Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Gameplay Highlights Early Exploration and the Annoying Myles MacKenzie

Nintendo dropped a pretty impressive overview trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond today, showcasing the various sights and sounds of Viewros and what new abilities Samus would rock. However, it also revealed Galactic Federation soldiers who can assist the player. AI companions, if you would.

Thanks to various hands-on previews and gameplay, we get a little more up-close and personal with one of them – Myles MacKenzie. An engineer who’s more than a little starstruck by Samus (understandably so), he proceeds to accompany her in the first hour of the game.

The results can be seen in VGC’s gameplay below, as Myles advises opening the map, screeches in terror when wild beasts appear, and more. While the sweeping vistas of Viewros and its mysterious architecture look pretty nice, the tension of monsters ambushing you on the bridge is lowered when Myles shouts out instructions.

Samus eventually leaves Myles behind at a terminal, but not before he reveals that it’s “about to get real nerdy in here.” While the other companions don’t appear to be as annoying, the writing doesn’t exactly inspire much confidence right now.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond launches on December 4th. It will be available for Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, with the latter supporting mouse controls and HDR.