Have you been sat there wondering why Metroid Prime 4 is taking so long to be released? We certainly are. However, now we might finally have our answer, as it is supposedly ‘indicative of Nintendo and Japanese companies as whole’ to take their time. This is all according to former Retro Studios staffer Jack Matthews.

Matthews was the Lead Technical Engineer on the Metroid Prime trilogy, so we reckon he knows what he’s talking about. Recently, he spoke to the Kiwi Talkz podcast about their development. In this discussion, he talked about developing for a publisher in the West compared to Japan, pointing out that the Japanese are more likely to take risks with prototypes before full production. In his opinion, this is a much better way for the process to work.

“A lot of the way that deals get structured is that Western publishers want- when you’re going to do a prototype- they want to do an entire long-form agreement of the entire game before you start the prototype”.

“It ends up negating a lot of what you’re doing in the prototype anyway because you still have to figure out how much the whole thing is going to cost for this thing that you really don’t know much about”.

This shouldn’t really come as much of a surprise to be fair. Nintendo have always taken risks with prototypes, as many of the games are made by internal teams.

Matthews continued with his belief that this is something Western publishers should consider implementing

“Nintendo know that that’s the right way to go. It’s all about risk/ reward, where you put your risk and where you see your reward”.

Adversely, western publishers don’t tend to trust developers as much, and are often scared that a developer could disband with a prototype and use another publisher. Is there no trust in the industry nowadays? These are some quite strong opinions from Matthews, but who are we to judge. A veteran in the industry, he clearly knows what he’s talking about. Additionally, it’s ideal that we start to mention what exactly we know about Metroid Prime 4. Check out the trailer down below

Everything We Know About Nintendo’s Metroid Prime 4

Metroid Prime 4 is an upcoming video game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was announced during an online showcase at E3 2017, and was reportedly initially developed by Bandai Namco Studios

Here’s a quick little summary:

• What is it?  A brand new Metroid Prime game
• What can I play it on? Nintendo Switch
• When can I play it? No release date just yet, but don’t expect it for a while

Straight to the point, right? Unfortunately, that’s all we really know at the moment. Obviously, the game will be a FPS shooter, but in terms of story there’s not much to go on. Come back here when we have more details. In the meantime, check out this article explaining what else could be on the horizon for Metroid fans. Similarly, have a look at all the best Nintendo games we have to offer here!

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The Return of Metroid Prime

The Metroid Prime Trilogy could already be remastered for the Nintendo Switch and ready to go, according to VentureBeat Journalist Jeff Grubb.

Originally released for the Wii back in 2009, the Metroid Prime Trilogy combines Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in a compact version for the first-person shooter franchise.

The journalist reported this piece of news in a Giant Bomb stream over the weekend, that Nintendo has been holding off the release and announcement due to restricted QA resources during the pandemic.

Why A Metroid Prime Trilogy Remaster is Likely

The reports given by Grubb of a Metroid Prime Trilogy Remaster matches a claim from another key journalist, Imran Khan, back in early 2019.

It's been long done. Initial announcement was supposed to be last month.

— Imran Khan (@imranzomg) January 25, 2019

Grubb divulges on his live stream that Nintendo have the game “sitting in their pockets” and it is up to the company to decide when will be the right time for its release, as they can afford to wait for its drop.

Grubb goes on to explain the main reason for the supposed delay from Nintendo is due to restrictions to Nintendo’s QA testing processes during the pandemic. The company could only focus on one or two games at a time and Japan is still dealing with these issues, so it is unlikely the process is going to open up any time soon.

Grubb also believes the Metroid Prime Trilogy Remaster would be a “great marketing beat” for the imminent Metroid Prime 4, so the company could be holding out until that is also ready.

However there are reports from others where they don’t believe this is the case. Earlier this year, a former Retro Studios design lead, Mike Wilken, said he was sceptical of the game being ported to Nintendo Switch as it would be a “Herculean effort”, due to the complexity of translating the third Metroid Prime game’s Wii controls to a Switch set up.

What is currently in store for Metroid…

Nintendo recently announced Metroid Dread, the seris’ first mainline 2D installment in almost 20 years, which will be dropping on Nintendo Switch this October.

Nintendo also announced back in 2019 it had restarted the development for Metroid 4 after deciding to let Retro Studios take over the project from its original developer that was never announced.

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