Nintendo gave us another glimpse of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond during the Switch Direct last week and some fans have been so impressed with the visuals on display they are convinced it’s footage of the game running on the Switch 2.
If you, or anyone else you know are feeling the same way about what you’re seeing, you might want to watch this latest clip from the team at Digital Foundry – perhaps unsurprisingly confirming there’s no actual Switch 2 footage on display here.
There’s a lot of baked lighting, shadows, and segmented areas, and it looks very similar to the Metroid Prime Remaster dating back to 2023. The trailer is running at 60fps (with a resolution of “about 900p”), but there are also other similarities to the previous release in terms of image quality – like little to no anti-aliasing, and overall it’s a very “jagged” and “raw” looking game.
“There are no signs of Switch 2 features like DLSS, or TAA, or high-res rendering, there’s no big new lighting effect or upgraded lighting, or anything like that necessarily seems like it would come from a Switch 2 upgrade here… the visual appearance of this trailer is like firmly in Switch 1 territory.”
Despite this, Digital Foundry still thinks Metroid Prime 4: Beyond looks amazing and could potentially end up being one of the best-looking games of the Switch generation, pushing the system to its limits. They’re also thinking there’s a real chance Nintendo will bring this to the Switch 2 in some way or form sooner rather than later.
Nintendo gave us another glimpse of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond during the Switch Direct last week and some fans have been so impressed with the visuals on display they are convinced it's footage of the game running on the Switch 2.
If you, or anyone else you know are feeling the same way about what you're seeing, you might want to watch this latest clip from the team at Digital Foundry - perhaps unsurprisingly confirming there's no actual Switch 2 footage on display here.
There's a lot of baked lighting, shadows, and segmented areas, and it looks very similar to the Metroid Prime Remaster dating back to 2023. The trailer is running at 60fps (with a resolution of "about 900p"), but there are also other similarities to the previous release in terms of image quality - like little to no anti-aliasing, and overall it's a very "jagged" and "raw" looking game.
"There are no signs of Switch 2 features like DLSS, or TAA, or high-res rendering, there's no big new lighting effect or upgraded lighting, or anything like that necessarily seems like it would come from a Switch 2 upgrade here... the visual appearance of this trailer is like firmly in Switch 1 territory."
Despite this, Digital Foundry still thinks Metroid Prime 4: Beyond looks amazing and could potentially end up being one of the best-looking games of the Switch generation, pushing the system to its limits. They're also thinking there's a real chance Nintendo will bring this to the Switch 2 in some way or form sooner rather than later.
