Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has climbed to number 9 in the UK’s physical all-formats chart, up from number 20 the previous week. Nintendo Life’s report, reproducing a GfK chart, lists the entry as 57% Switch 2 and 43% Switch; it does not provide unit sales or a digital-chart position.
Where Metroid Prime 4: Beyond ranks this week
The game is number 9 in the UK physical all-formats chart, having risen 11 places from number 20 the week before. Nintendo Life says the title had been absent from the chart for a while before returning the previous week. It links the return to discounts “here and there,” but the report does not quantify their effect or establish them as the cause of the climb.
The ranking is for physical copies across formats. It should not be read as a combined physical-and-digital position, and the report gives no sales totals.
What the Switch and Switch 2 split means
For this chart entry, the report gives a platform share of 57% for Switch 2 and 43% for Switch. Those are reported shares, not unit counts; the chart does not state how many copies each version sold.
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#1 Best Overall
- Nintendo Switch 2 features Aim with a Joy-Con 2 controller as a mouse Experience enhanced resolution, framerate, and load times in the Nintendo Switch 2 edition of the game
- Explore a mysterious planet to find your way home Deadly sharpshooter Sylux has finally caught up with renowned bounty hunter Samus Aran! After an unexpected accident in the wake of their clash, Samus finds herself transported to Viewros—a mysterious planet once inhabited by an ancient race. Now she must explore this planet, all while battling the strange creatures that inhabit it, to find her way home.
- Scan your surroundings for clues, make the most of your equipment and weapons, and use Samus’s newfound psychic abilities—and her technologically advanced bike, the Vi-O-La—to traverse and explore the environment. Operate mechanisms, control your charge beam, and more—you’ll need every tool at your disposal to survive and escape Viewros!
- Play with mouse controls, enhanced visuals, and two different display modes—only on the Nintendo Switch 2 system Aim with a Joy-Con 2 controller as a mouse! The Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition game also features enhanced resolution, framerate, and load times.
- Two display modes let you choose how to experience the adventure. Enjoy more detail in Quality Mode, which runs at 60 frames per second in 4k while docked and in 1080p while in handheld, or prioritize super-smooth action with a higher frame rate in Performance Mode, which runs at 120 frames per second in 1080p while docked and 720p in while in handheld. Both choices are HDR compatible.
Nintendo lists both versions as launching on 4 December 2025: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Nintendo Switch and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition.
What changes in the Switch 2 Edition
Nintendo lists Joy-Con 2 mouse controls, HDR, up to 4K resolution in TV mode and up to 120 fps for the Switch 2 Edition. These are Switch 2-specific features: the Edition can only be played with them on a Nintendo Switch 2.
Rank #2
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- 1. Explore the mysterious planet Viewros as the renowned bounty hunter Samus Aran
- 2. Scan your surroundings for clues and make the most of your equipment and weapons to survive
- 3. Use Samus’s newfound psychic abilities—and her technologically advanced bike, the Vi-O-La—to traverse and explore the environment.
A Switch 2 Edition game card or virtual game card can be used in a Nintendo Switch, but it plays the Nintendo Switch version there, without the Switch 2-exclusive features. Owners of the original Switch version can purchase an upgrade pack for Switch 2.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What the game is about
Nintendo’s premise strands Samus on Viewros, where she uses psychic abilities to explore, uncover clues and survive. The standard Switch listing describes scanning statues and ruins, fighting alien creatures, riding the Vi-O-La vehicle and confronting Sylux. Nintendo classifies the game as an action / first-person shooter and lists it as PEGI 12 and amiibo compatible.
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Rank #3
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- Two display modes let you choose how to experience the adventure.
- Enjoy more detail in Quality Mode, which runs at 60 frames per second in 4k while docked and in 1080p while in handheld, or prioritize super-smooth action with a higher frame rate in Performance Mode, which runs at 120 frames per second in 1080p while docked and 720p in while in handheld. Both choices are HDR compatible.
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