Even in July 2022, Retro Studios is still looking to fill a number of vacancies, including an environment designer, gameplay engineer, and lead concept artist.Īll of this is to say that Metroid Prime 4 won’t be ready any time soon. In fact, it was looking for a boss/AI designer, which proved development was still early at that time. We are looking for a 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘀/ 𝗔𝗜 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 to join us on our journey to develop Metroid Prime 4! #GameJobs #GameDev #GameDevJobs /T6Hexjia6sĪs of December 2020, Retro Studios was still in the midst of hiring for the project.
#METROID PRIME 4 SCRAPPED UPDATE#
In the video, Takahashi said, “It will be a long road until the next time we will be able to update you on the development progress,” and since then, we haven’t heard anything else about the game from Nintendo.
#METROID PRIME 4 SCRAPPED SERIES#
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. Metroid Prime 4 has had a rocky history since its original announcement in 2017. Fitbit Versa 3ĭevelopment Update on Metroid Prime 4 for Nintendo Switch Metroid Prime 4 is currently in development for the Nintendo Switch. Once people see any new information on Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2, that will sedate the Nintendo Switch audience until further notice. Granted, the Switch will thrive for a little while longer (providing there's some in stock for the holiday season in the midst of a pandemic) before its shortcomings become even more apparent, I don't think it will hinge entirely on Metroid Prime 4 to thrive, much less hope the hype lasts that long. Scrapping the game may not have been the news many wanted to hear, but when another year has passed with this generation riding off into the sunset, it's going to ask even more of this project to be live up to hype in wake of new hardware on the horizon. Kensuke Tanabe, who has been a producer on the Prime series, is still on the project, yet it goes without saying that vacancies in these spots says some ominous things about Metroid Prime 4's development cycle. Hefley has art credits with the Halo series and Marvel Alliance 2.
The other news that had followed was Retro Studios had hired Kyle Hefley as its lead character artist. Two calendar years had passed before the last significant news anyone had heard was the project was scrapped due to dissatisfaction with the then current build of Metroid Prime 4 in 2019. Fans wouldn't mind being patient, as this was the freshly launched Nintendo Switch's first E3 Prior to this, waiting for more information down the road certainly wouldn't be a problem. designer, Senior Level Designer, and Lead Graphics Engineer.Īnnounced back at E3 in June of 2017 in a 43 second trailer that only had., well, text., it was understandable that production was incredibly early, if happening at all. Retro Studios posted on Twitter stating the position is currently open, along with a link to their careers page, which has a staggering number of jobs open, including Boss/A.I. The bad news, it seems that the project still lacks a complete staff, as it's still looking for a lead producer to aid in heading the project. There is some information on the little known status of Metroid Prime 4.
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