

While the wait may disappoint fans, Takahashi hopes that the hiring of Retro Studios will bring new life to a since-dwindling product. Metroid Prime 4 Development Restarting Retro Studios tapped to restart Metroid Retro Studios is not behind Metroid Prime 4 Metroid Prime 4 Delayed for the. By collaborating and developing with Retro Studios, we believe we can make this game something that will meet our fans’ expectations. Takahashi also explains that by doing this, Metroid Prime 4‘s development will essentially start from the beginning, leading to the conclusion that it may be another couple of years before the game ever comes to fruition. “Specifically, we have asked 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. Confirming that Nintendo was not satisfied with the overall product and has decided to restart development with the original developers of Metroid Prime, Retro.

In a highly unorthodox move, Nintendo’s Shinya Takahashi appeared in a. Nintendo made this Metroid Prime 4 development announcement today that leaves us about where we. Development on Metroid Prime 4 has been restarted by Nintendo, with Retro Studios now at the helm of the upcoming game. “We have decided to reexamine the development structure itself and change it,” Takahashi said. The only thing we have been sure of with Metroid Prime 4 is that logo of the 4 we saw at E3 2017 and even that's uncertain since Nintendo's financial documents state Metroid Prime 4's title to be (temp.) with a release window of TBA.

“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.”Īccording to Takahashi, Metroid Prime 4 was not meeting that standard. Restarting a project is always seen negatively but bodes well that they dont want fans playing a half-baked game down the line. Announced at E3 last year, the game wasnt on show. Earlier today, Nintendo announced that the long-awaited Metroid Prime 4 was not only being delayed but that the original build of the game, thought to have been in development by Bandai Namco, was being completely discarded. “The current development progress has not reached the standards we seek in a sequel to the Metroid Prime series,” Takahashi said in a development update video posted to YouTube. According to Nintendos Reggie Fils-Aime, the development of Metroid Prime 4 is making good progress. Nintendo is rebooting the project and shifting development to Retro Studios, the Metroid Prime series’ original developer, according to a statement from Shinya Takahashi, senior managing executive officer at Nintendo.
