Metroid Prime 4 might be in uncharted territory with a new studio behind it, but fans of the franchise should take solace in knowing that Nintendo will not let the game become too different from what has made the series one of its most popular ones. In addition, Metroid Prime series producer Kensuke Tanabe is still overseeing the project for Nintendo, which will be maintaining control over the project. Bandai Namco Studios Singapore houses some former employees from LucasArts Singapore, which was working on the ambitious Star Wars 1313 before it was canceled.īandai Namco is also not a stranger to developing games for Nintendo's major franchises, as it was the studio behind the Super Smash Bros. titles for the 3DS and Wii U and the Pokémon fighting game Pokkén Tournament for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch. Metroid Prime fans, however, should not worry that the game is not in good hands. However, when it was announced in E3 2017, Nintendo revealed that Retro Studios will not be involved in the project. It wouldn't take long for Metroid Prime 4 to make headlines once again even though it wasn't the news fans had hoped for. If Metroid Prime 4 were to happen, many gamers expected that Retro Studios, the developer of the original Metroid Prime trilogy, would be behind the game. Samus Aran (Japanese:, Hepburn: Samusu Aran) is a fictional character and the playable protagonist of the video game series Metroid by Nintendo.She was created by Japanese video game designer Makoto Kano.She was introduced as a player character in the original 1986 video game Metroid. In early 2019, Nintendo confirmed that they would be starting development from scratch on Metroid Prime 4, and added that they werent happy with how the game was going at the time. Fans are hoping that it will arrive this year, but Metroid Prime 4 will likely not launch until 2019 at the earliest. It was decided to reject the effect of at least two years of work and start the development of Metroid Prime 4 from scratch. Fans of the Metroid Prime series were overjoyed when in 2017, Nintendo announced that Metroid Prime 4 was in development for the Nintendo Switch. Now that we know the Nintendo Switch exclusive is under development at Bandai Namco, the next question to ask is the Metroid Prime 4 release date. Additionally, if development for Metroid Prime 4 started in 2019, by the time Dread was released in 2021, Retro Studios should be well out of the design phase on its project meaning that Prime 4. Meanwhile, Press-Start noted that several staff members of Bandai Namco Studios Singapore did not hide the fact that they were working on "a well-known unannounced IP" or an "exciting unannounced IP" in their profiles. At the ResetEra forums, a discussion grew out of a LinkedIn profile that apparently pertained to a Bandai Namco lead designer working on Metroid Prime 4 for the Nintendo Switch. EuroGamer confirmed that it was specifically Bandai Namco Studios Singapore that is developing the game, after receiving information from multiple sources.ĮuroGamer referred to the rumors from earlier in the week that Bandai Namco was behind Metroid Prime 4. Retro Studios has hired a new producer for Metroid Prime 4 who has a background in GTA and Overwatch development.