#Metroid prime 4 studio update#

”Īs for why we have still yet to hear about it, Khan said, “Nintendo sits on a lot of games for a long time until they feel like marketing it. Initial announcement was supposed to be last month. “Huh, I guess that explains where Metroid Prime Trilogy disappeared to,” Khan said in a tweet reacting to news of Metroid Prime 4‘s restarted development.

#Metroid prime 4 studio update#

Update at 3:15 p.m.: Game Informer senior editor Imran Khan has shared a series of insights, albeit unconfirmed, into the development of Metroid Prime 4 and a rumored Metroid Prime Trilogy for Switch. On behalf of Nintendo and Retro Studios, I sincerely appreciate your understanding. However, we will continue developing the game so that when it is completed, it will stand shoulder to shoulder with the past Metroid Prime series titles. It will be a long road until the next time we will be able to update you on the development progress, and development will be extensive.

I’d like to extend my deepest, heart-felt apologies to everyone that the launch will be delayed. We strongly recognize that this delay will come as a disappointment to the many fans who have been looking forward to the launch of Metroid Prime 4. This change will essentially mean restarting development from the beginning, so the completion of the game will be delayed from our initial internal plan. Specifically, we have decided to have the producer, Kensuke Tanabe, work in trust and collaboration with the studio that developed the original Metroid Prime series, Retro Studios in the United States, and restart development from the beginning.īy collaborating and developing with Retro Studios, we believe we can make this game something that will meet our fans’ expectations. We have decided to reexamine the development structure itself and change it. 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.įrom this perspective, we have determined that the current development status of the game is very challenged, and we had to make a difficult decision as a development team.

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. We have felt it especially from the passionate words from fans we heard when we first announced this title at E3 the year before last.Įver since the announcement, we have not been able to give you an update, but as a result of the continuing development since that time, we must let you know that the current development progress has not reached the standards we seek in a sequel to the Metroid Prime series. We deeply understand the high anticipation that Metroid Prime series fans have for this title. I wanted to speak with you today to give you an update on Metroid Prime 4, the newest title in the Metroid Prime series. Thank you so much for playing Nintendo games. I am Shinya Takahashi, and I’m responsible for development at Nintendo.