Metroid Prime 4 doesn’t stand up to Nintendo’s best
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, after a lengthy development, feels outdated and fails to match Nintendo's recent successes in revitalizing franchises with open-world elements.
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is finally out after a long and difficult development - and despite some bright spots, the game really shows its age.
Nintendo has a long and celebrated history of doing things its own way. During the original Switch era, going back to Super Mario Odyssey in 2017, Nintendo has focused on bringing open-world style exploration elements to many of its major releases. That strategy has worked very well, breathing new life into storied franchises like Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, and The Legend of Zelda. But it hasn't quite added the same revolutionary touch to Metroid Prime 4.
In all of the other games that got the open-wo …