Metroid Prime 4 Development Is Rumored To Have Already Been Completed, Delay Is Due To Cutscenes
Metroid Prime 4 Development Is Rumored To Have Already Been Completed, Delay Is Due To Cutscenes
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Paperdiego
The game was announced like 5 years ago. I’d hope it was already completed.
BMW_WallyWally
I wish I could be excited by this, but with how things have been going I’ll believe it when I see it.
tino768
This makes sense to me. Like what are they gonna do, announce it too early again?
Zeth_Aran
Sounds like what they did with the prime remake? They finished it like 18 months before they released it. Nintendo has a very well defined timeline for releases so maybe they wanna get those cutscene’s locked in and push it to the switch 2? I just wanna see gameplay damn it.
devenbat
I hope we get remaster of Prime 2 and 3 before it comes out.
DrapedInVelvet
I don’t believe any of this.
SSj_CODii
There’s no way this game isn’t a launch title for the next Switch right? I could see a BOTW situation.
Algorhythm74
Delay (if any) is due to this will be launched on the next console – not this one.
supernintendo128
I feel like at this point they’re saving it for the Switch 2.
dinozero
Could be the last absolute banger released for the switch. Could end up kind of a cross gen title.
Based on how faithful Nintendo was about making sure breath of the wild, was technically available for the Wii U, something nearly everyone forgets when talking about that game
I don’t think they will leave switch owners hanging on prime four.
Molduking
The game hasn’t been delayed lol
Xenobrina
Nah this is when they pass development to Next Level Games and we get it in 2027 while Retro continues to do nothing
onlykaleintown
This reads like a Hard Drive article title
Indigoblaze15
It’s… baffling that it was announced in 2017, and it’s been so long in development that it’s coming out around the release of the next console.
Metroid Prime 4’s development is as long as the Nintendo Switch’s life entire life cycle.
yazzy45
Someone wanted more people to watch the game awards lol
riggy2k3
That would make sense given that the cutscenes in Super Mario RPG (and a bunch of others) were also produced by Nintendo Pictures: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Pictures)
I think this new group is still adjusting to the process and speed at which triple A Nintendo titles are in development. But truthfully, I don’t know a lot.
se7enfists
So if I understand correctly, this “article” links back to a post on /r/GamingLeaksAndRumours where a guy quotes another guy from a Discord server who quotes his uncle who works at Nintendo.
Great quality post! Also this title is bullshit because there isn’t a delay. The game never had a release date to begin with.
themiracy
“The game has been completed since some time and it is delayed due to reasons.”
Okay, sure. But ultimately it’s out when it’s out. And you know for all the complaining that we’re all getting it at launch. Or IDK about you, but this is an instabuy for me.
NicoleMay316
Delay for cutscenes is 100% acceptable to me! Make it good!
(But can we please get a trailer?)
More_Lavishness8127
There’s no way we get this game before the switch 2 comes out. I bet it’s a cross gen game.
isaelsky21
Shut up everyone, I wanna see Metroid Prime Remaster level of quality so let em take as long they need. Thank you.
Kindly, me.
PocketTornado
What? Are they shooting them in actual space with Tom Cruise?
RibRob_
All good. More time to fix bugs. Besides, it’ll be an awesome launch title for the next console. 🙂
ahnariprellik
its 100% being saved as a launch title for the next Switch
ShadyFan25
I feel like they’re going to want to remaster 2 and 3 and get them out before 4 and let new fans experience the trilogy first.
Metroid Prime 4 as the big launch title for the next console is a terrible idea, especially when only one of the games in the Prime series is accessible on the Switch. It’s not going to move units like a 3D Mario, Animal Crossing, or even a 2D Zelda will.
erickazo
Yeah and Santa is currently loading up his sleigh in anticipation for Christmas. I didn’t know fairy tales were allowed on this sub.
fuglynemesis
I call BS on the delay being due to cutscenes. I’m betting the game was delayed because Nintendo wanted Retro to develop it for Switch 2 as a launch title. So naturally they’d want it as polished and impressive as can be to show off their new console’s abilities. I could be wrong but that’s just my 2 cents.
TheAdamantFiend
If this is just a rumour, then I’d gonna eat your parents and add them to my biomass. Just saying.
NoMoreVillains
This sounds like nonsense. I can believe they’re sitting on the game, but stuff about the cutscenes being a mess doesn’t make sense to me
GrayCatX
I just hope the constant delays are worth it because history has proven a delayed game isn’t guarantee to be good.
neogeo828
Meh, unpopular opinion, but Metroid is always better in 2D (and without E.M.M.I).
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The game was announced like 5 years ago. I’d hope it was already completed.
I wish I could be excited by this, but with how things have been going I’ll believe it when I see it.
This makes sense to me. Like what are they gonna do, announce it too early again?
Sounds like what they did with the prime remake? They finished it like 18 months before they released it. Nintendo has a very well defined timeline for releases so maybe they wanna get those cutscene’s locked in and push it to the switch 2? I just wanna see gameplay damn it.
I hope we get remaster of Prime 2 and 3 before it comes out.
I don’t believe any of this.
There’s no way this game isn’t a launch title for the next Switch right? I could see a BOTW situation.
Delay (if any) is due to this will be launched on the next console – not this one.
I feel like at this point they’re saving it for the Switch 2.
Could be the last absolute banger released for the switch. Could end up kind of a cross gen title.
Based on how faithful Nintendo was about making sure breath of the wild, was technically available for the Wii U, something nearly everyone forgets when talking about that game
I don’t think they will leave switch owners hanging on prime four.
The game hasn’t been delayed lol
Nah this is when they pass development to Next Level Games and we get it in 2027 while Retro continues to do nothing
This reads like a Hard Drive article title
It’s… baffling that it was announced in 2017, and it’s been so long in development that it’s coming out around the release of the next console.
Metroid Prime 4’s development is as long as the Nintendo Switch’s life entire life cycle.
Someone wanted more people to watch the game awards lol
That would make sense given that the cutscenes in Super Mario RPG (and a bunch of others) were also produced by Nintendo Pictures: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Pictures](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Pictures)
I think this new group is still adjusting to the process and speed at which triple A Nintendo titles are in development. But truthfully, I don’t know a lot.
So if I understand correctly, this “article” links back to a post on /r/GamingLeaksAndRumours where a guy quotes another guy from a Discord server who quotes his uncle who works at Nintendo.
Great quality post! Also this title is bullshit because there isn’t a delay. The game never had a release date to begin with.
“The game has been completed since some time and it is delayed due to reasons.”
Okay, sure. But ultimately it’s out when it’s out. And you know for all the complaining that we’re all getting it at launch. Or IDK about you, but this is an instabuy for me.
Delay for cutscenes is 100% acceptable to me! Make it good!
(But can we please get a trailer?)
There’s no way we get this game before the switch 2 comes out. I bet it’s a cross gen game.
Shut up everyone, I wanna see Metroid Prime Remaster level of quality so let em take as long they need. Thank you.
Kindly, me.
What? Are they shooting them in actual space with Tom Cruise?
All good. More time to fix bugs. Besides, it’ll be an awesome launch title for the next console. 🙂
its 100% being saved as a launch title for the next Switch
I feel like they’re going to want to remaster 2 and 3 and get them out before 4 and let new fans experience the trilogy first.
Metroid Prime 4 as the big launch title for the next console is a terrible idea, especially when only one of the games in the Prime series is accessible on the Switch. It’s not going to move units like a 3D Mario, Animal Crossing, or even a 2D Zelda will.
Yeah and Santa is currently loading up his sleigh in anticipation for Christmas. I didn’t know fairy tales were allowed on this sub.
I call BS on the delay being due to cutscenes. I’m betting the game was delayed because Nintendo wanted Retro to develop it for Switch 2 as a launch title. So naturally they’d want it as polished and impressive as can be to show off their new console’s abilities. I could be wrong but that’s just my 2 cents.
If this is just a rumour, then I’d gonna eat your parents and add them to my biomass. Just saying.
This sounds like nonsense. I can believe they’re sitting on the game, but stuff about the cutscenes being a mess doesn’t make sense to me
I just hope the constant delays are worth it because history has proven a delayed game isn’t guarantee to be good.
Meh, unpopular opinion, but Metroid is always better in 2D (and without E.M.M.I).