Nintendo announced Metroid Prime 4 is in development for Switch during this morning's Nintendo Digital Spotlight, kicking off E3 2017. The announcement was a title card, offering no details on developer or release target.
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Post by: ShyGuy on June 13, 2017, 12:36:32 PM
This makes me happy
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Post by: Luigi Dude on June 13, 2017, 12:49:25 PM
I hope it doesn't come out until 2020. After the embarrassment to the human race Metriod fans have been the last several years they don't deserve any form of happyness in the near future.
See, Other M didn't kill the series so now the cancer that is the Metriod fanbase can finally SHUT THE **** UP!!!!
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Post by: Nemo on June 13, 2017, 12:58:12 PM
Nintendo wins E3 in my heart with this announcement.
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Post by: MASB on June 13, 2017, 01:02:38 PM
There's something poetic about James posting this news article. :)
The announcement almost makes it seem like they just started development. I hope that isn't so, otherwise what the heck have they been doing since Tropical Freeze?
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Post by: Mop it up on June 13, 2017, 01:06:10 PM
I think three Prime games was enough, but oh well, at least a Metroid is in the works. I wonder if it will still follow the same formula, or if it will try new things.
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Post by: UncleBob on June 13, 2017, 01:21:53 PM
The announcement almost makes it seem like they just started development. I hope that isn't so, otherwise what the heck have they been doing since Tropical Freeze?
Do we even know if it is Retro developing it?
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Post by: Fatty The Hutt on June 13, 2017, 03:01:28 PM
MetroidFan: [nervous] I don't wanna hear 'bout no motherfucking ifs. All I wanna hear from your ass is, "You ain't got no problem, MetroidFan, I'm on the motherfucker. Go back in there, chill them playas out and wait for the games, which should be coming directly". Nintendo: You ain't got no problem, MetroidFan. I'm on the motherfucker. Go back in there and chill them playas out and wait for Prime 4, which is in development currently. MetroidFan: [MetroidFan pauses and becomes calm] You makin' Prime 4? Nintendo: Oh, you feel better, motherfucker? MetroidFan: [laughing] ****, Nintendo, that's all you had to say!
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Post by: nickmitch on June 13, 2017, 03:17:13 PM
I hope it doesn't come out until 2020. After the embarrassment to the human race Metriod fans have been the last several years they don't deserve any form of happyness in the near future.
See, Other M didn't kill the series so now the cancer that is the Metriod fanbase can finally SHUT THE **** UP!!!!
This is a little harsh.
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Post by: BeautifulShy on June 13, 2017, 09:34:50 PM
The announcement almost makes it seem like they just started development. I hope that isn't so, otherwise what the heck have they been doing since Tropical Freeze?
Do we even know if it is Retro developing it?
Eurogamer has said it is a different team. Not Retro.
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Post by: Adrock on June 13, 2017, 09:43:33 PM
I hope it doesn't come out until 2020. After the embarrassment to the human race Metriod fans have been the last several years they don't deserve any form of happyness in the near future.
See, Other M didn't kill the series so now the cancer that is the Metriod fanbase can finally SHUT THE **** UP!!!!
This is a little harsh.
Seriously.
Criticism against Other M were fair albeit littered with hyperbole. I liked Other M from a gameplay standpoint (besides, of course, the uncommon Where's Waldo? sections). Other M may not have killed Metroid, but it sold poorly enough to stall the main series for nearly a decade.
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Post by: pokepal148 on June 13, 2017, 09:47:09 PM
Other M is probably why we didn't get a Wii U Metroid game and that's really sad because the gamepad could have been pretty neat there.
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Post by: King of Twitch on June 13, 2017, 10:48:09 PM
Never thought I'd see this day. I think I got some Phazon in my eyes *sniff*
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Post by: Adrock on June 13, 2017, 10:56:32 PM
Never thought I'd see this day. I think I got some Phazon in my eyes *sniff*
Go to the ER, man. Or at least flush your eyes out with water for 15 seconds. Phazon is a highly radioactive substance that causes mutation and/or death.
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Post by: Mythtendo on June 14, 2017, 01:53:57 PM
The announcement almost makes it seem like they just started development. I hope that isn't so, otherwise what the heck have they been doing since Tropical Freeze?
Do we even know if it is Retro developing it?
Eurogamer has said it is a different team. Not Retro.
Eurogamer also repeated the BS rumor from that unreliable Emily Rogers claiming that Breath of the Wild would be delayed until this summer. So i'd be skeptical of what they say unless it's backed up by a credible company.
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Post by: Fatty The Hutt on June 14, 2017, 02:11:01 PM
It is confirmed in the Nintendo-issued "fact sheet". It's a "talented new development team" developing Prime 4. Just Google "Metroid Prime 4 Fact Sheet". Or here's an example: https://mynintendonews.com/2017/06/13/metroid-prime-4-fact-sheet/
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Post by: nickmitch on June 14, 2017, 02:22:51 PM
Emily Rogers has been more right than wrong, and I'm still not sure why people go out of their way to pretend she's not at least somewhat credible.
Other M is probably why we didn't get a Wii U Metroid game and that's really sad because the gamepad could have been pretty neat there.
Wii U sales certainly didn't help that cause.
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Post by: UncleBob on June 14, 2017, 09:55:50 PM
The funny thing is, Eurogamer ran with the story, crediting Rogers and stating her information "tallies with information provided to Eurogamer by sources close to Nintendo."
Which means that a 'credible' source passed the incorrect information to multiple sources - but when it was shown to be incorrect, Emily gets the blame.
Of note, Emily updated her blog about a month later to note that the information was no longer correct.
