However, a Eurogamer report suggested work was being done with Bandai Namco, who Nintendo have collaborated with on the past two Super Smash Bros games, Super Smash Bros for Wii U/3DS and Super Smash Bros Ultimate, alongside series creator Masahiro Sakurai’s studio Sora Ltd.Ī staffer at Bandai Namco Singapore’s studio implied the game on his LinkedIn profile last year, more or less confirming it was being made there or in collaboration with other Bamco studios. Since its original announcement two years ago at E3, Nintendo had been tight lipped as to who was making the game other than it wasn’t Retro Studios, and that development was led by a “talented new development team” according to Nintendo of America’s Bill Trinen in an interview at the show with IGN. In another tweet, Khan added that Retro was brought in not only as an effort to bring development together under one place, but after the developer pitched “their involvement and put together a demo that Nintendo liked.” “Some studios were trucking along saying it was going smoothly while it was on fire elsewhere,” he said. Takahashi added that series producer Kensuke Tanabe will work together with Retro Studios to “make this game something that will meet our fans’ expectations.” He went on to say that although it wasn’t a decision made “lightly”, it was one made to make sure MP4 would “stand shoulder to shoulder with the past Metroid Prime series titles.”Īccording to his sources, Game Informer’s senior west coast editor Imran Khan reported on Twitter that development problems stemmed from Nintendo’s “experimental ad-hoc development process,” adding that sections of the game were made in other countries. If we’re not satisfied with the quality, we aren’t able to deliver it to our customers with confidence, and the game will not live up to our fans’ expectations.” “Nintendo always strives for the highest quality in our games and in the development phase, we challenge ourselves and confront whether the game is living up to that quality on a daily basis. “Ever since the announcement, we have not been able to give you an update, but as a result of the continuing development since that time – although this is very regrettable – we must let you know that current development progress has not reached the standards we seek in a sequel to the Metroid Prime series. “We have felt it especially from the passionate words we heard when we first announced this title at E3. “We deeply understand the high anticipation that Metroid Prime fans have for this title,” said Nintendo’s head of development, Shinya Takahashi, in a video released this morning. Nintendo has announced that development on Metroid Prime 4 has been rebooted.ĭevelopment of the game, announced back at E3 2017 for Nintendo Switch in a very brief teaser trailer that only showed its logo, has been restarted and sent to Austin, Texas-based Retro Studios, responsible for making the first three games in the series on the Nintendo GameCube and Wii respectively in the 2000s. Oh well.Metroid Prime 1-3 developer Retro Studios taking over from rumoured developer, Bandai Namco. It is a shame because I thought Paper Mario and Galarian Slowbro we’re onto something. Honestly I had hope that this will be but 2020 release but seeing the project still hiring new people, it seems less likely. It is evident form all those new hires which is concerning because the next-gen is coming very soon and if this takes any much longer the players will shift their focus elsewhere. Nintendo R&D have been trying for the past decade to find a niche feature that will make MP stand out. I think this is the main reason why they seem reluctant in rolling out Metroid. However with Metroid it is a different story, players are so used super realistic and sharp visuals which, let’s face, the switch cannot produce as well as the PS4 or PC. I would not be saying the same things if it was Zelda or Mario because there’s no competition for these two. It is not easy to compete with all the amazing-looking FPS games when you are already disadvantaged with the Switch. Metroid Prime is one of the games that appreciates a powerful system.
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