Nintendo Clarifies Metroid Prime 4 Timeline Amid Expectations and Disappointment

TL;DR
Nintendo has confirmed that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is set after Super Metroid and before Metroid Fusion, with the game featuring time travel and dimension-hopping, allowing for a flexible and original storyline independent of the traditional Metroid timeline.
- Nintendo confirms the timeline placement of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond GoNintendo
- Nintendo reveals Metroid Prime 4 timeline placement Nintendo Everything
- An Ecological Tale Gives Life to Metroid Prime 4 The New York Times
- Nintendo Provides An Overly Complicated Answer For When On Metroid's Timeline Prime 4 Takes Place TheGamer
- GAMING REVIEW: 2025's most anticipated game, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is a steaming pile of disappointment Startup Daily
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