Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has received its official ESRB rating, sparking hope that release date news is on the way soon.

Now updated on the US eShop, Metroid Prime 4 has received a Teen rating, with animated blood and violence. In the UK, it has a provisional PEGI 12. These ratings are the same as Metroid Prime Remastered.

Back in July the game popped up on the Korean ratings board, but still we don’t have a release date beyond 2025.

Earlier this month, Nintendo reiterated the latest in its beloved sci-fi series would still launch this year, despite rumours of a delay.

That followed a poster for the game appearing on the London Underground stating, incorrectly, that it was “out now”.

Metroid Prime 4 will be released across both Switch and Switch 2, with the latter being a prime example of the console’s varied control capabilities – including mouse mode.

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