Fans who pre-ordered the original version ofMetroid Prime 4on Amazon are logging in to find that their reserved copies are being canceled. Way back in 2017, Nintendo announced that the long-awaitedMetroid Prime 4was in development with originalPrimetrilogy producer Kensuke Tanabe back at the helm. However, this sequel would be developed by Bandai Namco Studios in Japan and Singapore, rather than Retro Studios like the first threeMetroid Primeentries.
However, about two years later, Nintendo announced that development onMetroid Prime 4had been restarted from the ground up, with Retro Studios replacing Bandai Namco Studios as developer due to the latter reportedly not meeting Nintendo’s standards. In 2024, Nintendo released thefirst official trailer forMetroid Prime 4: Beyond, featuring Samus embarking on a new mission at a remote Galactic Federation Research Facility and highlighting some of the game’s first-person action. While there is no official release date forMetroid Prime 4: Beyondyet, Nintendo says that it will launch sometime in 2025.
In the meantime, some pre-orders for theold incarnation ofMetroid Prime 4are being canceled on Amazon, as reported byNintendoLife. A Reddit user by the handle of mecha_flake is one of the customers finding out that their pre-order has been canceled, sharing the message they received from Amazon on r/Metroid. According to this message, they note that their pre-order was so old that it still had the special discount that Amazon was offering at the time, and other users are coming forward with their own orders being canceled.
Amazon Is Canceling Original Metroid Prime 4 Pre-Orders
Amazon’s official message says that theseMetroid Prime 4cancelations are due to a “lack of availability,” which could be the result ofMetroid Prime 4’s development being restartedand how long it has been since the pre-orders were first offered on Amazon’s online store. Affected customers are speculating that Amazon might not want to honor the old pre-orders’ discount price of $48, since most new Nintendo exclusives usually cost $70.
On a positive note, these pre-order cancelations seem to only pertain to the original version ofMetroid Prime 4that was announced in 2017, and don’t appear to be a sign of any further development trouble forthe retooledMetroid Prime 4: Beyond. The next chapter in Samus’ first-person saga is still set to be released in 2025, and there has even been speculation thatMetroid Prime 4could serve as a launch title for the new Nintendo Switch 2 console.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
The galaxy’s greatest bounty hunter Samus Aran will embark on a new mission in Metroid Prime™ 4: Beyond, coming to Nintendo Switch in 2025.
