Metroid Prime 4 Development Restarting With Retro Studios
A new start with the original developers of the Metroid Prime series.
Announced by Nintendo, the decision was made because this fourth entry "has not reached the standards we seek in a sequel to the Metroid Prime series."
Due to this reason, Nintendo has decided to have producer Kensuke Tanabe "work in trust and collaboration with the studio that developed the original Metroid Prime series, Retro Studios in the United States, and restart development from the beginning."
Tanabe was the Metroid Prime series producer and the initial project was being over seen by him and a "talented development team," which was not Retro Studios, and had reportedly been said to have been Bandai Namco.
Metroid 4 was announced at E3 2017 and little has been heard of it since its reveal.
The last we heard of it was in November of last year when Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime said that "the game is well in development."
Retro Studio's last game was Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and there have been reports that it was working on the rumored Star Fox racing game.
Retro Studios developed the first Metroid Prime in 2002, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes in 2004, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption in 2007.
Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN who is very sad about this news but is happy the original Metroid Prime developers are back on the job. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst.
