"Metroid Prime 4 Pre-Orders Cancelled by Amazon"

Amazon has recently begun canceling pre-orders for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, reaching out to customers via email to inform them of the changes. This development has sparked discussions about the game's future and its anticipated release in 2025. Let's delve deeper into the situation and what it could mean for fans eagerly awaiting this highly anticipated title.

Amazon Cancelling Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’s Pre-Orders

Reservation Charge will be Refunded

On January 11, 2025, reports surfaced on Reddit, Resetera, and other online forums indicating that Amazon had started canceling pre-orders for Metroid Prime 4. Screenshots shared by affected customers revealed that Amazon cited "a lack of availability" as the reason for the cancellations. Despite the disappointment, Amazon promised to refund the reservation charge within 1-2 business days, providing some relief to the affected fans.

The news has left some Metroid fans disheartened, especially those who pre-ordered the game soon after its announcement at E3 2017. However, it's important to note that the cancellation of pre-orders does not signal the cancellation of the game itself; it simply means that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is currently not available for pre-order on Amazon.

For more in-depth information about the game, be sure to check out our comprehensive Metroid Prime 4 article.

Metroid Prime 4’s Development History

Metroid Prime 4 was first announced with great fanfare at E3 2017. At the time, Nintendo's director of product marketing for America announced that Retro Studios, the developers behind the previous Metroid titles, would not be involved. The identity of the new development team was kept under wraps.

However, two years later, in a surprising turn of events, Nintendo announced that development had been restarted under Retro Studios. In a YouTube video released on January 25, 2019, Shinya Takahashi, a senior managing executive officer at Nintendo, explained that the previous development had not met the high standards expected for a sequel to the Metroid Prime series.

Fast forward to June 2024, and Nintendo unveiled a full gameplay trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond at the conclusion of its Nintendo Direct, setting the release for 2025. The trailer not only revealed the game's full title but also introduced the antagonist, Sylux, leading a faction of Space Pirates in an unnamed facility.

More recently, on January 3, 2025, Nintendo reaffirmed that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is still on track for a 2025 release, despite Amazon's pre-order cancellations. This reassurance from Nintendo should ease some of the concerns among fans.

With rumors swirling about the upcoming announcement of the Switch 2, it remains to be seen whether Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will launch on the original Nintendo Switch or its anticipated successor.