Metroid Prime 4 starts with a brief bit opening text explaining that Samus is responding to a distress call from Galactic Federation forces under assault from the Space Pirates. S

Metroid Prime is my favorite game of all time. The GameCube classic only gets better with age, making it clear that Retro Studios was ahead of its time by decades. You’d think that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond would be my most anticipated game of 2025 as a result,

I went hands-on with the Nintendo Switch 2, and after playing 'Mario Kart World' and 'Metroid Prime 4,' here are my thoughts.

We played hours of Nintendo Switch 2 games the same day President Trump announced new global tariffs. Despite the hefty price tag, it's a solid evolution of one of the world's most popular consoles.

It’s a brilliant, clever addition. Metroid is one demo, but Nintendo has other implementations, and so do third parties - including full-on mouse pointer implementation in the Switch 2 version of Civilization 7. That makes that instantly the best console version of that game, by the way - chalk up a win there.

Even after Nintendo basically confirmed that the Switch 2 would incorporate mouse functionality right into its diminutive controllers, I erred on the side of skepticism. Could the Switch actually replicate one of the most universal ways people play games into their console in such a novel way?

Nintendo is offering Switch 2 Editions that add new features to some popular cross-generation Switch games, but they come at a cost.

Exploring a hostile alien landscape gets a lot easier when you can switch to more precise controls quickly, no menu selection or toggle required.