Metroid Prime 4 Past is extra mature than your common Nintendo-published first-party recreation. So gamers had been anticipating some violence, sci-fi monsters, and weapons. What they won’t have been anticipating was for therefore lots of the puzzle recreation’s doorways to appear to be, umm, nicely…
As with previous Metroid video games from Nintendo, plenty of Prime 4‘s presentation is impressed by H.R. Giger’s designs from the basic sci-fi film Alien. That is particularly evident in Metroid Prime 4‘s first massive stage, Volt Forge, which comprises plenty of Giger-esque structure and environmental particulars. However different components of Prime 4, just like the well-known artist, appear impressed by different components of human anatomy, like vaginas. What I’m making an attempt to say is there are plenty of doorways on this recreation that may make your extra prudish grandparents uncomfortable.
“Lotta vaginas on this recreation,” bluntly, however precisely, declared critic Aidan Moher on Bluesky. And he’s proper! Within the early parts of Prime 4‘s marketing campaign, you’ll encounter a number of totally different doorways that appear impressed by vulvas. Followers on-line are actually sharing screenshots of doorways that look very vaginal on-line. Some are massive, and a few are small. One among these doorways even popped up on a subreddit devoted to highlighting objects and places that look a bit like vaginas.
Why is all of the discourse on Metroid Prime 4 about Miles and never how all of the doorways are extraordinarily vaginal? Simply curious. pic.twitter.com/rLRXbypR92
— TwoTonTunic (Randyman Machosaveage) (@TwoTonTunic) December 4, 2025
MY GAWD #MetroidPrime4 Graphics are completely BREATHTAKING 😍
A Masterclass in Visuals at 4K 60fps! Top-of-the-line-looking video games immediately on Any Console #NintendoSwitch2 pic.twitter.com/KLiccDb3hf
— NintenGOD (@AesirMalos) December 4, 2025
Metroid 4 has vagina doorways pic.twitter.com/3GhrYvWaTx
— THANKFUL DAVE 🍔 (@thankfuldave29) December 4, 2025
thanks vagina temple
glad to see that prime 4 is continuous the custom of metroid doing the pg13 model of alien’s sexual hr giger biomechanica pic.twitter.com/k6zxRsveXj
— Sam (@Spainkiller) December 5, 2025
Additionally the yonic imagery is fairly fascinating.
Virtually like an inverse of Alien’s complete factor, which is cool to me since Metroid does take inspiration from that collection + Samus’ complete factor pic.twitter.com/bPrJvK7XJh— Nachtflugel Fatali (@Verumleonhart) December 4, 2025
There are even some doorways that characteristic small bumps on the high that Samus should pull down utilizing her psychic powers to open them.
It’s all fairly arduous to unsee as soon as it’s been identified to you. And actually, I believe most individuals will choose up on the vagina doorways with none assist. I’d pay some huge cash to be within the boardroom with some stuffy Nintendo execs if they’re ever sat down and instructed why, all of the sudden, vagina door and Prime 4 are trending on social media and Reddit.