Metroid Prime 4 will launch in 2025 on Switch 2 confirms Nintendo

As Nintendo clarifies what year the Metroid Prime 4 release date is, a rumour claims development has ‘hit a snag.’

Considering it was announced with nothing but a logo in 2017, Metroid fans were naturally elated to see Metroid Prime 4 (now fully titled Metroid Prime 4: Beyond) make a proper reappearance at a Nintendo Direct last year, with a 2025 release window.

And yet despite an appearance at the big Nintendo Switch 2 showcase in April, playable demos at several live events, and even advertisements on the London Underground, it feels like the game has vanished once again.

This has naturally sparked concerns that Metroid Prime 4 is being pushed back into 2026, but while Nintendo remains coy about the exact release date the company insists that the game will launch before the end of the year.

Nintendo has announced it will be attending Fan Expo Canada, which is taking place from August 21 to August 24 (coincidentally the same week as Gamescom, where Nintendo will also be present) where the public can try out Switch 2 games.

Don’t expect any huge reveals; it’ll be focusing on games that are already out, like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, although a handful of upcoming Switch 2 games will be playable as well.

When could Metroid Prime 4 be released?

This includes Metroid Prime 4 and Nintendo’s announcement makes a point to mention that the game will be ‘available later in 2025,’ ruling out any sort of delay… at least for the time being.

It does make sense considering Nintendo has already paid for the aforementioned London Underground marketing, that features a 2025 release date. It even originally said ‘Out now’, before being corrected, which some took to mean the game would drop sooner than expected.

We’re in August now, though, and Nintendo has not provided a more concrete date. Although it’s unlikely a release is imminent, considering it would certainly overshadow the two games Nintendo has scheduled for this month: Drag X Drive and the Switch 2 Edition of Kirby And The Forgotten Land.

With Pokémon Legends: Z-A locked in for October and Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment only sporting a vague release window of this winter (meaning late 2025 or early 2026), a common theory is that Metroid Prime 4 will launch in November.

There’s a good chance Metroid Prime 4 will also receive a dedicated Nintendo Direct, which would be the perfect place to announce a firm release date.

This still begs the question of when Nintendo intends to release Kirby Air Riders, though, which has a similarly vague launch window of 2025. If the new Hyrule Warriors winds up being an early 2026 launch, perhaps Kirby Air Riders will arrive in December or also Novemeber.

In the meantime, in lieu of any official info from Nintendo, some have looked to YouTuber Kiwi Talkz for updates on Metroid Prime 4, since he has interviewed staff from the game’s developer, Retro Studios, in the past and claims to know some details about Metroid Prime 4’s development.

In what he called his final post on the matter, Kiwi Talkz claimed that Metroid Prime 4 was meant to be a launch window game for the Switch 2, but development ‘hit a snag’ due to what he only vaguely describes as a pair of ‘anomalies’. As such, development is currently unfinished, which is why Nintendo hasn’t committed to a firm release date yet.

Kiwi Talkz is keen to stress that he doesn’t necessarily think this means the game will be delayed to 2026, but according to him it ‘all hinges on these ‘anomalies’ being sorted.’

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