#Metroid prime 4 original development update
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What do you think of the delay? Are you excited for Retro Studios to return to Metroid Prime ? Let us know in the comments section below.

#Metroid prime 4 original development update

Nintendo has released a video statement providing this update to fans.

#Metroid prime 4 original development ps3

Retro Studios is bringing in Dylan Jobe, director of cult classic PS3 shooter Warhawk, to serve as head of development for the long-delayed Metroid 4.

#Metroid prime 4 original development series

games, including the recent Smash Ultimate. Metroid Prime 4 has been rebooted and Retro Studios is now in charge of the project. Metroid Prime 4 Developer Adds Director Of PS3 Cult Hit Warhawk. By Tomas Franzese FebruMetroid Prime 4 developer Retro Studios updated its Twitter banner with new art featuring series protagonist Samus Aran. Bandai Namco has helped Nintendo develop a number of Super Smash Bros. Nintendo recently revealed that the development of Metroid Prime 4 had been restarted and while this may look on the surface to be something you should be worried about, it is actually good news.

When the game was first announced, Retro Studios was not attached to it, but reports surfaced that Bandai Namco were developing the title. Sadly, development of the game has been entirely restarted. At E3 2018, the game was 'not ready to show.' Nintendo has issued an official statement updating fans on the progress of Metroid Prime 4. Metroid Prime 4 was announced at E3 2017 with a teaser trailer that just showed the logo and that it was coming to Switch. I trust that Nintendo will have given the task of making Metroid Prime 4 to a team that can do it justice. With Retro Studios and Nintendo essentially starting the development over, it'll likely be at a few years until the game's release. Not only are we getting Metroid Prime 4, but also a future Retro game that may possibly be something completely new (please dont be another Donkey Kong game). Bringing Retro Studios onto the project was to ensure the sequel would meet fan expectations, according to Takahashi.Īs for a possible release date for Metroid Prime 4, any hopes to see it in 2019 are likely dashed at this point. But even if development only picked up after the official announcement at E3 2017. Its tough to say how far along things ever got for it.

On January 25, 2019, the games producer, Shinya Takahashi, explained that the original. All Nintendo ever showed of Metroid Prime 4 was a logo. Expecting the release of Metroid Prime 4 in 2022 however seems like a long-shot, as a 3-year development cycle for a game as complex and high budget as Prime 4 seems very unlikely.

Takahashi confirmed that Kensuke Tanabe would remain the producer of Metroid Prime 4 but work in conjunction with Retro Studios and start development from the beginning. Metroid Prime 4s long development phase is partly due to retooling. 'Metroid Prime 4' is coming to the Nintendo Switch Nintendo