#polishPrime4: The Survey
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Suggestions are written with the expectation that post-launch support/patches would be small in scope. They are not intended to make implications or assertions about the quality of "Beyond".

Welcome, and thank you for joining us! This survey is part of an initiative led by fans and critics of the game Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

Results have been released!
The above link will take you to a spreadsheet showing all form submissions, the ranked choice winner of each section, along with other nifty data. Here on google forms you can also see a spread of bar graphs showing the number of times each answer was given each ranking. You can still take the survey if you like, and the data will update accordingly.


Original text:
Four months after the release of Metroid: Dread, Nintendo released patches aimed to improve the experience for players of varying skill levels and preferences. In our shared appreciation for the Metroid series we have banded together to solicit fan feedback and, with the community's help, draw Nintendo's attention to it. At the same time, the data collected can help fans understand each other's preferences better, perhaps mending some of the divisions we're facing.

Whether you already enjoy Metroid Prime 4 as it is or you found your experience could have been significantly improved, we thank you for sharing your opinion! Please consider sharing this survey afterward, along with why you'd like to see a patch for the game. Let's get Nintendo to #polishPrime4!
- Alta Count, organizer

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This survey contains minor spoilers.

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Are there any elements of the game that would benefit from a minor ability upgrade being added?
Please rate answers to questions in order of preference (1 being highest).
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Upgrade to Missile rate-of-fire.
Upgrade to Samus's movement speed.
Upgrade to Vi-O-La speed/acceleration.
Additional Vi-O-La boost charge/improved charging.
Upgrade to Control Beam damage.
Upgrade to Psychic/Control Beam charge rate.
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How can the Green Crystal hunt be improved?
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Increase rate of energy gained from crystals, caches, and boulders. Lower total crystals accordingly.
Accelerate crystal spawns over the course of the story, allowing for earlier completion.
Grant radar upgrade at beginning and replace with new reward.
Increase size of Vi-O-La's collision with crystal patches.
Clarify that shrines and boulders have the highest concentrations of energy.
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How can the Sol Valley experience be improved?
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Integrate menu with Cargo Launcher to allow selection of Volt Forge misfire location, as well as entrances to other major locations.
Reduce/alter enemy spawns.
Improve access to and clarity about Tokabi camp locations. Remove upgrade markers on map when Tokabi is not present.
Allow earlier access to teleporter patches upgrade.
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How can the game's lore experience be improved?
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Add logbook entries that help clarify Sylux's motivations/impact/abilities in the story.
Add logbook entries to areas that do not contain any.
Add the game's cutscenes to the gallery, with text summaries to help clarify key plot details.
Finish and implement any related cut content possible.
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How can your experience with the Federation Troopers be improved? Part 1: Narrative
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Make base conversations between Troopers happen more frequently.
Finish/implement any related cut content possible.
Implement an option to disable most non-critical dialogue (chatter) in gameplay.
Reward talking to Troopers and observing base conversations with Green Energy/minor upgrades.
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How can your experience with the Federation Troopers be improved? Part 2: Gameplay
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Improve the Psychic Visor's revival range/speed.
Increase Trooper agility (faster and/or interruptable animations).
Increase Trooper damage dealt.
Implement protection from one additional hit when Troopers are downed.
Increase Trooper health.
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How can the combat experience be improved?
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Add audio/visual feedback for hits landed on critical weak-points to indicate increased damage.
Clarify any weapon/elemental weaknesses possessed by boss enemies.
Increase blast size and damage of psychic bomb.
Decrease difficulty of early-game Psybot encounters.
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How can the experience of using Vi-O-La be improved?
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Increase max speed of Vi-O-La.
Increase base acceleration of Vi-O-La.
Decrease speed/acceleration caps in "Speed Limited" areas.
Increase rate of/minimal speed threshold for charging boost.
Increase Vi-O-La collision size in relation to interactables.
Increase damage of Vi-O-La's attacks.
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Other part 1: Control/Play Quality of Life
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Restore scan rate, color coding, and voice confirmation of Metroid Prime 2/3's Scan Visor.
Reduce input needed to complete grapple lasso maneuvers.
Decrease enemy health modifier in Hard mode.
Increase speed of psychic glove operations.
Allow remapping of menu button in controls.
Speed up user interface elements (objectives shown on map, item upgrade messages, etc).
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Other Part 2: Meta/Overall Quality of Life
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Re-implement scans carrying over between playthroughs.
Unlock Hard difficulty from beginning.
Indicate existence of any critical damage weakpoints in enemy scans/mention critical weakpoints in tutorials.
Make difficulty alter other aspects of gameplay such as timed event duration.
Add option to disable automatic radio hints from NPCs.
Alter some scripts and invisible collision to accommodate sequence breaks.
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Other Part 3: Bonus content
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Add fourth difficulty that increases enemy damage exclusively even further.
Add ability to select suit and primary beam appearance on new game plus.
Add boss rush+boss select mode.
Implement 3D model viewer for logbook from prior Prime games.
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Please indicate the priority with which you would like each element of the game addressed.
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Upgrades
Green Crystal Hunt
Sol Valley Experience
Lore
Federation Troopers
Combat
Vi-O-La
Quality of Life/Bonus Content
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Would you prefer updates focus on multiple small changes, or a small number of larger changes?
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Please indicate the order with which you'd like to see paid DLC support for Prime 4 prioritized.
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Expansions to the main game (levels and story).
Expansions to side content (Sol Valley, Vi-O-La test circuit, etc).
New game modes.
Minor additions (cosmetics, minor gameplay tweaks).
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