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Official Japanese MP4B website

While waiting on the North American website to update, you can check out the newly updated Japanese one here.

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METROID PRIME 4 BEYOND TRAILER 2

The official second trailer for Metroid Prime 4 Beyond was shown during today’s Nintendo Direct. Watch in all it’s splendor. The trailer showcases a few of Samus’s new abilities as well as a sexy suit at the end. Check it out here and try to contain yourself!

And here’s some direct feed screenshots, hot off the presses!

New key art which works as a beautiful new desktop wallpaper:

And last but not least, here’s the official boxart for the game!!! O_O

T-shirts Page Updated

Just updated our T-Shirts page. This is every Metroid-inspired design available through Once Upon a Tee. You can’t find this catalog anywhere else.

Most, if not all, of these designs are also available in women’s, youth, hoodies, sweatshirts, mousepads, canvas prints, totebags, throw pillows, and more.

New designs added:

Reminder to click through each thumbnail as it provides us with a small commission every time you make a purchase. Thank you!!

T-shirts page

METROID MARATHON SEPTEMBER 2024

Due to some life obligations, we are pushing back the marathon 1 month this year and having it throughout the month of September. Join us as we play through nearly every Metroid game, have fun, and enter giveaways along the way.
Also for the first time ever, we will be taking donations, with 99% of proceeds going to the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund.
Here’s the schedule:

Multistreaming on 3 different platforms:
See you next mission…which is tonight at 8pm CST!

Who is Sylux?

Here’s a nice insightful breakdown of Sylux’s bio & history by YTer Fat Brett. He takes a deep dive into the character as well as adding some speculation onto the new Prime 4 trailer.

One thing to note though, Brett: those are Mochtroids behind Sylux, not normal Metroids.

Metroid Prime 4 Beyond Japanese Microsite

Yesterday, Nintendo of Japan launched its microsite for Metroid Prime 4 Beyond. It’s nothing more than the logo, a link to the trailer and a year, however, there is a video playing in the background depicting footage of the environment we saw Samus walk into during the last few seconds of the trailer. Since the footage is darkened on the site, it’s hard to make out the details. But there’s hope! A clever fan has already ripped the background video and enhanced it so we can see the environment in its full glory:

What do you think of this new environment? Will MP4 take place on multiple planets like Corruption and Hunters or will it take place on 1 like Prime and/or have different dimensions Echoes? Time will tell…

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Announcement Trailer

Without words. Nintendo blew everyone’s collective minds by showing the first trailer for Metroid Prime 4 as the last game of today’s Direct. Watch it below:

 

RELEASE DATE: 2025

I don’t have much to say right now as I’m still regaining my composure, but more impressions will be made soon, right here and on our socials.

Screenshots from the trailer

Lastly, let’s not forget to mention that starting TODAY, Metroid Zero Mission is now available to play on Nintendo Switch Online’s GBA emulator (Expansion Pass).

April Fool’s Joke by GameXplain

This one was WAY too good not to share.

30 Years of Super Metroid

For the most part, I do think annual celebrations of game releases is a tad bit pretentious, especially when it comes to an entire website dedicated to the franchise, but here we are. Today (well, technically yesterday in Japan) we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Super Metroid‘s release.

Metroidvanias today are all the rage. I think this year alone, we’ve had at least 5 or more AAA Metroidvanias released. Two of them I am extremely excited to play – Prince of Persia the Lost Crown and ULTROS.

 

But I digress. Back to celebrating Super.  How to celebrate? You could actually sit down and play Super Metroid.

There are a ton of ways you can play Super Metroid:

 

  • Play an actual game cartridge on a SNES or use a SupaBoy if you want to go portable.
  • Play it on Wii Virtual Console
  • Play it on Wii U Virtual Console
  • Play it on Switch SNES service
  • Play it on a New 3DS
  • Play it on a SNES Mini console
  • Play it on an emulator (there’s plenty to choose from – bSNES, SNES9X, ZSNES, MESEN, RetroArch)
  • And many other ways if you’re clever enough to know how.

Or if you’re not in a gaming mood, watch this commercial:

Or you could watch this promo video that the commercial was cut from and we offer the exclusive translation for:

Or you could watch this fantastic 14 minute documentary on the game’s development history by Jordan A.H.:

Or continue to RT/share our social media content. It’s up to you.

 

Anyway, yay, 30 years of Super Metroid. I love it, you love it, we all love it. Don’t stop loving it, and keep telling people it’s the best……cuz it is.

 

 

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to doing my taxes.

MDB T-Shirts

At long last, Metroid Database is proud to announce that we are now offering t-shirts with the MDb logo on it.

 

Get yours today by clicking the image below:

 

Or go here: https://metroid-database.myshopify.com/products/short-sleeve-t-shirt-mdb-logo

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