Well… I’m very sorry for starting a war in the Club Nintendo forum. Oof! Did not expect this to turn into such a war.

Anyways.. I just 100% beat Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. And yes, you read that right. The game I’ve dragged through the mud for the past several months despite having watched nothing more than an Arlo video? I just 100% beat it. I got 200% of the green crystals, every hidden items, and…well…only 83% of all scans. But that’s because I missed a lot of the early game perma-miss scans.

Overall impressions? 8.7 out of 10. I don’t know if Sony paid off the critics or something, but this game is legitimately perfectly fine. Sure, virtually every aspect of the story is comically bad, and there are certainly many very questionable game design choices— but in the end, it really didn’t bother me. Like at all. I appreciate when a game isn’t some magmun opus masterpiece. The gameplay loop was very fun, and honestly? While I did get around 23hr of playtime out of the game, I kinda wish it went on for a bit longer. Especially for the $70USD price tag.

Make no mistake: This is very different from the Metroid Prime we all know and love. But the foundation laid here really does give me hope for the future of 3D Metroid. It gives me heavy Sonic Frontiers vibes.

And with that… my Spring Break is over. Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Super Mario Bros 3 NES were the two games I played this break. Next up: Either DKBananza, Pokémon Legends Z-A, or Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.

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The irony here is how your argument itself has turned into an equivocation fallacy because again I've explained the context of what you're triggered by, the need for hype turns leads into what I highlighted a case point is that E3 with the PS4 where FFVIIR and so on where all announced and the games didn't release for years but sure keep crying over it another example is Metroid Prime 4.

Your Pokopia part was edited after I replied but I'll address it as it further highlights the hype addiction being pointed out as that game was in the timescale you're suggesting and guess what people are still wanting an ND and so on for more, we even have FE which is likely in the same period and people are only concerned about what else is coming. This is a text book example of what I highlighted earlier in that they want announcements for the sake of hype and will lead to games being announced years off from release, note that I'm saying that's where it leads to before you throw more toys out the pram.