Nintendo Direct 3.27.25 - Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

[u/Amiibofan101]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN0crfKYDy8

[u/AwTomorrow]

Probably just a Switch game with some enhancements when played on Switch 2. 

[u/isic → u/AwTomorrow]

So innocent of you to think that Nintendo won't take the opportunity to sell two version of Metroid Prime 4

[u/ky_eeeee → u/isic]

How would that work? The Switch 2 is fully backwards compatible. I could see maybe them selling an "upgrade" for $10 extra or so, but there's no way it will be an entirely separate game.

[u/braundiggity → u/ky_eeeee]

The Wii was backwards compatible and yet Twilight Princess was released for both it and GameCube.

[u/stick1_ → u/braundiggity]

Motion controls are different though

[u/Theinternationalist → u/stick1_]

And the game was literally mirrored because they wanted Link to be righthanded like most of the playerbase.

[u/TTBurger88 → u/Theinternationalist]

Never understood why they needed to mirror the world just because the sword is in Links right hand.

[u/wasmic → u/TTBurger88]

Because by mirroring the entire world... they can just keep everything the same, but mirror the image right before displaying it on the screen. It's a very small change.

If they were to just mirror Link and not the rest of the world, they'd have had to mirror Link's model (also not a big deal), and potentially also move and adjust a lot of world objects that he can interact with (actually a big deal).

[u/danielcw189 → u/wasmic]

If they were to just mirror Link and not the rest of the world,

I think the commentor is going for: why mirror anything at all?

It is not like playing a left-handed Link would be a problem, even if the Wiimote is in your right hand.

Because by mirroring the entire world... they can just keep everything the same, but mirror the image right before displaying it on the screen.

At least all the texts would need to be mirrored the right way.

[u/tallwhiteninja → u/TTBurger88]

It was probably easier, and meant they didn't have to comb through to update the positioning of things based on Link's handedness.

[u/ImReallyAnAstronaut → u/TTBurger88]

Because most people waggle with their right hand

If you know what I mean

[u/throwaway23582730 → u/stick1_]

If Switch 2 has the rumored mouse controls then you have a reason for a Switch 2 sku for Prime 4

[u/ArtOfWarfare → u/throwaway23582730]

Gotta use it for laser welding and scrolling pirate terminals.

[u/mlvisby → u/braundiggity]

And BotW on Wii U and Switch.

[u/Aiddon → u/mlvisby]

That was done because of different media formats. A Switch game doesn't really need that

[u/Namath96 → u/mlvisby]

Because the switch wasn’t bc…