Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is out. I checked Nintendo of America’s store and the December 4, 2025 date on both SKUs. Nintendo Switch is $59.99. The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is $69.99. Those are the numbers the US store is charging, not a guess from a listing aggregator. The same store page sells the Switch 2 Edition Upgrade Pack for $9.99 if you already bought the Switch copy and later picked up the newer box.
Nintendo of America dated this one in the September 12, 2025 Direct. The store SKUs still say December 4, 2025. Retro Studios built it. Nintendo is selling it. After years of “when it is ready” language, the ready date is a calendar day you can actually buy.
Viewros, Sylux, and a Bike Nintendo Will Not Stop Showing
The official store copy is the one I am using. Deadly sharpshooter Sylux finally catches up with Samus Aran. Their clash dumps her on Viewros, a planet an ancient race used to live on. She has to scan, shoot, and ride her way home. Nintendo’s own launch post names the toolkit: Power Suit, Scan Visor, Power and Charge Beam, missiles, Morph Ball, plus the new Psychic Abilities. Control Beam lets her steer a projectile. Psychic Glove moves energy and wakes up mechanisms. I am not adding a secret visor they did not print.
Vi-O-La is the other new noun. Nintendo says the zones sit around a desert called Sol Valley, and the bike is leftover tech from that old civilization. You boost through enemies, return fire, and crack rocks for ore. Several Galactic Federation Troopers got pulled to Viewros in the same accident. Follow the distress signals and you fight with them. That is Nintendo’s sentence, not a co-op mode I invented.
$69.99 Buys Mouse Aim and a Frame-Rate Toggle
The Switch 2 Edition is the SKU Nintendo wants on the new hardware. The US store lists Joy-Con 2 mouse aiming, plus enhanced resolution, framerate, and load times. Quality Mode is 60 frames per second at 4K docked and 1080p handheld. Performance Mode is 120 frames per second at 1080p docked and 720p handheld. Both modes are HDR compatible. Those figures are on the product page. I am not guessing a handheld 4K number Nintendo did not write.
If you are still on the original Switch, the $59.99 version is the one that exists for you. Nintendo’s December post is explicit that you can buy the upgrade pack later. $9.99 is the US store price for that pack. I do not have an official US preload clock on either listing, so I am not hanging one on this piece.
The Direct Date Held
The launch trailer sits on Nintendo of America’s YouTube, which is the cut I am embedding. Watch @NintendoAmerica if you want the North American account that actually posts store windows. The primary pages are the Switch 2 Edition store listing, the Switch listing, and Nintendo’s available-now post. $59.99, $69.99, $9.99, December 4. That is the whole receipt. Prime 4 is no longer a rumor with a motorcycle in it. It is a SKU.