After Super Metroid, but before Fusion. I’m pretty sure this places Prime 4 as the only Prime series game to take place after Metroid II now. While all Metroids were (assumed to be) eliminated in Metroid II, I guess it does make sense that some could be hidden away for some time like Sylux who had stolen one and cloned it.
I suppose this confirmation can open up games in the future to not being locked to before Metroid II in the timeline and possibly avoiding other timeline contradictions. I did see some/retconning of Federation Force and kind of Hunters. (Cutscene unlocked via Sylux amiibo or 100% scans/items spoiler) Mechs are seen before Sylux steals his suit (supposedly were created in Federation Force for powerful enough weaponry against the space pirates) and Samus’ Prime 3 gunship also appears in the cutscene, meaning she had it before Prime Hunters too. But it could be feasible that she has multiple ships as a way to explain its existence.
Other interesting tidbits from the interview btw, seems Retro had worked on some of what was already there from the previous development team (presumably Bandai Namco Singapore).
Some very interesting insights here about why Prime 4 ended up this way and I'm not entirely sure how to feel about it. In particular, finding that the original Prime 4 build by Bandai Namco was NOT completely scrapped like they said and Retro basically had to push through the original concept because they didn't have the time/money is kind of sus and it really makes me feel bad for Retro. They knew many of us would hate this concept but still had to do it anyway.
Glad they've realized that open world wouldn't really work in Metroid and that this is the farthest they'd take it. If the whole game was this empty it probably would've ended up worse.
I'm not sure I understand what they're saying as to why we got the companions, especially the first part (it is worth noting that the interview was A.I. translated so that might be why this is so confusing).
"In our approach to game design, we often start by setting the theme we want players to experience in that title. Normally, when players clear a game, they press the A button without hesitation, right? But for Metroid Prime 4, we wanted to make them feel hesitation and conflict there. That's why we decided to have Galactic Federation soldiers also be transported to Planet Viewros."
What does this mean? That they don't want players button mashing through the story?
Overall it's very disappointing that they couldn't restart the game the way they claimed but at least this means they won't be continuing in this direction for Prime 5. Hopefully they have a much better concept for Prime 5.
@Ninfan No, Metroid Prime 5 is a hypothetical sequel to Prime 4. The Prime games are a subseries of the mainline Metroids, which are 2D.
The mainline Metroids are Metroid -> Metroid II: Return of Samus -> Super Metroid -> Metroid Fusion -> Metroid Dread.
The Prime series is Metroid Prime -> Metroid Prime 2: Echoes -> Metroid Prime 3: Corruption -> Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Metroid Prime 5 doesn't exist yet. There's speculation and even rumors that Retro is starting on it now that Prime 4 is done.
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