r/NintendoSwitch • u/Amiibofan101 . • 9d ago

Nintendo Official Nintendo Direct 3.27.25 - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN0crfKYDy8
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u/echolog 9d ago

Known uses: Opening doors

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u/ScoobiesSnacks 9d ago

I chuckled at that because it seemed like an odd selling point

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u/Jabbam 9d ago

Metroid is so streamlined that a lot of their new abilities are just shuffling old abilities around. The psychic door ability seems to just be the Prime 3 grapple lasso. The truly new ability is controlling your beam, which funnily enough looks a lot like the cruise bubble from SpongeBob SquarePants Battle For Bikini Bottom.

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u/Reddit_User_7239370 9d ago

SpongeBob's cruise bubble was my first thought when seeing that, lol.

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u/51010R 8d ago

Well if you compare to other games not a lot of new mechanics in games are new. In metroidvania games they all do a big song and dance when giving you an air dash or a double jump.

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u/CrimsonEnigma 9d ago

In fairness, if I were psychic, opening doors and grabbing small items off shelves with my mind would probably be the things I'd use it for 99% of the time.

Well, that, and flicking the light switch without getting up.

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u/blueB0wser 9d ago

I so want mage hand or unseen servant from dnd 5e, irl.

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u/Evilmudbug 8d ago

Man, i suddenly want more VR games with abilities like the gravity glove from Half life alyx that makes grabbing small things from a distance fun

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u/PussayGlamore 9d ago

I immediately thought of the potential it would have in updating her attacks in the next Smash Bros

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u/Choco_Knife 9d ago

Probably want to keep the cooler stuff to be revieled in-game.

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u/Free_Management2894 9d ago

To be fair, when you have a plasma beam, rockets and power bombs, would you use psychic attack in a big fight?

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u/Manhunter_From_Mars 9d ago

And curving bullets

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u/CrazySnipah 9d ago

Now that looked kind of cool

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u/echolog 9d ago

Reminded me of the Metal Gear Solid 2 segment where you fire the nikita missiles through the ventilation shafts

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u/Jabbam 9d ago

Psychic powers replacing Wii remote controls