![]() ![]() Bringing the development studio that catapulted the Metroid Prime series into critical acclaim on board may be what Metroid Prime 4 needs for its best shot at success. Considering how dedicated and vocal Nintendo fans can be (especially diehard fans of the Metroid series), Metroid Prime 4 needs to be a well-polished game to see any kind. Retro Studios, the development studio behind the first three Metroid Prime games and the much-beloved Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze, will be taking over development of Metroid Prime 4. That basically resets the clock on a game highly anticipated by Nintendo fans. In a video to fans, senior managing executive officer Shinya Takahashi said that the “current development progress has not reached the standards we seek in a sequel to the Metroid Prime series.” Takahashi stated that Nintendo was not happy with the quality of the game and has decided to completely erase everything that has been done so far and to restart development. We’ve heard almost nothing about the development of the latest installment in the Metroid franchise, Metroid Prime 4, since its announcement at E3 2017. It became the fastest-selling and highest-grossing Metroid game in the UK and has sparked a boost in sales for previous games in the series worldwide.For a series that tends to fly under the radar and is usually forgotten, Metroid has an avid (if small) fan base. Development Update on Metroid Prime 4 for Nintendo Switch Nintendo of America 8.87M subscribers Subscribe 139K Share 2. Despite Nintendo saying the game was progressing well last summer, it appears that is no longer the case, as development has been restarted at Retro Studios. It certainly hasn’t damaged the franchise, Metroid Dread has benefitted from huge sales since it launched last week. Since Metroid Prime 4 was announced at E3 2017, we’ve heard very little about the first-person science-fiction adventure. Perhaps Nintendo learned from its previous mistake and elected to only announce Metroid Dread when it was virtually finished. When Metroid Dread was announced at E3 2021 many fans were understandably confused about how a different Metroid game could be announced for release later the same year when we still haven’t seen a lick of Prime 4. The project was taken away from Bandai Namco Studios, the original developer, and given to Retro Studios, who developed the original Metroid Prime games. Then, in January 2019, Shinya Takahashi of Nintendo EPD, the game development division of Nintendo, said that Metroid Prime 4 had been completely scrapped and restarted. In 2018, then Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime even said that the game was “well into development” and yet, still nothing. However, it was announced with just a logo, no gameplay or trailer and since then we still haven’t received either. Metroid Prime 4 was an incredibly hyped announcement back in 2017 when it was revealed at E3. Shinya Takahashi, in charge of development at Nintendo, recently announced that Metroid Prime 4 is being rebuilt from the ground up by Retro Studios : This change will essentially mean restarting development from the beginning, so the completion of the game will be delayed from our initial internal plan. What happened to Metroid Prime 4? It isn’t often that Nintendo announces games that take this long to come out. Metroid Prime 4 was announced all the way back in 2017, since then Metroid Dread was announced and released.
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