A Villain 18 Years in the Making - Metroid Prime 4 Theories and Speculation 

"Samus, you can't stop me. My head is a futuristic toaster"

Scariest thing about Sylux: he got not only two metroids but also 4 space pirates to behave in a coordinated and disciplined manner.

The "metroids" may just be "mochtroids" since they do not have the triple core. I'm expecting them to potentially upgrade across multiple encounters with him in the game.

New details regarding Metroid's lore are so rare and infrequent that when something pops up, it feels like an actual real life conspiracy is being uncovered. I'm not saying you should wait 18 years to reveal conclusions to plot threads, or that they did so intentionally, but man, being a metroid fan is like being an archeologist.

I can't believe we finally have a game that gives Hunters and Federation Force a payoff.

I'm so happy the scan visor is back. I was worried it would be forgotten or considered "out dated"

It does make sense why sylux is working with the space pirates because they both hate the federation and samus, so why not join forces against your shared foes

Man the Metroid series is just killing it with proper story sequels. Dread was the perfect sequel to fusion building on all the plot points and prime 4 looks like it might be the perfect prime 3 sequel

Man, Hunters is rife with plot points that are begging to be followed up on. Spire is the last survivor of a race of magma creatures who are all but extinct for reasons even HE doesn’t know. Kanden is a super soldier created in a mysterious lab that he destroyed. Trace is from the Kriken Empire, which is a whole antagonistic faction unto itself. I am so glad at least one of the rival bounty hunters is finally getting followed up on, at least.

Let's be real: this announcement was such an unexpected surprise and yet I'm so hyped ! I really hope Sylux will make for a great antagonist. I do think he has some good potential in all honesty.

Oh, no. Someone that can actually run the Space Pirates like an actual *organized* force

One thing I'm curious about regarding Sylux having two Metroids following him involves the lore introduced in Dread. Samus has Thoha DNA, and the Thoha were the Chozo who could control Metroids. It wouldn't be unreasonable to conclude that the Baby Metroid's imprinting on Samus wasn't simply a behavior that newly-hatched Metroids would show to anyone, but in fact had to do with her Thoha DNA. If that's true, then Metroids imprinting on Sylux might suggest that he actually has some sort of connection to the Chozo... This is especially interesting, because unlike the other Hunters characters, his species was never specified.

A new metroid game? I could die today not playing it and leave the world in peace, knowing hundreds would get to experience PEAK

Big realization, the object that was being carted away by an unarmed human earlier in the trailer, looks to be the same thing as the object seem behind the letters in the logo

Like i said in another video, I wasn't sold on Sylux as a main antagonist until i saw him in the trailer. He looked very badass.

Can't wait to see Sylux being secretly a wholesome dad for those Metroids

Due to how Sylux is shown to have a deep seated hatred towards the Federation, I can bet he holds a "by any means necessary" mentality, joining the Space Pirates and having the two Metroids but using them as just tools. But that were I can see the possibility of Sylux becoming a more complex villain by making him an twisted version of what Samus is. A victim of a Space Pirate attack, but puts blame on the Federation for some reason, was capable of stealing the suit and Shock Coil to become a Bounty Hunter/(violent) Assassin who goes after the Federation.

I hope silux is a more complex villian. I low key hope hes actually treating the metroids as his kids instead of pure weapons.

"subarashii" -Space Bondrewd

"The Space Pirate Homeworld has been conquered and occupied. " Just so you know, it's been stated, that Utraghus (aka Corruption "Pirate Homeworld") isn't their actual "homeworld" in a traditional sense. It's more akin to what Zebes is to the Space Pirates, as opposed to their main planet of origin.

"Bondrewd? How did you out of the Abyss?"

I remember back when Super Smash Bros. Brawl was coming out, I really wanted Sylux to be in it. From what I remember, he was one of those characters that a decent amount of people wanted in the game. A lot of people were hyping him up for a future Metroid game, given the ending of Corruption. I always found his trophy cool looking in Brawl and wished that he was playable. Man, those were good times... Considering his prominence in Metroid Prime 4 Beyond as the main antagonist, I have a strong feeling that he'll make his way into the next entry of the Smash series. Let's be real: A new Smash is inevitable, even without Sakurai's involvement. I would love to see Sylux make an appearance as a playable fighter. ^^

My personal theory is that Syluxs true identity is Ian Malkovich. The brother of Adam. Somehow surviving the blast from the ship’s reactor going critical. Adam didnt try anything to save him, samus wanted to save him and probably could have but Adam told her no. Hints how he was able to steal the armor and has a hatred towards the Federation and Samus. Thinking samus, his closest friend in the time just let him “Die”

Going to go out on a limb and say that whatever Silux is up to is going to be the cause of the Federation declaring genocide against the Metroids in Metroid II. This may be our last chance to fight Metroids in a Metroid game that isn't a remake, as well as get a new Ridley boss fight. Regarding Silux's alliance with the space pirates, he may have seen them as useful and picked them up. They do voluntarily follow a powerful leader. I thought the planet at the end was Talon IV. At least it looks like it to me, and it has the musical cues.

My observations: - Sylux is the new leader of the Space Pirates. He is trying to or already collected a sample of Phazon to destroy the Galactic Federation. And maybe using for other purposes. - the Metroids are actually Mochtroids. - logo indicates Time Shift mechanics. Kensuke Tanabe already commented that he would like to do this in Metroid Prime 4. - there's also portal in that green area

I can't believe Samus has to fight Bondrewd now.

What if Sylux developed a method to control metroids, and brought that knowledge to the Space Pirates with the promise of sharing that method if they helped him hunt down Samus?

I forgot that i used to watch the intro animation to Hunters and just be in awe of how good the visuals looked on the DS screen. I'd truly love a modern HD port.

Looks like Sylux has made some Serious upgrades to his stolen GF prototype power armor. Reduced the Vents of light and Improve its Silhouette.

The Metroid Prime 4 announcement was the main reason I bought a switch. In 2017. I can’t believe it’s finally here, I lost hope years ago.

About those Metroids. Based on appearance they are not *real* Metroids, but something else that is called Mochtroids or something and are the first Metroids that were cloned by the Pirates. However they are weaker than the normal Metroids and deemed a failure. Mochtroids had only 1 nucleus and not the usual 3 that normal Metroids have. They first appeared in Super Metroid, which I think is Metroid 2, if I'm not mistaken. That would mean that Prime 4 is still set between Metroid 1 and Metroid 2 and most likely the final Prime game. About your assessment beginning at 7:02 that the Pirates had been defeated after Prime 3. I don't think the Pirate Homewolrd in Prime 3 was their only world. It's been a while, but if memory serves correctly than it was just one Planet under Pirate control. And I think the federation didn't have the Manpower to occupy the Planet for long so they bailed after the Phazon Crisis.

I really like the idea of the tech in question being time travel related and the lush forest planet actually being the same barren planet but in the distant past

I kind of hope that like Prime 1, the meat of this game takes place on just one planet with many different biomes, as opposed to having to travel to different planets.

Watch Sylux turn out to be Adam's brother who was shown to have died to his and samus' inaction. When that ship exploded. I mean it would make sense if he became vengeful.

Sylux and Traces' designs go so hard and I'm glad at least one is getting something

Sylux: *angry stares at Samus* Samus: *angry stares back* Me: SYLUX ITS SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN PAL :D

Honestly the subtitle of the game, Beyond, has got me *real* curious about what exactly Sylux and his pirate goons are stealing. Assuming its not just stealing for the sake of stealing (though that does feel like Sylux's speed), my gut instinct is we may be doing some stuff with dimensional tech. Not mirror worlds like Prime 2, but full on parallel universes or timelines. The pirates might be looking for a timeline where they're victorious, and Sylux might be looking for a timeline where the Federation never existed. Who knows. Wild-ass baseless speculation, but that's all I've got for now.

I think I remember reading somewhere (an interview or leak?) that Prime 4 is going to explore more of the dynamic and interactions between Samus and the Federation. Both Prime 3 and Federation Force were kinda teasers of this concept, with the large faction battles and such.

I’m really hoping Sylux’s hatred for the Federation is actually justified and they seriously have some skeletons in their closet.

This characters cameo actually encapsulated me into the series of all of a sudden. The badass rift that plays and the pose he does as he comes through was actually sick. The only metroid i've even touched was a little bit of prime 1/2 on my neighbors gamecube a long time ago. Thanks for making this video and explaining the characters backstory!

Being born in 2001 Prime has been with me literally my entire life and I cannot express how excited I am! As a Metroid fan I have had to learn to be patient and I'm so glad its paying off!! Also, I found your channel through metroid so I am 100% okay with more videos about it

A gamer after my own heart. Every game should have a scan visor!

One thing I'd like to add to your comment on the new logo, is that to me, the black hole-esque shape reminds me a lot of the Dark Aether portals from Prime 2, which may hint at a return of either The Ing (yes please) or at least a further exploration of the dimension they came from. Which would honestly be quite fitting considering Echoes is the game that canonically takes place right after Hunters.

I hope Weavel comes back. Sylux is rooming with the pirates, so the chance isn't zero. It's nice that we have a real rival though. With Ridley being more of a Frieza figure, the only real rival Samus has ever had was Dark Samus, a now dead doppelganger. I feel like Sylux has a chance of sticking around for some time. I also hope the tank controls come back as an option.

I’m so happy prime 4 is coming, Metroid is finally getting the love it deserves after dread of course. Samus is the most badass bounty hunter, and she can proudly stand next to doom guy.

THE BABY

Nintendo isn’t really known for their writing or stories in games. They often leave it to fans to pick up all the breadcrumbs and come up with timelines and story arcs. So when it comes to Silux, we’re giving them a lot of credit for concealing his motivations when in reality they probably didn’t write anything more about him until Prime 4.

Since in the timeline, Metroid samus return happens after this game. My theory, Sylux does something so bad with the metroids that the federation finally decides to just eradicate the metroids.

I'm calling it now. Sylux is actually Ian Malkovich who survived the explosion and was resurrected as a crazed super soldier.

I find it interesting that the two metroids were tethered to him

I wouldn't be surprised if Sylux is actually Samus's long-lost direct relative like father or brother. Or maybe he's the "remember me?" guy from Other M

Based on his weapon absorbing the life energy of his enemies, i think that there was some trace if Dark Samus, and by extension The Metroid Prime, after Samus beat her at the end of Prime 3 and Sylux either came in behind us and absorbed the weakened Metroid Prime or got possessed by it.

only thing i think you missed was the portal behind samus when the shot of the forest planet starts, looks kinda like the ones from MP2, tho i don't think the dual side of maps mechanic from echoes will come back.

Clearly Sylux hasn’t been reading the space pirate memos. “Metroids are not pets. Metroids are not for target practice”

Out of pocket theory? This mysterious bounty hunter is a dark reflection of Samus. Whereas she was traumatized by space pirates and raised by Chozo, he was traumatized by the federation and followed a similar but darker path.

"Brinstar" wasn't the name of the planet in the first game. The planet was named "Zebes". Brinstar was one of several areas within Zebes.

Not saying theyre tied together but the new logo image they replaced the screw attack with does look similar to Luminoth tech. Considering how their tech and the light suit look it is possible that the "new" race might not be new at all. Considering the Chozo were close allies and trade partners with the Luminoth it wouldnt be out of the realm of possibility that the Luminoth had another colony. Furthermore its stated in Prime 1s manual that the Chozo disappeared from the galaxy this is also further confirmed by Metroid Dread. Maybe the Chozo or several other alien species left the primary galaxy and founded new colonies leading to the Gfed and Samus trying to or accidentally locating them hence the beyond subtitle.

IT’S SAMUEL HAYDEN!

I wonder if this will open the Metroid series to the concept to time travel. Black holes have been theorized to be portals to other worlds or even to different points in time. Would explain the logo change. I can't say for sure but if they are looking to play with time mechanics, I hope they do it right.

@3:19 Just to point out, those 2 creatures behind Sylux are Mochtroid and not Metroids. Mochtroid resemble Metroid larvae, but are in fact the result of Space Pirates' first failed attempts at cloning Metroids. Mochtroids were only found in a sub-aquatic Pirate outpost in Maridia.

Metroid hunter wad a fucking gem. Spent hrs on the online as a kid since it's the only online game I was able to play at the timev lol

I'm definitely on board for more Metroid videos from you! Metroid is one of my favorite video game series 😁

I hope they bring back the other hunters somehow. Weavel was already a space pirate so it is easy to see him working with Sylux. Trace and Kanden are already power-hungry so they could appear again. Spire and Noxus were actually decent people, and I think it would be cool to meet them again, not as rivals but as friends. "Hey, Samus. Sorry about what happened 18 years ago. I had a good reason. Can we fight space pirates now?"

Perfect opportunity for a Thanos-like grand villain.

Looking at Samus' HUD, the bottom left shows the missile launcher selected as her secondary weapon, while the actual missile counter is on the bottom right. There are 3 empty slots on the left. Might hint at other "secondary" weaponry options besides missiles. Since super missiles have always been the charge combo for the regular missile, these empty slots could be other types of new weapons. I doubt it's for different beams, like in the previous game. It wouldn't make sense to show them together with the missile launcher, unless selecting a different beam makes her unable to use missiles.

Goddamn you work FAST

Sylux gives me heavy lockdown from transformers vibes. A badass bounty hunter somehow able to stand toe to toe with the most powerful main character

Sylux probably will be a temporary replacement for Ridley; since he was defeated in MP3, thus space pirates are leaderless. He (or maybe she?) will most likely be the right hand to whoever is in charge now; and most likely will end up betraying them for its own personal purposes. This is a great opportunity to build a worthy Rival for samus.

I think it’s possible you could start the game with basic functions, as it makes sense that you’d lose your upgrades from Prime 3 since much of the suits functions were Phazon enhanced.

It would be kinda cool if we got multiple worlds. Not saying it has to be in this game, but I think the concept would be kinda cool.

So stoked to see my wife back in action

ok, FatBrett, my fav youtuber talking about my second fav metroid character, what a time

My guess of why the Pirates are with Sylax is because quite literally they have no one left to join for the moment Ridley is currently dead, So is Kraid, And so is Mother Brain

Thanks Obesebrett

Honestly this is the most observant overview on the trailer I've seen so far. Also I love the idea of Sylux using Mochtroids as his personal attack dogs, they will probably evolve throughout the game

Hopefully this means we’ll get follow up story analysis on the rest of the Metroid Prime games soon in preparation for this new release. I loved your videos on the space pirates as well as the first Metroid Prime 🙌🏽🙌🏽

My theory is that he is Samus’ lost little brother Solomon Aran all grown up and evil. He hates the federation for not coming to their rescue and hates Samus for abandoning him and working with the federation. I know his canon status is VERY debatable as he was only mentioned in a source material for prime a long time ago and hasn’t been mentioned since but i think it is possible if unlikely. Either way Sylux is going to be a very cool and interesting “new” humanoid rival to Samus.

It’s probably disproven by now, but part of me is hoping that the theory of Sylux being Samus’ long-lost younger brother is true. Think of the drama that would bring to the story.

im expecting a samus is a girl reveal for sylux

I used to have prime hunters, so seeing sylux again was a blast from the past.

The logo for Metroid Prime 4 reminds me of Sylux's Lockjaw (His version of the morphball) if it was made with today's graphics...except it's now purple instead of green. Since his armor is a prototype there could be room for upgrades of his own just like Samus thus resulting in that purple shade in the logo, would be interesting since it would drawn more parallel to both since they're bounty hunters with seemingly equal skill.

He steals Samus' heart, his whole goal is to win the Hunter's affection thats the reason tottally

Didn’t expect this from Brett, but I was hyped that Sylux was actually showing up to pay off that ending with the Delano 7

My theory is that Sylux is actually Samus' brother. Her brother seemingly survived in the original manga but since then we have had no idea about it. He could hate the federation due to the fact that they often want samus to eliminate threats only to use those threats as weapons for their own use (metroid cloning in fusion). Also side note, the metroids behind Sylux actually look like mochtroids, being they only have 1 red nucleus instead of 3

I feel like I need to point out this tidbit because not a lot of people are going to be aware of this but those are not Metroid's floating besides Silux. Those are Mochtroids, you can tell because they don't have the classic triple nucleus of actual Metroid and only a single nucleus. Mochtroids are a poor attempt at cloning Metroids.

I saw this and thought "not another fan video" but IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING IM LEGIT CRYING. im such a metroid nerd amd prime 3 was so cool to me and finally

The Metroids look a lot more like Mocktroids from Super Metroid, but it's still super interesting to see Sylux with two of them under his control. I bet he created them from the DNA of the Metroid he stole in Federation Force's secret ending and that's how he landed the allegiance of the Pirates, since they get him on his side, they get the Metroids on his side. That would be such a badass introduction for a Metroid villain.

Imagine if Sylux is actually Samus from the future or an alternate reality/timeline or something? Would kind of make sense how closely she's been tailgated and seemingly not known about it, as well as how evenly matched they've been.

Space Pirates follow the biggest fish around. That used to be Mother Brain, then it was Ridley. Now at their lowest Sylux probably took advantage of that. He's equal to Samus and we know how much she eclipses the space pirates. He's probably not only got them to join him, he's most likely the new ruler all together.

I am certainly here for any and all Metroid content. Dread needs a sequel too and I'd be super excited if they brought in some of those story elements for Prime. My only question, is if it's going to be classic level design, or will we have more of an open world design?

2 posts in the same week? HELL YES!

Great video, nice analysis!

"Beyond" seems to imply going someplace outside time/space. This should be interesting.

silux is hot

I always appreciate the little bit of extra depth in your videos! I don't necessarily agree with your point about the Prime 3-style multiple planets though; the trailer could largely be showing an intro area, with the forest scene showing the main planet.

Oh, I'm so down for more Metroid content. I mean, I'll watch whatever you put out, but your thoughts on one of my favorite series' are definitely fun to watch lol

Sylux has some unknown connection to Samus. You know, Samus does technically have a brother out there somewhere. Maybe dead maybe not. Maybe he's bitter that she "left" him on the K-2L colony.

apparently its the same ship from MP3... so she get out from it upstairs? huh? better than her previous "entrance" from "down"

I’d love to see a Gannondorf video like the one you made for Sephroth. I doubt we’ll ever get it but man, I’d love to see you go over him as a villain and his backstory.

An interesting thing to note is that even though Prime 4 takes place before Dread, the ending of that game kinda puts the Metroid-like nature of Sylux's weapon in even sharper definition. Coupled with him imprinting on baby Metroids, it seems they're setting him up to be even more of a dark reflection of Samus than the actual Dark Samus was.