Metroid Prime 4 Hands On Impressions, It Feels Incredible

Nintendo Powercast - Nintendo Podcast

N64Josh.com

Leisure, Video Games

4.5 • 581 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

I finally got my hands on Metroid Prime 4, and here are my first real impressions. In this video I break down how the game feels to play, the updated controls, the pacing, the atmosphere, and how Retro Studios built on the original Prime trilogy.I also cover the new visual style, the opening sections, how the combat flows, and what stood out immediately during my first session. If you are trying to get a sense of what Metroid Prime 4 is actually like in your hands, this is the breakdown for you.

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0:00.0	To be or not to be or not to be.
0:22.3	Right now we're offering a range of incentives across Audi models.
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0:49.7	Welcome to another episode of the Nintendo Powercast.
0:52.2	I'm your host to N64, Josh.
0:54.2	It's Nintendo News Daily,
0:55.7	but I think our entire news section is just going to get eaten up by Metroid Prime for Beyond.
1:05.9	I've been hands on, I've been playing for the last hour, and I uh, ooh, I'm having, I'm having a good time so far.
1:13.6	Really, really good time. I think the first place to start is, this game looks incredible.
1:22.2	I've been playing in 4K60 and wow, just wow is it is impressive it is so impressive it makes me it makes me
1:36.1	wonder what retro could do with a game that wouldn that would be fully on Switch 2.
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