Metroid Prime 4 is probably still in development.
Nintendo had a studio working on it, being Bandai Namco. However something happened that caused Nintendo to cancel their contract with Bandai Namco.
Nintendo then managed to get Retro Studios, the OG developers of the Metroid Prime series, to...
Hopefully Prime 4 does finally get some announcement of sorts. Swapping back to Retro Studios, reworking the entire game narrative and scrapping the OG build that the other studio had made has to be tough when Covid slowed production.
I mean, look at Halo Infinite and see how Covid stalled...
My theory is that Nintendo is trying to get everyone spun up to speed on Metroid Prime's story, seeing as the last Prime entry was on the Wii and a little over a decade ago. So it makes sense to try and remaster, or at least port, Prime 1-thru-3 on the Switch for $40 a piece and then eventually...
For tomorrow's direct I anticipate -
Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes Remastered to be shadow dropped
Pikmin 4 stuff
Announcement of a port of Wind Waker HD or Twilight Princess HD or Both
TotK DLC announcement
Splatoon 3 DLC announcement
New Fire Emblem announcement
Possibly a new switch or an...
METROID PRIME REMASTER !!!!
Not Metroid Prime 4 but it is something else I was hoping to see !
Perhaps this remaster is supposed to showcase what we will expecting from the new engine so far for MP4?
Can't wait to get home and add it to my Switch's library.
My guess is just regional shenanigans.
"This game launches now*"
*It launches in all regions except for the one you live in because reasons we won't explain until after we finally do launch it in your region
I wouldn't actually mind that much.
The Wii-U didn't really sell well as a console, so those HD remasters didn't get as much play time as they should've since low console sales means low game sales.
Even I didn't get a Wii-U until I came across one for $60 at a local game store in my city...
ON GOD we need more DK love!
It surprises me really that Nintendo hasn't really shown much love to their other franchises tho.
Star Fox hasn't had anything on the Nintendo Switch yet outside of Starlink.
And of course we have to dust off F-Zero sometime. Frankly, I am surprised that Captain...
Didn't realize there was this thread.
So... I guess I will just copy my statement I made on my own thread here I guess?
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So... BotW2 was delayed to Spring of 2023.
This can mean one of two things -
1 - BotW2 is not yet ready and a delay had to be made in order to finish development...