Metroid Prime 4 Will Finally Answer An 18-Year Old Mystery

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Nintendo’s first look at not only gave players an exciting look at the new game but also teased answers to a mystery that the series has been setting up for years. In fact, itself has been teased for years at this point, originally being announced back at E3 2017. When is released in 2025, it will have been 8 years since players first learned about its existence.

Now, players have gotten their first look at new gameplay, and a hint at some story details. Based on the reveal of the game’s antagonist in the trailer, it seems like the series is going to start giving players some long-awaited answers. The game’s villain has been around in the franchise for 18 years, but still, players know very little about him. Fans of the series will likely be eager to learn what is going to reveal.

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Nintendo’s announcement trailer for revealed that Sylux will be one of the game’s antagonists, alongside a group of space pirates. Sylux — a rival bounty hunter to Samus Aran — was originally introduced as one of the six other bounty hunters in for the Nintendo DS. Very little information was revealed about Sylux in that game; players don’t even know Sylux’s species, or what they look like inside their suit of armor.

While this wouldn’t be a big deal for a minor character in the series, players have been given reason to believe that Sylux may be more important than they first seemed. In the years since Sylux’s first appearance, they have been continually set up as a rival for Samuswith little payoff. Now, it seems like will finally be giving fans more information on this character.

Following their appearance in, Sylux has appeared in two hidden endings for subsequent games. The first was in, where the hidden ending showed Sylux trailing Samus in their ship, in a shot reminiscent of Boba Fett tracking the. This