Metroid has rarely been able to play with the Nintendo big boys as far as sales are concerned, so it’s no surprise that Samus merch drops have been a fair bit rarer than those seen for Zelda and Mario. But, with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond finally here, Nintendo is changing that… in Japan, at least.
Yes, a new wave of Metroid merch is now available exclusively at the Nintendo Stores in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka and the Okinawa pop-up. Just to really rub salt in the wound, it’s also available on the My Nintendo Store, exclusively in Japan. *sigh* Back to looking longingly at plane tickets, it is.
Simply put, the new range is awesome. There’s a super cute Baby Metroid keychain, a Morph Ball zip-up pouch, a ‘gadget case’ for all your wires and charging banks, and even glasses so you can ‘cheers’ Prime 4 in style.
The real winners, mind you, are the Metroid ice cube tray — because why have cube-shaped ice, when it could look like a tiny alien? — and the Arm Cannon pillow, which, yes, you can actually wear. There’s no sign of a Western release for all these newbies just yet, but we’re genuinely considering coughing up the extortionate shipping fees just to have funny-shaped ice.
The full collection ranges in price from 2,420 yen (around £12 / $16) for the keychain up to 6,600 yen (around £32 / $43) for the Arm Cannon pillow.
It feels unlikely that we’ll ever get our hands on any of these goodies out West, so we’ll have to take joy in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, which arrives on Switch and Switch 2 today, instead. We called Samus’ latest adventure “one of the very best Metroid games of all time” in our review, and today, the wait is finally over!
