Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. It’s been a while since we had anything new to see for Metroid ...

Nintendo has revealed a bit more about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, due later this year — but made no mention of the strongly rumored possibility that there will be a Switch 2 version as well as a the ...

10 years ago, Metroid Prime series producer Kensuke Tanabe sat down with me at E3 2015 and said he'd like to make a new game in the franchise with a time travel mechanic. This was, obviously, a long ...

The Metroid franchise has a complex timeline — especially when you include both its classic 2D games and the 3D “Prime” sub-series. Stories jump around, reboots and retcons slide in, and spin-offs ...