Metroid Prime 4 Release Date Locked for 2025 – Finally Some Certainty!

Gamers, the wait has been long (and I mean long), but it seems like we finally have something solid to hold onto. Nintendo has re-re-re-confirmed that Metroid Prime 4 is still on track for a release in 2025. Yes, you read that right. It’s actually happening. And no, it’s not being pushed to 2026. For now, anyway.

For a game that was first teased in 2017 (yes, pre-pandemic times when “remote work” wasn’t even a buzzword yet), fans have been enduring a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Remember the 2019 reboot news? That moment when Nintendo casually mentioned they were restarting development? Yeah, that wasn’t exactly what Metroid fans wanted to hear after years of radio silence. But here we are, marching into 2025, fueled by cautious optimism and the promise of exploring uncharted corners of the galaxy with Samus once more.

What We Know About Metroid Prime 4 Right Now

Nintendo hasn’t been spilling too many beans about what’s in store. No big spoilers, no gameplay features plastered all over the internet. But what we do know is… juicy. Here are the highlights:

• During the Nintendo Direct in March 2025, we got a taste of some fresh gameplay footage that had fans pausing, drooling, and pausing again to dissect every frame.
• The game has been rated by the South Korean Classification Board, meaning we’re inching closer to something playable. They don’t hand out ratings for vaporware, do they?
• Oh, and Nintendo has boldly confirmed that Metroid Prime 4 will be playable at Fan Expo Canada later this month, from August 21–24. If you find yourself in Toronto, you must give it a whirl (and tell us everything).

Nintendo’s statement at this event? “Metroid Prime 4 will be ‘available later in 2025.’” Fingers crossed “later” doesn’t mean the dead of December when we’re already knee-deep in next year’s release lists. But hey, at least it’s not some “TBD” situation anymore.

Why This Wait Feels Like an Odyssey

If you’ve been clutching your Metroid-laden GameCube controller, staring off into the void, you’re far from alone. Fans have been piecing together crumbs of information like detectives on a space noir case.

The original announcement during E3 2017 stirred hype into a frenzy. A crisp logo, some spacey graphics, but not much else. We were hopeful. Then came 2019, and Nintendo dropped a meteor-sized bombshell that development was being scrapped and restarted. Fun times. They then handed the baton to Retro Studios, the team behind the beloved Metroid Prime Trilogy, which was the best news we’d had in ages. Since then? Crickets… mostly.

Nintendo’s slow-drip updates have felt like they’re intentionally testing our patience. But one thing’s for sure—with over seven years in the oven, Prime 4 has the potential to be, dare I say, legendary. Retro Studios has already proven they have the chops. Add advanced hardware (Switch 2 be boasting) and the promise of some intense narrative innovation, and we might just have something that’s worth the endless memes of “Where’s Metroid Prime 4?”

2025…Finally, the Year of Samus?