My point about Indiana Jones is that the game was excellent, but Xbox still released it in December, so it missed out on awards.

But that’s because awards don’t factor into release date strategy (not really). It’s just when the game is ready and when there is an available spot

I actually wrote a whole piece about the impact of awards on sales. It can have some minor positive impact, particularly paired with a discount and especially for smaller games, but it varies and certainly isn’t significant.

Nintendo’s strategy is to release a game a month and ensure each title has room to breathe. Metroid in December makes sense, considering the slate it has for October and November.

By Dringo

And if you still think that if the Game, a Metroid Game, was good enough it wouldn't be released on time just a few weeks earlier for a nomination with all the traction and awareness that it brings enhancing sales, then let me say that you are definitively not too good at your own profession if your arguments are "BUt Im A Journalist so trust me I know betTR" And clearly has it's facts contradicted.

Not too "obsessed with market data" if you don't even know the impact of a GOTY nomination on an IP like that apparently XD.

But let's see again in December if the general consensus and overall scores place it among the top 6 games of the year. I am sure that with those trailers it looks to be at the level of Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2, Blue Prince, SilkSong, Kingdom Come, Split Fiction or even DK. Not to mention the upcoming Ghost of Yotei and Hades 2.
The message they are sending is that they know it has no chance.

By Diowine

My hype is really down on this

By arnoldlayne83

Metroid Prime 4 is clearly destined to be bad. Only bad games come out in December. Like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, The Last Guardian...

By Dringo

With that being said, if the open area(s) shown function more like a central hub area that connects the individual regions of the game (similar to Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time), then I'd be fine with it. My ideal way would be to have open world traversal replace the loading-screen elevators or gunship from the previous Prime games.

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I don’t know how I feel about the open world travel thing but hopefully it at least means we’re in for a large game. Bike combat and platform challenges are also welcome.

Side note wouldn’t be surprised if we see this bike in mk world in the future

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Also I'm biased against Prime 2, and the color scheme in this one somehow resembles that one. Maybe it's the purple? 😁 Not sure, but I might (gasp) wait a bit before biting on this one.

I really, really though hope for this to be aced in the end; for you guys here and all other Samus fans, for the devs who have been through a rollercoaster on this one, and for the IP's future. Crossing fingers.

By molkom

Now I see that you insist on Indiana Jones last year. Personally I think it was not better than any of the 6 nominees. But our personal opinion does not count. You say it could have won? Well for the awards it did release on time it won 0 Game of the year other than "Nordic Game of the Year". Big one.
GOTY is defined mostly by Critics -> Average Critic Scores are found on Metacritic -> Indiana is ranked 47 currently of 2024 released games, with 5 of the GOTY nominees being way above that score. No, it was not a challenger, therefore released outside the period on which it could have been nominated.

By Diowine

As someone who indirectly works for the people behind the TGAs, trust me on this one.

By Dringo

Indeed 💯👍 I'm too stoked for this! This of course is all on top of the standard fare Metroid base crawler and light Puzzles gameplay the Metroidvania we all know and love. The series did need modernization after being away for so long and Beyond seems to be doing the job almost Perfectly

By Lilligant562

It is actually cheaper than the NS2 Edition of Breath of the Wild, not by much but it still means it won't leave me bankrupt if I go directly to the physical NS2 Edition.
If only retailers in Mexico had the option to pre-order the NS2 Edition already, which been confirmed since, what, April? And stores haven't been arsed to update their listings for MP4.

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