Nintendo followers are sad a few $30 Metroid Prime 4: Past amiibo figurine that allows you to flip in your motorcycle’s radio.
As beforehand introduced, the Metroid Prime 4: Past Samus amiibo unlocks a spread of in-game options, together with an vitality defend that blocks 99 harm — restricted to 1 use per day. However fan dialogue has now centered on the very fact this amiibo additionally unlocks a jukebox function for Samus’ Vi-O-La motorcycle, which lets you hear different themes from the sport.
Dialogue across the rights and wrongs of Nintendo offering further options for amiibo homeowners is nothing new, and dozens of Nintendo video games embody unique additions for individuals who personal related collectible figurines (or borrow them from pals). Moreover, on this case, there have additionally been a lot of inaccuracies shared over the radio’s utilization, with some stories incorrectly stating that it consists of in any other case unique music, or that the bike’s predominant Sol Valley space is silent in any other case.
It is true that the Sol Valley’s etheral, ambient music is comparatively sparse — the desert-like space is supposed to be a wasteland, in spite of everything, and a notably totally different atmosphere from the sport’s predominant areas that Samus as soon as once more explores on foot.
Nonetheless, some followers have recommended that it will have been good to have the choice of turning on the in-game radio with out shopping for a $29.99 toy, which — whereas a well-recognized argument for Nintendo video games with amiibo-exclusive options — appears honest sufficient.
“Could not they’ve given us that jukebox mode within the first place as a substitute of getting us purchase an adjunct to unluck stated jukebox mode?” wrote Nintendo fan knightedwolf851 on reddit. “Spending more cash on a recreation we already purchased for 70-80 bucks?”
“Actually, if the DLC is one thing that does not impact the gameplay and story then I am effective with this,” countered one other fan, Kerrpllady. “It’s a beauty that does not affect the sport. (In contrast to the the Skyward Sword teleport, which I believe that mechanic eliminated some choice making from the sport in any case.)”
“30 {dollars} to kill the supposed ambiance? Okay then,” quipped a 3rd fan, The_Pepper_Oni.
i genuinely suppose the desert would have been a minimum of 3x higher if that they had put some BANGING music behind it. Nevertheless it simply feels so…vapid #MetroidPrime4 pic.twitter.com/xqCAPxBgWP
— André (@AndreSegers) December 3, 2025
IGN has a full information to Metroid Prime 4: Past’s amiibo performance, rewards and unlocks, which additionally embody a distance traveled counter and additional Vi-O-La paintjobs. Beforehand, we reported on the sport’s Sylux amiibo figurine that lets you watch a specifically edited in-game cutscene that in any other case requires 100% completion.
“Metroid Prime 4: Past is a superb, if comparatively uneven, revival that reaches heights worthy of the Metroid identify in its finest moments,” IGN wrote in our Metroid Prime 4: Past evaluation, scoring the sport an 8/10.
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