Nintendo finally announced that Retro Studios will be handling the development of Metroid Prime 4, headed by longtime series producer Kensuke Tanabe. “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.” “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,” Takahashi continued.
“Ever since the announcement, we have not been able to give you an update, but as a result of the continuing development since that time, although this is very regrettable - 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,” Shinya Takahashi of Nintendo said during an update video (which you can watch above). Fast forward to January 2019, and Nintendo announced that development on Metroid Prime 4 had been restarted due to a lack of quality in what had been created up to that point. It was never confirmed which developer was working on it initially, only that Retro Studios - the team behind the other Prime games - would not be involved for some reason (likely due to other projects).Īfter its announcement, the game went radio silent for a while.
At the time, there were rumors that Bandai Namco was working on the game, with Nintendo overseeing its development. Although it doesn’t hurt to ask to take a vacation day a couple of years in advance.Metroid Prime 4 has had a rocky history since its original announcement in 2017. As for Metroid Prime 4’s 2023 release date, players should take it with a grain of salt. Also, if Nintendo were going to reveal a release date for one of its major IPs, it wouldn’t allow for it to be revealed in such a mediocre way. It’s also unlikely that Retro Studios would have a solid release date in mind having only been working on Metroid Prime 4 for less than a year. Yet, maybe Amazon has insider information that the rest of the gaming population doesn’t. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 was announced at E3 in 2019, but there hasn’t been any word as to when that title will be released. However, Nintendo isn’t one for giving much in terms of advanced notice when it comes to game releases. I know what I’ll be doing on Monday, Janu? /E1b01cOLqLĪmazon has been known to leak things in the past such as console bundles, upcoming titles, prices, and release date, so it wouldn’t be too farfetched to assume this is a real release date. Woohoo! Looks like Amazon just sent me an update for my Metroid Prime 4 pre-order I made on June 14, 2017. See also Below Deck What Deckhand Ashton Pienaar Has Been Up To Since Season 7 While this could be a way of Amazon giving itself more of a buffer than an actual delivery date, it is an oddly specific date to give customers. A screenshot of the update from JPSWITCHMANIA on Twitter shows that Amazon is estimating that Metroid Prime 4 will be released on January 2, 2023. There has still been no word from either Nintendo or the devs as to when Metroid Prime 4 is expected to release, however, Retro Studios has acquired some very impressive names to its list of developers.Īccording to reports from players who were able to pre-order a copy of Metroid Prime 4 on Amazon, updates regarding the estimated date of delivery for the game have been updated. Two years had passed with no word on the game’s development, but in January of 2019 Nintendo had announced that the development for Metroid Prime 4 had been scrapped and the team would be starting over from scratch. Metroid Prime 4 was first announced at E3 in 2017 with nothing more to show than an animated logo. While there has been no official word from Nintendo or Metroid Prime 4’s developers, an oddly specific release date has been thrown out that might actually be real. After having left fans in the dark for the past three years, a new preorder update claims that Metroid Prime 4 could potentially come out in 2023.