Metroid Prime 4 is almost upon us and our own Logan Plant has played a bunch of it.

He's here to share his impressions.

Plus we've got some interesting data on US consumer holiday shopping plans as it pertains to gaming.

And Ubisoft is either gaslighting us or just incapable of self-reflection.

All that and more on GameSoup coming up after these messages.

What's up everybody? Welcome to I IJ GameSoup. I'm your host, Damon Hatfield. And joining me this week are Sam Claiborne.

Hey, it's great to be here. Justin Davis. Scoop. And from Nintendo Voice Chat, Logan Plant joins us. Welcome back, Logan. Thanks for having me.

We got a great show for you this week. Logan has been playing Metro Prime 4, which is out very soon, so he'll share some impressions of that with us. Got some really interesting data from the ESA on what consumers plan to be buying and how much they'll be spending on gaming-related gifts this holiday season. I was surprised by some of this data. But first, let's, some. Next week is going to be the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. A bunch of us are taking some time off. But we've got some special surprises planned in store for you. So first of all, we'll be doing our regular 100 questions, gauntlet episode next week, although Sam will not be able to join us for that. I don't know if Sam wants to share where else in the world he might be. Yeah, I'll be in Tokyo. My band is playing a bunch of shows over in Japan. I'm very excited. Yeah. But also, I wish everybody the best on 100 questions. Hopefully it goes on. Yeah, we'll see. So we'll do that. My band is playing a bunch of shows in Tokyo is probably one of the coolest sentences that's ever been uttered on Game Scoop.

It's really fun. That's absolutely true. So we'll have that. And then I've got a whole new, a whole new, like, sort of show pilot thing launching next week that Sam is on with me as well as Pear Schneider and Miranda Sanchez. So I'll share more of that next week.

So no regular episode of GameSoup next week,

but you'll get the 100 questions episode and then this brand new pilot episode.

So two shows coming next week.

Please be excited.

Nice.

Okay. Logan, hit us.

What are your impressions on Metro Prime 4 on the eve of its launch?

Yeah, so I flew out to New York City a couple weeks ago now and got to play the first 90 minutes or so of Metroid Prime 4 beyond on Switch 2.

Nobody's seen this running on Switch 1 yet. That is a mystery until launch.

But on Switch 2, wow, this game looks incredible. There are times I was playing it where

I thought this might be the best looking Nintendo game ever in parts because I haven't been too hot

in what like the open world desert area looks like visually. But when it is more self-contained

Metroid Prime, the art direction, the graphics, it's just, this is amazing on Switch 2. There's that opening

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