Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Scan Viewros and use Samus's psychic abilities to open new routes, with the option to aim by moving the right Joy-Con 2 like a mouse.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.2 / 10
About this game
Explore Viewros from Samus Aran's perspective, using the Scan Visor to analyze ancient writing, creatures and unfamiliar materials. Acquiring new abilities opens previously inaccessible areas. Psychic powers let Samus activate mechanisms and bend a charged beam's trajectory, while Vi-O-La carries her across the desert hub of Sol Valley. This edition adds an aiming choice to that adventure: move the right Joy-Con 2 like a mouse, or use standard button controls. The mouse option belongs to Joy-Con 2; original Nintendo Switch controllers connected to the console do not provide it. Investigation, ability-based progression and travel between Viewros's environments remain the core player activities.
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AI review
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For players who enjoy reading an environment as carefully as aiming through it.
Scanning and ability-gated routes may reward players who like working out why a path is blocked. Steering a beam and choosing between button and mouse aiming offer different ways to engage with Samus's actions.
Strengths
- New abilities can make earlier obstacles feel like concrete reasons to keep exploring.
- Bending a beam's trajectory may appeal to players who enjoy manipulating a shot beyond its initial direction.
Weaknesses
- Players seeking uninterrupted shooting may find environmental analysis and ability-gated access less aligned with their preferred rhythm.
Who it is for: Players interested in first-person investigation, new traversal possibilities and an optional mouse aiming method.
Play notes: Mouse aiming uses Joy-Con 2; original Nintendo Switch controllers do not provide this feature.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Ability-gated access provides an identifiable progression structure for players who enjoy gaining new ways into previously closed areas. | Reviewed | 8.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Scanning obstacles and bending a beam's path may make observation and spatial reasoning as appealing as the act of firing. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Seeing jungle and research environments through Samus's eyes may strengthen the appeal of investigating an unfamiliar planet. | Reviewed | 9.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The choice between standard controls and Joy-Con 2 mouse aiming gives players a practical input preference to consider. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Retro Studios
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release date
- Dec 4, 2025
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- www.nintendo.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 1
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- ExplorationPuzzle SolvingShootingScience FictionReal-time CombatSolo-friendlyFirst PersonSpaceEquipment-driven Progression
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- ESRB: Teen
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwideDec 4, 2025
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideDec 4, 2025
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com