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The game is in good hands should Bandai Namco prove to be the development studio behind it. Nintendo has worked with Bandai Namco plenty of times, more recently with Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS, and Pokken Tournament. This studio houses many staff who were laid off by LucasArts Singapore, who was helping create the now-canceled Star Wars 1313. There are a few possibilities of who is developing the game under his tutelage, but one studio seems more likely than the rest.Ī Eurogamer report from back in February earlier this year suggested that it is Bandai Namco Studios Singapore developing Metroid Prime 4.

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Longtime series producer Kensuke Tanabe is the game’s director. Just who is developing Metroid Prime 4 ? Despite a lack of official word from Nintendo, there have been a few rumors circling regarding this very question. The teaser trailer from E3 2017 sadly doesn’t give any indication as to who is developing the newest entry of Nintendo’s prime first-person-shooter series. While Retro Studios developed Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, and Metroid Prime 3, Nintendo confirmed that Retro won’t be behind the wheels for Metroid Prime 4. But there is no need to panic: “Rest assured, Metroid Prime 4 is still in development and proceeding well,” confirms Fils-Aime. During an interview with Game Informer, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that the company will focus on games that are launching in “the first half of ”, hence the lack of official Metroid Prime 4 details. However, we can safely say it’s not coming until the latter half of 2019 at the very earliest. That means a potential Metroid Prime 4 release date will not be shackled by the specter of a new console generation. It’s unclear if this is an in-house production or another partner studio working on Metroid Prime 4, but that’s certain to have an impact on the game’s direction.Here’s the good news: the Nintendo Switch still hasn’t even reached its second birthday. We also know that this entry into the Metroid Prime series isn’t being developed by series founders Retro Studios. It may have had a rather closed ending to it, but there are hints of a new world as we saw Samus enter hyperspace after defeating her evil doppelganger Dark Samus. I’d also expect some form of continuation on from 2007’s Metroid Prime 3. However, expect to see a return of the Space Pirates, Metroids, probably a reappearance of Ridley again and a multitude of different beam augmentations and visors for Samus Aran to utilise on her journey across a handful of planets. Nintendo’s extremely cryptic trailer did little more than provide a glimpse at a vast galaxy before the ‘ Metroid Prime 4’ logo eased its way into the frame.

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The juiciest bit of Metroid Prime 4 news we received at E3 2017 was barely a thimble full of pulp. Metroid Prime 4 story: What will it be about?Īs far as the story is concerned, we really have no idea.

However, what we’re all really looking forward to is another Metroid Prime game. In those intervening years we’ve had a couple of spin-offs, a new 2D Metroid game in Metroid: Samus Returns and series protagonist and badass galactic bounty hunter, Samus Aran, has turned up in other Nintendo titles. It’s been ten years since a new Metroid Prime game was brought into this world by Nintendo. Metroid Prime 4: Everything you need to know In past years, Bandai Namco’s development studios have worked on Both F-Zero GX and Pokkén Tournament. They’ve also worked on the Star Fox, Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. Now Eurogamer has had reliable sources confirm that this is the case, it’s not too surprising to believe that Bandai Namco would be picked as the studio of choice for Nintendo’s long-awaited sequel. While there, they worked on an “Unannounced IP” that’s described as a “First Person Shooter/Adventure Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch”, alongside the currently unannounced Ridge Racer 8 and upcoming Ace Combat 7. The listing, which has now been removed, stated that the employee was a lead designer at Bandai Namco Studios Singapore.

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