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Image: Nintendo LifeMetroid Prime Trilogy, the Wii compilation of Retro Studios' first-person take on the Metroid series, launched in North America on 24th August 2009, exactly 15 years ago.
In honour of that sparking release (well, a little less sparkling than the originals in some places due to a few missing effects), we're taking the opportunity to recap Samus' story so far in the Metroid Prime games while we wait for the fourth numbered entry...
After several years of radio silence from Nintendo regarding the next instalment in the Metroid Prime series, the company finally revealed Metroid Prime 4: Beyond during the June 2024 Nintendo Direct broadcast.
With its release set for 2025, this would mark a staggering 18 years since the last mainline entry: 2007’s Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. That’s a significant amount of time for any entertainment property, not just video games. To put it in perspective, there are just under 16 years separating the theatrical release of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace, and we’d wager that most would assume that time gap was a lot wider than Metroid’s.
