Summary
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will reveal long-awaited answers about Sylux, a rival bounty hunter to Samus Aran.
- Sylux has been set up as a potential antagonist in the Metroid series for years, appearing in hidden endings of previous games.
- The game's trailer shows Sylux alongside space pirates and Metroids, hinting at a bigger role for the character and potential payoff for fans' curiosity.
This article contains spoilers for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Nintendo’s first look at Metroid Prime 4 itself has been teased for years at this point, originally being announced back at E3 2017. When Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is released in 2025, it will have been 8 years since players first learned about its existence.
Now, players have gotten their first look at new gameplay, and a hint at some story details. Based on the reveal of the game’s antagonist in the trailer, it seems like the Metroid Prime series is going to start giving players some long-awaited answers. The game’s villain has been around in the franchise for 18 years, but still, players know very little about him. Fans of the series will likely be eager to learn what Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is going to reveal.
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Metroid Prime 4 Will Finally Give Players More Information On Sylux
Sylux First Appeared In Metroid Prime Hunters
Nintendo’s announcement trailer for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond revealed that Sylux will be one of the game’s antagonists, alongside a group of space pirates. Sylux - a rival bounty hunter to Samus Aran - was originally introduced as one of the six other bounty hunters in Metroid Prime Hunters for the Nintendo DS. Very little information was revealed about Sylux in that game; players don’t even know Sylux’s species, or what they look like inside their suit of armor.
While this wouldn’t be a big deal for a minor character in the Metroid series, players have been given reason to believe that Sylux may be more important than they first seemed. In the years since Sylux’s first appearance, they have been continually set up as a rival for Samus with little payoff. Now, it seems like Metroid Prime 4: Beyond will finally be giving fans more information on this character.
Sylux Has Been Set Up As Metroid’s Next Big Bad For Years
Sylux Was Teased At The End Of Two Previous Metroid Games
Following their appearance in Metroid Prime Hunters, Sylux has appeared in two hidden endings for subsequent Metroid games. The first was in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, where the hidden ending showed Sylux trailing Samus in their ship, in a shot reminiscent of Boba Fett tracking the Millennium Falcon. This helped establish Sylux’s grudge against Samus and set them up as a rival that would likely show up in a future game.
The next time Sylux showed up was in another ending, this time in Metroid Prime: Federation Force. The ending of the game showed a mysterious figure breaking into the Galactic Federation’s lab and hatching a Metroid egg. Players suspected, and it was later confirmed, that Sylux was the mysterious figure from this scene.
Now, Sylux has made their return in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, flanked by space pirates and Metroids. It seems clear from the trailer that Sylux will be playing a bigger role in this game, so players may finally get some answers about their true identity, and why they hate the Federation and Samus so much. Hopefully, Sylux proves an exciting enough antagonist to justify the 18-year wait.
