Federation then attempts to clone Metroids for military purposes in Fusion and Other M. Like, Samus is just like "isn't this what I was trying to prevent!?" And the Federation's just like "it's ok when we do it."
@GBDupree
3 ай бұрын
Well Mother Brain already had full control of the Metroids leading to them being the universal threat they were. So we don't need Sylux to justify that. He can still be the straw that broke the camel's back though.
@GBDupree
3 ай бұрын
@PBJA89 we can still have more Prime games. 4 existing at all means we dont even need the literal Metroid Prime (AKA Dark Samus) to be around to justify the title. As long as it's in First Person view it will be a Prime game. So we will assuredly get more eventually. They may even make Sylux the enemy of a whole trilogy!
@weatherman1504
2 ай бұрын
Obligatory shower thought of how I think that Sylux's weapon is an experimental G-Fed weapon based on metroid powers.
@KoalaTContent
3 ай бұрын
8:10 Remember this is the same game system running Pokemon Scarlet/Violet, flagship games from the largest multimedia IP the world has ever seen.
@OurHeroXero
3 ай бұрын
The Switch isn't underpowered. You just need to know what you're doing...and have the time... Can you imagine the Pokemon game we could have if GameFreak spent 5 years tweaking/refining/optimizing?
@1colonelsanders
3 ай бұрын
Insanity
@justrvnn
3 ай бұрын
it could also be a switch two launch title
@awshnap
3 ай бұрын
@@justrvnnthey were explicit that everything at this showcase was a switch 1 game. It’s a let down because i’d love for this to be a launch title but, as is, this will only run at 720p docked
@z.r.r4593
3 ай бұрын
@@OurHeroXeroI mean it is underpowered but that’s not an excuse for pokemon, they are underutilizing the underpowered system which is such a low bar already.
@ChallengerNetwork
3 ай бұрын
Sylux: Ohh, Samus, it's so great to see you again! Samus: Yeah, haven't seen you since the Alimbic system! SY: What's it been, 17, 18 years? ....YOU MUST *_DIE._*
@SacredFireGaming
3 ай бұрын
Knowing the ol halo team, and the fact we've got a couple of them working in retro now, I swear if one of these pirates burst out of a pod screaming "WORT WORT WORT" or something similar, I'm gonna die.
@SarajevoKyoto
3 ай бұрын
I KNEW the trailer gave off Halo vibes!
@momzwrite
3 ай бұрын
I love this fact.
@shigerufan1
3 ай бұрын
What I'm hoping for next is that we get a Metroid themed RTS similar to Halo Wars at some point.
@SacredFireGaming
3 ай бұрын
@@shigerufan1 Honestly love this idea. You have multiple factions to choose from too :D
@chrange9714
3 ай бұрын
For now I just like to think Sylux made it clear that if the Space Pirates didn't work for him he'd just obliterate them all lol.
@weatherman1504
2 ай бұрын
Sylux is on his "I'll defeat you with the power of friendship *and this gun I found* " streak.
@terabitez3374
3 ай бұрын
I’m hoping Sylux is a Human it’s about time Metroid had a proper and interesting Human main Villain
@Incompetent_Hero
3 ай бұрын
While I hope that its the opposite, I will say the ambiguity is very interesting. All we truly know is Sylux uses stolen Federation technology to form his suit, so it could be anyone or anything in there, and I would love for that to be fleshed out
@calvinbrinenestoris2357
3 ай бұрын
Since they botched Galfed as villains, I'd 100% be down for that. Give his story a similarity to that of Samus' except it put him against Galfed instead of being in favor of Galfed and put against the Space Pirates.
@JohnGuyJohn
3 ай бұрын
@@calvinbrinenestoris2357 I don't know what a Galfeld is
@shingosawatarihgx8345
3 ай бұрын
@@JohnGuyJohn he's a fat orange cat who loves lasagna but hates mondays. I think samus met him in metroid prime hunters.
@calvinbrinenestoris2357
3 ай бұрын
@@JohnGuyJohn Short for Galactic Federation.
@rakurai4953
3 ай бұрын
My biggest hope for this game is that there is story. It doesn't need to be much but i do want it to have at least as much as Dread did.
@billybollockhead5628
3 ай бұрын
Hrmmm.. Remember that Wii-u 2.5D Metroid game with the story/cutscenes/etc? (most have forgotten it existed).. Game played ok.. but the story kinda ruined it!
@billybollockhead5628
3 ай бұрын
OTHER M! (I had to look it up as I'd forgotten it! It was so bad!)
@ragnell27
3 ай бұрын
The prime games have story. You might have to hunt for it but it’s there.
@EMLtheViewer
3 ай бұрын
@@billybollockhead5628Firstly it was originally on the regular Wii, and secondly it never happened and we don’t talk about it shhhhhhhhhh 🤫
@peregrine9745
3 ай бұрын
Yeah, I think Dread/Prime 2 is about the amount of story I want to see in my Metroid games.
@tribbybueno
3 ай бұрын
i'm so glad i didnt let depression win a decade ago. i came close. i'm beyond excited. life is amazing sometimes. metroid prime 4 boys, we did it.
@InJeffable
3 ай бұрын
This and Prime Remastered represent peak Nintendo Switch visuals. It's like Shadow of the Colossus for PS2 or Halo 2 for the original Xbox. Just amazing. Speaking of Halo, I think a pretty good visual comparison for this might be Halo 5. It's pretty awesome to see a Switch game looking this good.
@MagicalChart
3 ай бұрын
They have a ton of time to polish it. It will most likely look even better next year
@thepikminbrawler1746
3 ай бұрын
Woah slow down there. Prime 4 looks great but uh… have you seen Halo 5 recently?
@InJeffable
3 ай бұрын
@@thepikminbrawler1746The last time I played Halo 5 was when I finished the campaign several years ago, so it's possible that I'm misremembering something.
@superchiefdunga5394
3 ай бұрын
Luigi's Mansion 3 also looks really good.
@titusgray4598
3 ай бұрын
@@MagicalChartI actually think they’re done with the game and that they’re using the last half of 24 to polish the ever loving fuck out of it. Which I’m of course in favor of!
@meatmobile
3 ай бұрын
I think the deal with space pirates is that they answer to power. Any sufficiently strong person can roll in, give a big enough show of force, and take control. Mother Brain did it, Dark Samus did it.
@calvinbrinenestoris2357
3 ай бұрын
In Dark Samus' case she literally mind controlled them with phazom, but otherwise yeah.
@EMLtheViewer
3 ай бұрын
This is true as established in the manga. Pirates have a hive structure and are attracted to power. It’s a bit odd though that they don’t drop everything to serve Samus when she’s whooped them and their leaders several times over.
@jesusramirezromo2037
3 ай бұрын
@@EMLtheViewer They still have their own agenda, make money
@GBDupree
3 ай бұрын
Also since its seemingly a new species of pirate each game, maybe these are the pirates of this quandrant of space. After Mother Brain was destroyed in ZM the entirety of the Space pirates fractured without a central leader, leading to smaller factions willing to take any leader like Sylux. The ones in Prime 3 look completely different, but that game takes place near their homeworld so it makes sense its primarily that species of pirate you encounter (I'm under the belief its not the single and only homeworld of the entirety of the Space Pirates, as pirates would potentially have many homeworlds, especially as we know the pirates are a coalition of species).
@calvinbrinenestoris2357
3 ай бұрын
@@EMLtheViewer I mean, I feel they only serve people who actually WANT to lead them. Samus is their enemy and tries to kill them, but if she were to TRY to take control of a bunch of Pirates, she might be successful as long as they don't hold too much of a grudge. The ones still loyal to Ridley might not be so willing to help, though.
@Linus-j4f
3 ай бұрын
Man, arlos on an upload STREAK
@quintonconoly
3 ай бұрын
And it’s great
@StoneyRPG
3 ай бұрын
I think this is the most he's ever had to talk about at one time lol
@quintonconoly
3 ай бұрын
@@StoneyRPGI mean there’s been other exciting directs but he’s never had TopicArlo to talk on them so much
@Jojo8.
3 ай бұрын
Mario and Luigi Brothership video next? 😁
@johnraymma
3 ай бұрын
TopicArlo is a godsent
@hahahehehoho612
3 ай бұрын
You know arlo is hyped when he uploads multiple videos a day
@willmcdono
3 ай бұрын
This whole script had my giggling. "Galactic Federation Research Facility" absolutely sounds like either there's already trouble or troubles en route, lol.
@imperiallarch7610
3 ай бұрын
I know this ship design was already used previously, but I just want to say how much I love that the middle part is shaped like her helmet. It's so unnecessarily extra. It's such a dumb idea, to build a ship that looks like your face. I love it so much. Imagine Samus telling the ship dealer, completely earnestly, that her space ship needs to look like her helmet so that space pirates will know to be afraid of it.
@iPropheci
3 ай бұрын
Arlo misses what looks like an energy tank at 14:52 in the top right corner.
@LinksAwakenr
3 ай бұрын
This is why I come here, this is the type of content we are ALL here for. An in depth analysis, frame by frame breakdown with all the lore and hidden details is invaluable in this economy of starved Metroid content consumers. “They have the space pirates, who like to hurt Samus” “It’s shooty, it’s kaboom-boom” 😂
@wimleybuckets
3 ай бұрын
I'm so glad the trailer's out. But now that it is-since my job isn't to report on games-I'm going for a full Metroid media blackout after all this. I'm getting the game. Metroid is my favorite game series by a wide margin. They don't have to get a sales pitch together for me. But I do this with every big release I'm psyched for, and personally, I'm always the better for it. Went into _Breath of the Wild_ blind...amazing experience. Went into _Metroid Dread_ blind...amazing experience. Went into _Tears of the Kingdom_ blind...amazing experience. So I'm going to do my damndest to go into _Prime 4_ and _Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom_ blind. You sold me, Nintendo. Just let me buy the games.
@seamusobrian9050
3 ай бұрын
It absolutely is switch footage and according to digital foundry it's running at 900p 60 frames per second with very believable cutbacks. It's pretty noticeable when you see that the metal pipe that rolls down the hill doesn't have a shadow at all
@ledojaeger7474
3 ай бұрын
For as painful as the wait was, I’m so grateful Nintendo never copied the trend of ‘cinematic cgi trailers’ - right away, from the very beginning, it’s like ‘here’s Metroid Prime 4. And here’s gameplay’ Also shoutout to Arlo’s wanton destruction impulses towards the fragility of life
@willwunsche6940
3 ай бұрын
16:00 I love how the federation soldiers are helping Samus in gameplay combat. That was one of my favorite parts of the Halo Infinite campaign, the marines helping Master Chief with lasers and rocket launchers and stuff, you could save them and give the weapons to fight with. They would help you raid enemy outposts or ride in vehicles with you as you drove around the open world. Would love if Prime 4 has similar active NPCs that are actually helpful in gameplay
@willwunsche6940
3 ай бұрын
@PBJA89 it's underbaked but it's just for fun
@Turtlewax63
3 ай бұрын
The way the D-pad menu at the bottom shows missiles makes me think that instead of having multiple other beams, you collect various special weapons. Like maybe instead of ice beam being something you can fire endlessly, it would be its own pickup, and its power to delete any freezable enemies is balanced by limited ammo.
@ClassicPopble
3 ай бұрын
Or maybe there's different lauchers and beams on D-Pad with a button to toggle between perhaps
@GBDupree
3 ай бұрын
@@ClassicPopble But what purpose would there be to multiple launchers? If there were ice missile for example, they would likely be defacto better than the normal missiles, so why switch between them, they would be better off stacked like in Prime 3. Same for Super Missiles, which would best be used like in previous games. Perhaps the beams could be swapped, but why put them with the missiles, they use separate buttons, and we can see in the footage alternating between beams and missiles without having to hit the D-pad to swap between them. So I think it will have to be new abilities that use the same button as the missile button (so Y or X I'm guessing). Maybe the Grapple beam for one (assuming it has more utility like in 3) but I can't think of anything else.
@jonathanwest8415
3 ай бұрын
Despite the fact that I was NEVER a Prime 4 doubter, there is one thing I'm not sold on: the name. In my eyes, the naming convention for the Metroid Prime series thus far was: Metroid Prime [n]: (one word subtitle referring to the game's main theme's or villain.) Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Echoes refers to the dichotomy between Light and Dark Aether, as well as the fact that you're fighting an echo of yourself throughout this game. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - Corruption refers to Samus (and the other Hunters) being corrupted; and Dark Samus being the source of that corruption. If you think about it, this kinda goes as far back as the first title. Metroid Prime is the final boss after all, before becoming Dark Samus. What I'm left wondering is what the word "Beyond" has to do with this game's themes and/or Sylux. I suppose the answer is that we just have to wait and see, but I'll go out on a limb and theorize; in the final shot, we see Samus coming into a new area through what reminds me of the portal traveling to and from the Fire & Ice temples of Bryyo. Perhaps Metroid Prime 4 will take place, once again, across different planets, or even different galaxies?
@Irish_Enderman
3 ай бұрын
Apparently in an interview from awhile ago, the devs said they wanted to do a time travel based story, so maybe that's what "Beyond" refers to but who knows if they're actually doing that or not
@orthochronicity6428
3 ай бұрын
I suspect you're right. I also think that "Beyond" may be a bit meta, with it being confirmed a long time ago that phazon is out of the picture as a storytelling/plot device. The prime series was always focused on that as a finalized trilogy, but now we're moving beyond that. I also wonder if we're going to be seeing conflicts beyond the federation and the space pirates, as Sylux a part of either and presumably has a reason for his hatred of the federation which the games have shown to be extremely shady and questionable already.
@yourehereforthatarentyou
3 ай бұрын
perhaps sylux is experimenting on mochtroids to create a more powerful creature “beyond” the might of metroids
@calvinbrinenestoris2357
3 ай бұрын
@@Irish_EndermanImagine if it takes place on EARTH thousands of years in the past. That would be crazy.
@XpRnz
3 ай бұрын
It's supposed to be something with time travelling, look at the logo, it's a black hole. Samus goes beyond time, beyond to other far places in the universe?
@samus4799
3 ай бұрын
If I’m not mistaken, prime 4 is being developed in the original prime engine. Which I may remind everyone is 23 years old, designed back when developers actually gave a damn about preserving system resources. I 100% believe what I’m seeing here in terms of graphical fidelity.
@AlRoderick
3 ай бұрын
The gunship is different, it has more guns and some red paint on it. Which leads me to one conclusion, Samus had her ship worked on by an Ork.
@MainlineThruTheRockies
3 ай бұрын
Having been born in 2007, when Metroid Prime 3 released, I will most likely be an adult by the time Prime 4 releases, meaning the game has taken an entire childhood to happen
@andreworders7305
3 ай бұрын
9:43 typically sci-fi will color code the lasers so you can tell the teams apart
@Cruper380
3 ай бұрын
Anybody else feel like a kid again? So amped for prime 4!
@ABugNamedAntsMcGee
3 ай бұрын
This is actually the first I have heard of anyone else mentioning the mochtroids! I am glad it was noticed because when I saw them I just stood up and was like "WAIT THOSE ARE MOCHTROIDS WHAT?!"
@cherubin7th
3 ай бұрын
9:40 I like the lock on, because this is more futuristic. It just feels wrong to be that advance, but your gun is like from the 20th century. The military research have some early version of lock on guns already in real life.
@renookami4651
3 ай бұрын
Headcanon: Samus "jumproll + 3point landing" is so important because its timing is the time required for the armor to adjust to the gravity of the new planet and engage protocols to compensate for minimal exaustion, hence the consistant gameplay from game to game. xD
@wootmasterzorsx
3 ай бұрын
Arlo is just having so much fun and I am happy for him and the Metroid community.
@Thechozochampion
3 ай бұрын
IM BEYOND HYPED
@MrGuy__
3 ай бұрын
love to see that runtime on this lmao lemme get some popcorn
@villain_devious
3 ай бұрын
that direct made me get metroid prime XD thats gonna be my first ever metroid game to beat hehe
@HeyDuda06
3 ай бұрын
You’re gonna love it-enjoy! Take your time, scan and soak in the environments.
@ekwensu8797
3 ай бұрын
Play zero mission, super, fusion, and dread too
@CALAMITY0FHYRULE
3 ай бұрын
@@ekwensu8797you must want him to hate his life.....dread is amazing and requires the least amount of wikihelp to save you from being lost. I personally think of the 2ds it's the best Metroid
@GBDupree
3 ай бұрын
Dread is really challenging though, so be prepared for that. As for the other 2D metroids, if you have the Online Expansion then I can't recommend Zero Mission enough! It's my favorite and is a real short and easy game, but teaches you everything you need to know about Metroid gameplay and is the first game chronologically (So Prime Remastered takes place right after). The game is easy because there are secret ways to skip upgrades entirely and beat the game under 15% items, so its balanced around that being possible. Because of this its a great game to replay as there are so many ways to beat it, its not actually linear despite appearing like it at first (which the linearity helps for a first time player). Story wise, Prime 4 uses story elements from a DS and 3DS game which neither was super popular (I've never gotten to play them), so the game will likely do a lot to teach you what is going on because even most fans may not know who this main villain is. So you don't really need to play any other games to know what's going on (but it definitely helps if you play at least Zero Mission of Prime remastered).
@Printerpenguin
3 ай бұрын
@@GBDupreespoilers for zero mission IMO the zero suit section is rather difficult, the mother brain fight while not incredibly difficult, was more frustrating to me than any part of dread (I kept pinballing from projectile to projectile to water physics lava), and if you're trying to get 100% items some of the shine spark puzzles/platforming were incredibly difficult IMO. I still loved it, and I definitely would still recommend it, but I don't think it's substantially easier than Super (unless I'm forgetting some really difficult part of super, I should really replay super sometime and go for 100% items instead of saving past the point of no return without realizing it)
@geofatic
3 ай бұрын
I LOVE the tone of this analysis. So funny!
@Kringlord97
3 ай бұрын
I will say that the way the bands around the logo curve around that center bit basically exactly how they would in a black hole. The top and bottom bands are the top and bottom of the matter disc from behind the black hole, the light curving around the event horizon. I'm guessing that there's something significant about entering a black hole in this game, so it's probably going to be actually insane.
@Museko
3 ай бұрын
The Metroid (or Mocktroids) probably imprinted upon seeing Sylux since they saw him first when they hatched (at least one did in that Federation Force scene). In Metroid II or Samus Returns, we see a metroid imprint upon Samus.
@devinbrice991
3 ай бұрын
I think this marks the first time we see someone finally, sucessesfully weaponize metroids
@GBDupree
3 ай бұрын
Both Mother Brain and Dark Samus did though. Mother Brain was able to control them and they were a galaxy wide threat, and Dark Samus in Prime 3 terrorized at least a solar system with them.
@Printerpenguin
3 ай бұрын
@@GBDupreeyeah, mother brain only failed to control the Metroid that bonded to Samus, and even then the Metroid only rebelled when mother brain tried to kill Samus
@weatherman1504
2 ай бұрын
hmmm... I want you to hold that thought. Ever since we learned that the G-Feds had access to a metroid in the secret ending of Fed Force, I've had a theory that Sylux's weapon (which is stolen G-Fed tech) was possibly a result of experimenting with metroids. It has the ability to drain energy from a target to give to the user, not entirely unlike a metroid's energy draining abilities. It's an odd thought I've had for a while.
@Djaermi
3 ай бұрын
One tiny detail that some people might not have noticed is that small rocks and debris seem to be bouncing and reacting to other objects using some kind of global physics system. You can see little pebbles bounce away from Samus when she lands, and later on when the enemy capsule crashes into the room, a rock gets stuck between the floor and one of the panels and seems to vibrate in response. At first this might be seen as a teeny tiny bug, which it technically is and I hope those can get ironed out, but it also means that this game might have a global physics system that affects everything in the environment, even very small objects. Anything that isn't nailed to the ground might be affected, so the big question is, how many things won't be nailed to the ground? Metroid with destructible environments and realistic physics would be so freaking cool.
@clap2973
3 ай бұрын
I’ve been waiting for this
@Rickackocka-
3 ай бұрын
The green dots in the left upper corner are allies. That’s where the blue-ish beams come from 0:44
@stilldamaged3945
3 ай бұрын
I'm still holding out hope that Trace shows up in this one. also the "metroids" shown are almost defintitly mocktroids due to them having only 1 nucleus rather than the tree of traditional metroids. personaly a bit lost as to where this places on the timeline as it seems to be closer to the modern entries.
@diccchocolate416
3 ай бұрын
I'd assume between super and fusion
@461weavile
3 ай бұрын
@@diccchocolate416 I'd say it's obvious that it's before Metroid 4. She's got the normal suit, after all. I do think it's a bit of guesswork whether its before or after 2 & 3, but I agree with you that it's probably after Metroid 3. The question then becomes is it before or after Other M?
@IAmNotASandwich453
3 ай бұрын
Back when Metroid Prime 3 was teased, I essentially spent all my time researching, discussing on Forums, watching everything I can to get as much of it as possible. Cant wait to do it again 🎉
@the_meches
3 ай бұрын
DUDE KEEP UPLOADING THSI IS MAKING MY DAY!!
@fettwampe
3 ай бұрын
A real playthrough of Prime 4 will start with you jumping out of that gunship, turn on the scan visor, turn around to scan your ship. Debating on playing through once without big scanning action and then once to get that 100%
@Irish_Enderman
3 ай бұрын
This is a perfect example of why I hate when people say the switch is very underpowered or has bad graphics. This trailer, Metroid Dread, Mario Odyessey, Zelda BotW and TotK, all some of the best looking games I've ever seen/played
@AlriikRidesAgain
3 ай бұрын
I mean, yeah, it's not the strongest thing, there are hurdles to jump through, but even third parties can really pump out some great stuff too. Remember the DOOM ports and how not crap they were?
@Nathan-qp9uv
3 ай бұрын
honestly IMO Nintendo has the right idea with graphics, a game doesn't need hyper detail/realism to look great and the art styles of most Nintendo games age very well. Some of the best looking games I can think of across generations were from when that era's graphic design matured and developers learned to make the absolute most of what the system could deliver and the switch is very much pushing out games wonderfully mastering what its capable of. The resources of more powerful systems are better utilized where it improves the experience the most and unless we are talking a remake that usually isn't top tier graphics. and frankly imo alot of games pushing for the 'best graphics' early to midway each gen end up looking...... bland/cookie-cutter ish lacking much of the stylization that help define series. I feel like Nintendo goes the other direction with their graphics they have a stylization they are going for and determine the level of graphics they can use to express that style. The thousand year door remake is an amazing example of this in a side by side with the gamecube release, in broad strokes almost nothing changed because Nintendo was going for the same stylization of the same game. However in the details almost everything was changed, things that were flat or had 'painted depth' now have layers and folds, almost everything has abit more then it did back then but it does it by making it more like itself like instead of replacing the old version, the new version was closer to the ideal style both were aiming at and the switch just needs less of a step down from that to exist.
@Irish_Enderman
3 ай бұрын
@@AlriikRidesAgain actually i thought Doom Eternal looks pretty good on switch, not sure about any of the other games though but I can't imagine they'd look any worse than their original graphics
@AlriikRidesAgain
3 ай бұрын
@@Irish_Enderman Dude, I wasn't being facetious, id Software did some sort of magic getting DOOM to run as good as it does on Switch. And like, MiO and Mario Luigi look scrumptious visually. We get some eye candy for Switch's last ride.
@Irish_Enderman
3 ай бұрын
@@AlriikRidesAgain oh I misread your original reply lol, I didn't see the "not" I'm on like 4 hours of sleep rn sorry
@Drewdle_
3 ай бұрын
This is a perfect video. Just wanted to hear u gush over this like all of us are
@aetherial87
3 ай бұрын
Arlo: Arlo, no! Also Arlo: Arlo, yes!
@thaddeushamlet
3 ай бұрын
"Can I just say... Hubawooba. Golly gosh." HE JUST LIKE ME HE JUST LIKE ME FR
@OurHeroXero
3 ай бұрын
Butternut Squash? Yes Please!
@syweb2
3 ай бұрын
Something about Samus's helmet is gonna take some getting used to for me, but everything else looks _gorgeous._ Can't wait for it to come out!
@ChompDude
3 ай бұрын
I said it before but I hope this becomes a spiritual successor to Metroid Prime Hunters. Would love to see the other hunters again. Maybe an online multiplayer mode like Hunters?
@ELTABULLO
2 ай бұрын
They died in prime 3 brother, wekilled them ourselves, they’re gone gone.
@weatherman1504
2 ай бұрын
@@ELTABULLO You've... never played Metroid Prime Hunters, have you? He's talking about the hunters from that game.
@ELTABULLO
2 ай бұрын
@@weatherman1504 They only live in the good ending and Samus remembers them fondly at the end anyway because they're dead
@weatherman1504
2 ай бұрын
@@ELTABULLO I need to make this very clear to you. I am not talking about the three hunters from the 2007 Wii game Metroid Prime 3: Corruption who are named Rundas, Ghor, and Gandrayda. These characters are the ones who are killed by Samus, then absorbed by Dark Samus. I am talking about the six hunters from the 2006 DS game Metroid Prime Hunters who are named Spire, Noxus, Kanden, Weavel, Trace, and Sylux. These characters were involved in the Alimbic Cluster incident. Before we move forward in any capacity, I need to make sure that you know that these are two completely separate groups of characters.
@ELTABULLO
2 ай бұрын
@@weatherman1504 Yeah you're taking about the ones that ONLY escape alive un the GOOD ENDING of HUNTERS ON THE NINTENDO DS
@breaker6497
3 ай бұрын
We’ve been doing well in the last few years. Dread was basically our half life 3 and Prime 4 is our silksong
@gmcubed
3 ай бұрын
7:43 you should have used the uncompressed version that is out there, I'd link it but I think it would get auto deleted here on youtube. But its out there, and it looks a lot nicer.
@hi-ougidemonfang
3 ай бұрын
The title image does look like the estimations of the way rotating black holes look.
@joechill6327
3 ай бұрын
I'm finally playing Zero Mission all the way through tonight.
@GBDupree
3 ай бұрын
Nice! Its my favorite, and for good reason! though it may seem a bit easy at first, that is because there are secret ways to skip a bunch of upgrades and go for a low 15% run, so the game is actually balanced for that. Because of this its a great idea to beat the game first with exploring as much as you can so that you can find all the secrets, then play again but by going out of order (its possible to beat Ridley before ever even going to Kraid for instance) and hopefully getting a fast enough time for a special ending picture, and then trying to do a Low% run as well. There are 7 ending pictures, 1 for beating it on easy or normal and hard slowly (so easy can be skipped entirely), 2 separate pics for normal and hard under 2 hours, 2 for normal and hard 100% under 2 hours, and 2 for normal and hard under 15%. Hard under 15% is so difficult as you have to plan the exact loadout that works for you and I've nearly beaten the game twice on that only to get stopped at the final boss both times because I wasn't good with my loadout! Normal is much more forgiving in comparison (though I still recommend the Screw Attack for the final boss).
@ItsZorroDood
3 ай бұрын
I kinda like that the graphics are kinda simple. The graphical fidelity isn't too exaggerated with sfx or particles.
@missolivia1247
3 ай бұрын
Arlo needs to do way more of these frame by frames! Best analysis ever
@WitzyZed
3 ай бұрын
The Macguffin being rolled away by GF scientists(? engineers?) almost looks like the Beyond logo? It looks like a top or a gyroscope, or something with accretion disks...
@masterbspace
3 ай бұрын
Arlo taking JUST too long of time pondering that alien’s moment of death. LOL
@davidm.1678
3 ай бұрын
Watching the pirates attack as Samus rolls through the duct reminds me of the SRX scenes from Fusion. I'm beyond excited for this game!
@brobocop8293
3 ай бұрын
Haha, Jesus, I rarely laugh watching your videos, but you had me in tears with the dark/morbid analysis of the space pirates getting killed. Please.....more of that in the future .
@fearlesswee5036
3 ай бұрын
I am genuinely blown away by how this game looks. Not just the graphical fidelity, but the fact it looks as good as it does *and* runs at 60 FPS on Switch's aging, underclocked hardware is mind-boggling. Retro Studios deserves praise for the technical achievement alone, nevermind the fact the game will undoubtedly be amazing in terms of gameplay and exploration. Metroid is one of the few Nintendo IPs I actually go out of my way to play, so Prime 4 looks exciting beyond words to me.
@Dingalow
3 ай бұрын
you like giant trees? You'd love the Mana series then
@Sejikan
3 ай бұрын
Part of me really wishes this took place after dread
@Sejikan
3 ай бұрын
@PBJA89 yeah i know this doesn't take place after dread but i wish it did because i wanna see more metroid powers. But this Does take place after super. Just because the first 3 were before 2 doesn't mean this one is too
@weatherman1504
2 ай бұрын
@@Sejikan Well, funny thing, given than Sylux's weapon is stolen G-Fed tech and that the G-Feds had a metroid during the Prime era, it might be based on research into metroids' energy draining powers.
@Sejikan
2 ай бұрын
@@weatherman1504 interesting idea but i meant more samus' metroid powers
@weatherman1504
2 ай бұрын
@@Sejikan Oh. In that case, I have a feeling we'll eventually get to see more of that idea if they ever decide to release a game that takes place after Dread. It'll be a while tho, Prime 4 takes place before Metroid 2.
@Sejikan
2 ай бұрын
@@weatherman1504 i think prime 4 will take place after super
@DekkarJr
3 ай бұрын
Your right the scanning really does give a unique feeling. It gives a little bit of lore and intrigue
@robertbarker5802
3 ай бұрын
I have the sudden fear they are going to somehow drastically change the Prime series. Zelda is just a sandbox game now completely unlike how it was. Ans sales has proven it works. I hope Prime can stay.
@jesusramirezromo2037
3 ай бұрын
I mean, It's pretty much just Prime, The only thing up in the air is how Scanning will be done
@weatherman1504
2 ай бұрын
Don't worry boyo, this is going to be a Prime game through and through. I have faith in RetroStudios.
@carbonation10317
3 ай бұрын
I really like the take you had about her decision to come out of the top of the ship
@bemad7886
3 ай бұрын
Look at how snappy the controls are. Calling it right now multi-player will hit and this game will blow up.
@461weavile
3 ай бұрын
I want a better and online version of Prime 2 multiplayer. On second thought, make it like Star Wars Battlefront and you play as Federation Marines vs Pirates and get to call in Samus or Sylux to play as when you get an award in the match.
@connorb237
3 ай бұрын
Please no
@weatherman1504
2 ай бұрын
@@connorb237 Ok, but imagine this. Prime Hunters multiplayer, but BEEG.
@ghostlithium
3 ай бұрын
The sarcasm @4:00 about Samus’ flip 😂🤣
@starsartbar
3 ай бұрын
I cant wait to see this game in 4k
@speedude0164
3 ай бұрын
I'm really curious to see what's in the game that led to them taking so long to develop it, since its development time will ultimately be the same length as the entire Metroid Prime Trilogy (even more if you count the time before the restart). Also, this could just be a weird looking door, but the blue light behind Samus in that final shot seems like some sort of portal. Maybe this has to do with the Beyond title and will have Samus explore multiple realities.
@billybollockhead5628
3 ай бұрын
The 2025 thing makes me convinced this is a dual console release (like zelda was)
@bettybunbun9664
3 ай бұрын
On the top left of the HUD for the "!" with 3 additional rings around it, I imagine the rings get lit up as danger increases.
@rcdr898
3 ай бұрын
Arlo wanting Metroid Prime 4 to be more like Paper Mario: The Origami King in any measurable way was NOT on my bingo card.
@Foreskan
3 ай бұрын
“Innocent animals I’m going to wipe out by the thousands”😂
@MUSQUIZanimation
3 ай бұрын
I love how Samus has her helmet as the head of her ship. Thats some badass Seto Kaiba shit.
@tristanneal9552
3 ай бұрын
16:45 This whole little speech had me cracking up 😂
@Mystik3eb
3 ай бұрын
What would we have done without this in-depth detailed analysis by our beloved fuzzy friend, Arlo. These are the prime tidbits I paid good money for! ...no but really, I'm just as silly excited as you are. This looks WONDERFUL.
@ThePedroAmigo
3 ай бұрын
I love the thought of Arlo's thoughts being Samus' internal monologue while walking through the environment.
@seekingcastles
3 ай бұрын
Arlo I am ever entertained by your personality thank you for this commentary and all the videos lately! Keep it up!
@Studio_OZKai
3 ай бұрын
Someone noted in another video I was watching that the thing being carted off by the (likely) Federation scientists looked like the logo background, maybe seen from a side angle, implying that may be some kind of catalyst for the events of the game.
@joshcarriker6958
3 ай бұрын
"And no one, including myself can stop me!"
@An0n1m0u5e
2 ай бұрын
I noticed the energy canister in the vent at 14:50! I'm surprised that Arlo didn't notice it!
@MH72077
3 ай бұрын
Lock on makes sense in this game/the Prime series. Samus is an interstellar warrior with a Chozo built suit. She would possess the ability to lock on, along with everything else. You play through her suit after all.
@joelsytairo6338
3 ай бұрын
I love they added blue tint to the power beam probably to communicate better that you use it for the blue doors. This is something I feel like was a little strange in the old games well really even up to dread that the yellow beam opens the blue doors even tho all the others are color coded
@the_osprey314
3 ай бұрын
3:50 I know Arlo here is talking about how Samus exiting her ship from the top is cooler, but it is actually safer in case a landing zone is unsafe but she still needs to land.
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