Metroid Prime 4 development restarted with new studio

[A Black Falcon]

So, what's been happening with MP4, in the more than a year and a half now since its announcement?  Not good things apparently, because now Nintendo has come out and said that the game as it was has been canned.  Yes, after several years of work, Namco-Bandai's Metroid Prime 4 project has been cancelled.   Namco was making it with a bunch of studios in different places all working on the game apparently, and now Nintendo has decided that things were not going well for the project, so much so that they're restarting development with a new team.  Apparently then Retro went to Nintendo with a concept, and it was approved... but as the video above says, this means restarting development of the game from the beginning, so it'll be a few years until it releases.  So yeah, the hopes for MP4 releasing this year are done, and all we can do is hope it releases next year... maybe.

Additionally, though, what the heck has Retro been doing for the last five years?  This has been a big question for a long time now of course, but this doesn't answer it at all.  So now Retro will be working on MP4... but what have they been making in the years since DKC Tropical Freeze finished?  Have they been working on some secret, still unannounced project that will release soon or something?  Did they also have games cancelled? It sure would be great to know!

On top of this, rumor is that a Metroid Prime Trilogy remake/re-release for Switch is done but delayed until Nintendo decides to release it" https://www.resetera.com/threads/retro-s...more.95732  Nintendo rumors are only sometimes true, but this sounds plausible.


Probably someday, bits of whatever Namco's MP4 would have been will leak onto the internet.  That'll be interesting to see... maybe not good, but interesting.