Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is out this week, ending an 18-year hiatus between this game and the release of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in 2007. Samus Aran picks up a few new tricks in this sequel, including her new bike, the Vi-O-La. But if you want to hear some optional ambient music while Samus cruises the deserts of planet Viewros, it’s going to cost you $30 or the price of a Samus Aran Amiibo.
Players have discovered that plugging in the Samus Amiibo enables Vi-O-La Radio, which enables players to choose the music that accompanies Samus’s extended journey across the Sol Valley desert on the Vi-O-La. There is already some ambient music and noise to go with those scenes, this just allows players to choose music tracks from other areas to listen to. Finishing the game will also unlock two additional tracks for Vi-O-La Radio.
The regular ambient music of Sol Valley doesn’t make it a bad experience, and it seems to be evoking something thematically about the planet’s history. The music may not be necessary, but some fans may resent having to pay for an option that could have just as easily been included in the base game.
While the Samus Amiibo adds the music, the Vi-O-La Amiibo unlocks the skin options for the Vi-O-La. The Sylux Amiibo unlocks the extended cutscenes (after you complete the game), but you can also get those by getting 100% scanning.
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is out now for Switch and Switch 2. You can also find GameSpot’s Metroid Prime 4 review to see what we thought of it.