Metroid Prime 4 scrapped, development starting fresh, Nintendo reveals

NeilShadow · Jan 27, 2019

shadow1w2 said:
In the mean time they could get someone to remaster the Trilogy (and the NDS game as a side bonus and an excuse to get multiplayer revived?) and touch up those textures and models a bit without too much trouble.

As far as i know, i think that the Prime Trilogy Remake is already in preparation... If i remember correctly, a few months ago a videogame shop site accidentally put it up for preorder.

But maybe i am wrong (i think i saw this news on a Reddit for Switch Collector)

Silent_Gunner · Jan 27, 2019

While I'm disappointed, at least a studio with a well-respected name which used to work on the series is helping to make this title a reality.

No development hell will ever be as bad as that of Duke Nukem Forever or Half-Life 3, which isn't even being worked on, but there's still people out there who like to believe or joke.

Dogson · Jan 27, 2019

NeilShadow said:
As far as i know, i think that the Prime Trilogy Remake is already in preparation... If i remember correctly, a few months ago a videogame shop site accidentally put it up for preorder.

But maybe i am wrong (i think i saw this news on a Reddit for Switch Collector)

It was a Swedish online shop that put it up for pre-order before the VGA's stating that this was pure speculation on the listing. It didn't mean anything, it clearly said that they believed it could potentially be shown (there were rumors spreading based on Reggie's t-shirt choice). Of course game news outlets are stupid and completely misunderstood this. It was a small shop guessing in order to maybe get some preorders in, the whole thing was blown out of proportion.

sloppycrap · Jan 27, 2019

Jayro said:
Well this is fucking annoying...

Excuse me while I angrily put my fists into a few of my walls.

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They better port 1-3 to hold us over, because this is bullshit... I've been waiting since the teaser, and now it's scrapped. INFURIATING!!!!! I'll take a Prime Trilogy port as compensation, please.

lol

Xzi · Jan 27, 2019

geodeath said:
Happy for the game to be done by the guys that did those great titles before as this means its gonna be a great game, BUT this means there is absolutely nothing confirmed for the future of the switch that i am looking forward to. This was literally the one title i was looking forward too, with all of their past IPs in the closet.

You're probably a rarity. I'm sure most people are looking forward to Bayonetta 3, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, the next Pokemon game, Luigi's Mansion 3, etc.

geodeath said:
Given the development model Nintendo likes to follow, we might not even see this game until the Switch 2, Switch Pro or New Nintendo Switch, lol.

People keep forgetting that Nintendo considers Switch part of their home console line, 3DS is still going as the dedicated portable. Did we see a WiiU Pro? No. Did we see a Wii Pro? No. So on and so forth. The only possibility I could see is an expansion-pack type solution with an extra dedicated GPU that you can insert in the back of the dock. Whether it's possible to make both GPUs work together or not is a different matter, and the cost would almost be prohibitive if the single dedicated unit had to do all the work.

As for a Switch 2: Tegra X2 is still far too expensive to put in handheld units right now. I'd estimate that to be the case until late 2021 at the earliest. In addition, we won't get much more power out of it in handheld mode unless consumer battery technology has improved by then. Worst case scenario, Prime 4 might be a cross-launch title for Switch 2, but I'd bet it comes to Switch and Switch 2 doesn't get announced until mid/late 2022.

weatMod · Jan 28, 2019

Bladexdsl said:
would have been worse than other M if bamco remained at the helm. at least nintendo they had the brains to stop it this time

"in time" yea not so sure about that one
2 years too late IMO , we will have new console or at least a switch revision before this thing comes out
they may as well have just called the switch wii u 2 portable, since all it gets are wii u ports and ports from other last gen systems , so little exclusive titles ,i bet we don't see a zelda either, Nintendo can not even deliver us one AAA game from it's biggest franchises per console generation , GC era was the golden age of Nintendo

NicEXE · Jan 28, 2019

Oh Retro Studios is putting their hands on MP4.
You know its going to be a good one.

Ev1l0rd · Jan 28, 2019

Already expressed views in various places, but yes IMO this is a good thing. iirc Bandai Namco was gonna make Prime 4 open world, so w/ Retro back that should hopefully be scrapped.

Not to mention that Retro were the ones that wrote the original scan logs for the Prime series, which at least for me, was the most charming part of the Primes. Given how the worldbuilding from the non-Retro Prime game (...federation force) sucks a giant doodoo butt, I'm glad that they're bringing back Retro.

geodeath · Jan 29, 2019

JustinCredible said:
Even if it does come to "Switch 2" or their next console how many times does Nintendo burn their fans in these situations? Never. Breath of the Wild came to both Wii U and Switch when they could have just made it for Switch, Twilight Princess came to Gamecube and Wii when they could have just made it for Wii. Even if Switch 2 or whatever is out when the game hits it doesn't mean they won't put it on the current Switch.

I was not worried about whether i will need to buy a new console to play it, i usually buy all consoles anyway, for the ability to play all games i am interested in, not just nintendo stuff. My point is that there is absolutely nothing else that i am interested in, at least for the near future, on the switch. I do not personally care for pokemon or animal crossing or smash, i prefer older, single player nintendo franchises of the likes of Mario Zelda etc, but both of those games are out already and there is an (expected) rainfall of wii U rehashes of games i played already

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Xzi said:
You're probably a rarity. I'm sure most people are looking forward to Bayonetta 3, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, the next Pokemon game, Luigi's Mansion 3, etc.

People keep forgetting that Nintendo considers Switch part of their home console line, 3DS is still going as the dedicated portable. Did we see a WiiU Pro? No. Did we see a Wii Pro? No. So on and so forth. The only possibility I could see is an expansion-pack type solution with an extra dedicated GPU that you can insert in the back of the dock. Whether it's possible to make both GPUs work together or not is a different matter, and the cost would almost be prohibitive if the single dedicated unit had to do all the work.

As for a Switch 2: Tegra X2 is still far too expensive to put in handheld units right now. I'd estimate that to be the case until late 2021 at the earliest. In addition, we won't get much more power out of it in handheld mode unless consumer battery technology has improved by then. Worst case scenario, Prime 4 might be a cross-launch title for Switch 2, but I'd bet it comes to Switch and Switch 2 doesn't get announced until mid/late 2022.

That was more sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek if i am honest. However, still from the titles you mentioned, i only care for Pikmin and Luigi's Mansion. I mean don't get me wrong, Bayonetta is going to be good, but i did not buy a switch to play that, especially if a similarly priced (better) version is released for the other platforms. The reason i said 'confirmed' dates is that when i looked up the suggested releases, none of them were set in stone, there was just a vague '2019'.

donaldgx · Jan 29, 2019

welp, as long as it comes on the switch and not a 'switch pro' or "new n switch" exclusive then i'm content.

AdenTheThird · Jan 29, 2019

Well, that's a disappointment. Nintendo, at least, is quality, and I'm going on a limb here and saying that I think that they'll do a good job on this.

KiiWii · Jan 29, 2019

https://twitter.com/captanaugi/status/1088944509142982656?s=21

Lol

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