Sounds Like Bandai Namco Really Is Working on Metroid Prime 4

So the flurry of rumors were true! Good to know. Now I wonder if it will actually be coming out this year.

It's not "official" but we all know Bandai Namco are making it and we've known for some time.

"Bandai Namco Confirms It Is Officially Working on Metroid Prime 4"

That's a false headline. Bandai Namco haven't confirmed anything officially.

This is the first paragraph in the Eurogamer article:

"Internet rumours this week pegged Bandai Namco as being the mystery studio behind Metroid Prime 4 - something multiple sources have now confirmed to Eurogamer as being accurate."

The first paragraph!

(morph ball) Bombshell!

What are the other 3 Bandai games they said are exclusive to Switch and resleasing this spring /Summer

I like Bandai Namco a great deal, but I still think this is a slightly weird choice for a first-person shooter/adventure. That said, who would have picked Guerilla Games (Horizon Zero Dawn) for an ARPG?

Would love some more news on Tales of Switch...

@JHDK If you think Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3 could be 2018 games you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

Why does the title say "Bandai Namco confirms", the article then only cites Eurogamer as confirming this, not BN directly?

I have a bit of a fear Nintendo's just "shopping this one out" like it did with the last Star Fox game.

@andisart that’s how click bait works

what else did they make?

@Grumblevolcano I'm just saying that when all those rumors about Bandai working on Metroid came out a couple days ago many of them also speculated that the game would be out this year.

Bamco ?

If this is true. Then where the hell is Retro Studios and what are they working on?

Bandai Namco and Nintendo are certainly cozying up these past few years. They helped with Smash Wii U, now MP4 and they have unannounced titles for Switch. That's a solid studio to have closely working with the big N.

@liljmoore rumours are it's a horror style game with a fresh IP that Nintendo is heavily supporting/funding.

Metroid trilogy will be unveiled in the next direct

Every other Nintendo-based website has listed this as a rumour (which it is). Though I'm not surprised NL is the odd one out, yet again.

@Nintendofan83
I really hope it is heavy on story telling,like The Last of Us!Not that I would mind something like Resident Evil with the secret Nintendo sauce!

Didn't know Eurogamer was owned by Bamco.

@Grumblevolcano Hasn't Nintendo already confirmed Prime 4 isn't a 2018 title? This, Pokemon Switch and Bayo3 are likely 2019 major hitters.

@Djgoa I hope so bad. With a late summer/fall release

@SLIGEACH_EIRE You'd be fine with the article if the source was your precious ResetERA.

Well I’ll certainly remain positive until there is reason not to be. It’s a gamble. Nintendo wants to freshen up their ups so the don’t become stale so can see why they moved Metroid from Retro. These things can go either way though ‘Other M’ was different but not in a good way. Hopefully this will bring new life to the series. Fingers crossed.......now what is retro studios working on?

I would tread carefully with that headline. Private sources confirmed it to them but your title make a it read like official confirmation.

We are in for something special.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE And I thought Tom and Damien were bad...

Well I still hope whoever is actually making the game knows what they are doing. A team of padawans making Metroid doesn't sit right with me. I would have put the Jedi Masters at Retro on it again.

But who's working on the sequel to Other M? That's the real question on Metroid fan's minds.....

Anyone else consider this bad news?

Can't wait for this game!

I was initially nervous about this, but I was also nervous back in 2002 when a no-name American developer was turning Metroid into a first-person shooter. I’m sure with the right direction this can turn out fine.

@amishpyrate I kind of do, but I'll also give it fair chance too.

Can NL not come up with it's own news? Why not just copy and paste every article from mediocre Eurogamer site?

@SLIGEACH_EIRE this is what they do... it used to be honest information, but now it’s all just not correct.

Same as Nvidia item. Nvidia isn’t doing super because of Switch, but Nintendolife brings it so..

Hopefully they are just providing the grunt work along the lines of what they did for Smash Brothers.

Am i gonna find Bandai's statement with your sites lost integrity NL?

@thesilverbrick Yeah those guys did alright, didn't they? Saying that there was quite a bit of outcry from Metroid fans about the direction it was getting taken in, I expect more of the same this time.

@Dom Why are you blatantly lying in your articles? This is quite unacceptable for someone in your position to be doing. This article is filled with lies and deception. Honestly didn't think that this site would get worse after Thomas left...

@geox30 Resident Evil VII has a pretty interesting background. I wouldn’t mind something like that.

@Link41 How so?

@Dom I imagine he's referring to the fact that, even based on the article, Bandai Namco hasn't actually put out an official statement confirming anything. Eurogamer "confirming" it just makes it a more credible rumor, and I think the title should reflect that.

EDIT: Yeah, that's a better title.

@TheWhiteFalcon I don't get what you mean.

Sad for Nintendolife, another reminder why I'm not frequent here anymore. Please be better, be GOOD, not like this. You're working against yourself with this kind of writing

@Dom Much better!

Anyone have a short list of Bandai Namco's resume for First Person Shooters? Just curious how much they have actually developed within that genre. We don't want any Joe schmo making a game in one of the most beloved Nintendo franchises.

@HawkeyeWii They have an awful track record with FPS titles such as Get Even and Enemy Front.

There was Time Crisis but not the kind of FPS we looking for. OR MAYBE ON RAILS METROID PRIME 4 CONFIRMED.

@bezerker99 and the sequel to FedForce I wonder...

What I REALLY want to know is what Retro is working on. Back on topic: If this turns out to be true,I hope it turns out as spectacular as Retro's offering. Make it difficult as Prime 2 and explorable as Prime 1.

If I’m being completely honest, it seems like @dom get bit more flack in the comments section of his articles than other writers do... some justified and some may be a bit over the top. I know he is new and for the most part I think he is doing a fine job and maybe we should cut him a little slack as he continues to get acclimated to this community.

If this is indeed true then it looks like we're getting Ridge Racer 8 as a Switch exclusive as well.

As long as they weren't the developers of that terrible Lost Reavers.

Not really surprising. I've no doubt it'll be great. Carry on Bamco.

Little worried now. I’m confident that a western studio played a hand in making Metroid Prime great. I really don’t want anime sensibilities in my Metroid Prime. More Aliens, less Ghost in the Shell.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I am glad someone is calling them out all there titles and videos have been way too clickbaity recently. What happened to just report the news, I would have still clicked on the title euro gamer used. But it is going to be interesting to see what Bandai do with Metroid.

@Tsurii that a joke? If not. I don’t think you know what makes a Metroid game because Other M wasn’t a great example of one.

Its official when its official. At the moment its just a rumor.

If it turns out to be true I don't know what to think of it...Please Nintendo, don't screw up!!

@Tsurii For me I wouldn't say it's better than the Prime games just not as bad as people make it out to be. The gameplay was great for me. I think it's to the point where it's just cool to hate on Other M and people don't want to be uncool by accepting that it was a good game.

@Spectra Team Ninja were largely development grunts; Sakamoto, the game director, was the one who called all the shots and was responsible for the overall game structure and plot.

Also, Namco developed Smash 4. Just with Sakurai and Nintendo overseeing them. Same deal here.

Metroid: Other M was a very good game. It made some mistakes but it was on the right path. Using just the Wii remote was a mistake, as was the story and the pixel hunts. But Samus was proper kick-ass, agile Samus with her full array of moves, deeper combat. Samus moves like a tank in Prime games, some of her moves are nerfed(screw attack) or completely removed(speed boost).

I've said it before that the ideal Metroid game would have both 1st and 3rd person views(not just limited to morphball).

I think Namco Bandai is a great choice. They have a good track record with making gameplay fun, whether fighting games or RPGs. They are great storytellers as well.

Didnt know Bandai Namco have a studio in my home country Singapore! Cant wait for what's installed for us!

@LUIGITORNADO Agreed, for many Metroid fans, but I LOVED Other M.

I'm curious as to why some are uneasy with Bandai Namco developing Metroid? They did a pretty good job with Smash. Based on that, I would think there would be some confidence they'll do Metroid justice as well

And I enjoyed Other M as well. It may have to do with not having as much of an emotional attachment to Metroid and Samus as I do maybe Mario or Link/Zelda. So that could be why. But I thought the gameplay was good. The story was a little over the top. But I don't think it was that egregious to the character.

Hopefully Namco Bandai knows what they're doing with the fourth entry if this is true otherwise the Metroid Prime trilogy to me would had ended with Corruption. Still we need Namco Bandai themselves to confirm this so to put the doubters at ease.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Not many day I agree with you - but that headline is disgustingly misleading. Over the course of a slow burn, that's the kind of stuff that slowly drives an audience off a site like this.

Doesn't Bandai Singapore consist of a lot of old Lucas Arts guys? Can't imagine a lot of them would pack up and move to Singapore, but I'm pretty sure a few key people are there. That could be an interesting feel for Metroid.

Personally I wasn't the biggest fan of Prime. IT was very good, but it lost some of "Metroid" in the process.

@impurekind Starfox 0 isn't a bad game at all. People just freaked out that it wasn't the game they wanted it to be and that it forced a new control scheme. People that took the time to master the controls really liked SF0. The game was HARD. Like, "Nintendo hard", because you had to learn things. But the controls worked well. People have just become lazy and don't want to learn new ways of doing things. It was very much a Platinum game more than a conventional SF though.

I could see MP4 being a "Bamco" game more than a Nintendo game. But given the reaction to Other M, that might not be a bad thing.

This makes me think this is going to be a third person over at least over the shoulder shooter (though like many have said, the PRIME in Metroid makes it first person) - when I think of Namco I think of seeing people running around. Not incredibly exciting (if true) news but, they are a solid developer/publisher - this could be great. But I gotta look into more "what games do they just publish and what games do they internally develop?".

Sigh... uhhh... I hope it's not hot garbage🤔😔

@Savino Probably the few new games this year would be No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Back, Yoshi, Project Octopath Traveler, and Kirby: Star Allies, everything else are probably just going to be ports or remastered like Dark Souls Remastered, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Bayonetta 1+2, and Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition. Though this also means going into 2018 and early 2019 we should learn more about Metroid Prime 4, the next Fire Emblem for Switch, Super Smash Bros. for Switch, Pikmin 4, Pokemon Switch, Bayonetta 3, Shin Megami Tensei V, and hopefully Dragon Quest XI.

Guys please calm down, its not a big deal, stop bashing nintendolife.

I thought MP4 was confirmed a while ago?

@Dang69 Technically Retro wanted to do Metroid as 3rd person from the start. It was Miyamoto who demanded they move it to first person (and everyone gives the guy grief all the time...) So a 3rd person game would be A) Defying Miyamoto, and B) Aligned with Retro's original design. Though even on 3DS it was 1st person (chibis and all), so I'm not worried about that.

I’m in the “I loved Other M” camp .. err group....
I think either way this game will be good so as long as it’s not like a spin off or something. No gimmicks.

And I really hope we can get into Samus’ ship and fly around and all that. I’m not talking like gimmicky “tank” levels with tons of enemies to blow away. I want to be able to fly it around and travel to other locations. Kind of like an open world Metroid. Ugh. Thatd be so cool. Alone on an isolated planet flying around looking for the next bounty or power up. So exciting!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Also, doesn't anyone remember when "multiple sources" "confirmed" to EuroGamer that "Pokemon Stars" was coming in 2017 for the Switch? Their word means less than nothing.

At first I was concerned that Retro were not developing the game. However in some cases the IP is so strong and so legendary that it really doesn't matter who's making the game as (1) They'll be very honored to work on it and also very scared for their studio's reputation if they mess it up and (2) Nintendo will be overseeing this game like a protective mother hen the entire development cycle so they simply won't allow them to release it until they stamp it with the Nintendo seal of quality so-to-speak.

Fantastic! I love Bandai Namco! I'm sure they'll do a great job with the game.

Biggest question is. WTH have Retro Studios worked on for 4 years?

Open World Donkey Kong game?

Are Retro even working on anything anymore?

It seems it is even worse: Bandai Namco is working on a first-person shooter for Switch. That could be anything. So its not even a rumor!

I agree with those that think one of the 3 games BN is working on for release this year is a Metroid Prime trilogy. 4 will be next year. If true this will be great. I got out of video games when the prime trilogy started so I haven't played any of them. 3 games for $60 will be like new for me. Hope it comes this summer.

@XenoShaun Oh jeez..... that is what I feared. Hopefully they are just handling a remaster of the Prime Trilogy and someone else is still doing Prime 4.

Didn't Bandai Namco also make Fallout: New Vegas?

@HawkeyeWii New Vegas was developed by Obsidian Entertainment if I recall right.

I sure hope they revamp it at the level Breath of Wild and Mario Odyssey which shook up their franchises.

Is this like Pokemon stars rumor all over again?
Eurogamer has some history with fake stuff

Bandai Namco has already proven to be pretty capable since they assisted with Smash, and with Nintendo's guidance I have no doubt Prime 4 will be excellent and hopefully a game which takes the series in a new direction with all new mechanics and gameplay, in addition to the Metroid gameplay we have come to know and love of course.

Namco did the best Star Fox after Star Fox 64: Star Fox Assault.

Giving them my trusth on the development of MP4. Also, a classic arcade with Ridge Racer 8 would be welcome for me, so pretty happy for these news.

@Dom Please, write articles in a more serious manner. Nintendo Life readers are more demanding and serious than other Nintendo sites. Thank you.

I got a little over-zealous with the headline - that's on me Thanks for the feedback guys

@Cosats

@NEStalgia I agree that I don't think this will be anything but first person (given your comments), I just meant, the choice of studio makes me think of third person games.

Also I juuuust read that on Nintendo Everything, "Bandai Namco Singapore has some talent from the now defunct LucasArts Singapore, who previously worked on the cancelled Star Wars 1313." !!!!!!!!!!!!!! That IS exciting (if they are indeed working on 4) news.

@Spectra

Pretty sure that was much more Sakamoto's fault. I think Team Ninja just handled the gameplay, which wasn't bad.

After Samus Returns and the Prime series (and I feel sort of bad for saying this), I think western developers have a better handle on what Metroid is. So I'm slightly nervous about this...

@Tsurii

What's wrong with you?

@manu0 They've assisted with Mario Sports Superstars and Tales of Berseria. They probably also worked on some mobile and browser games, according to their website, but I could barely find them credited for anything...an unproven company, to say the least...

@subpopz....yet you clicked and commented,practice what you preach.

Been playing nintendo games off and on for almost 30 years but have never once tried a Metroid game. This may be the first one I check out. Bamco has been hitting it out of the park lately so I see this as a good piece of news if true

Everyone is freaking out saying theyll ruin it.

Didnt everyone say that about Retro too?

@YummyHappyPills And Smash Bros, when it was revealed that Bandai Namco were assisting in the development. For some reason, people seem to think that they have free reign over the title, and the team is made up of a bunch of noobs.

As far advised I’m concerned, this will do nought but accelerate the development process with the added manpower. Tanabe is still helming the project, other Nintendo team members will be alongside him, and given his reputation I expect a quality product at the other end.

Bring it.

@Iggy-Koopa

They did do Sm4sh beautifully, so I've got faith they'll handle Prime 4 with just as much care.

I wouldn't worry about it.

@PuppyToucher I wish @dom the best in getting acclimated to this community.

Given how the commenters act sometimes I wonder if he too is friend with Mr Daniels.

I know I am

@Iggy-Koopa If they put one foot wrong, it could be the tiniest little detail that nobody other than hardcore Metroid fans spot or care about, the comment sections will be a bloodbath...

Sorry but this is not a confirmation. Bandai Namco hasn't said anything and it's coming from unkown sources. So until BN says so, this is all bs.

2 thoughts spring to mind here. First of all, Nintendo hate their secrets getting out, so expect a direct soon. Also, where are all these "talented new devs" Nintendo insist they are continually taking on? I would have thought if that was the case then Nintendo could have handled Metroid internally, like they implied at E3. If they are not handling Metroid internally, yet taking on lots of new devs, then logic should dictate that we should soon see an internal increase of quality 1st party titles from Nintendo soon,, instead of farming their IP's out to 3rd parties

To be honest I've noticed a higher percentage of clickbait headlines and stories that should be (but aren't) marked as rumors since the beginning of the year. Nothing to worry about I hope.

This website has turned into one giant rush job. Not checking sources. Not editing articles. Grammar/spelling errors. Get it together, guys.

@Noonch Yeah, it's the new editor...

@Chibi Hold on, what's wrong with Nintendo "farming their IP's" to 3rd parties? Team Ninja did a fantastic job with Hyrule Warriors and Fire Emblem Warriors and Sakurai with Sora did a great job with Smash Bros that has plenty of Nintendo IP in it.
Also, what's wrong with Bandai Namco making Metroid Prime 4? They make good games.

@liljmoore
"If this is true. Then where the hell is Retro Studios and what are they working on?"

Please be Wave Race. Please be Wave Race. Please be Wave Race.

If this rumor is true, I have no idea if this is good or not.

Oh Noooo. It's a re skinned 'project treasure'

@NCChris Didn't say there was anything wrong with it. I just feel that Nintendo originally stated they were developing MP4 internally. They also stated they were "constantly hiring talented new Dev staff". If that is the case, then EAD's output should be higher. What are all those Dev teams working on I'm wondering? As a lot of Nintendo IP's are actually developed by 3rd parties. Nintendo need to either expand or invest in new studios. Of course Namco is a good publisher i have confidence in but if they were to mess up 1 of Nintendos flagship franchises there would be some who would find it unforgivable.

@PuppyToucher As the editor, Dom influences the direction of the entire site. Of course people will get upset over a false headline or article. Yes he’s new but an amount of responsibility comes with the position.

@Mr_Zurkon More rumours surround the team comprising of devs from Star Wars 1313! Metroid with a similar scope would be epic!

@NewAdvent Really? That's kinda cool. If that's true, I wonder how likely it is they'd be building off of that.

As long as they realize that neither Samus, nor her ship are giant robots.

@Iam16bit No point living in denial.

Just like when they revealed what the switch was, Eurogamer wouldn't let the cat out of the bag if there sources were not water tight.

@kobashi100 Pokemon Stars

It would be good to research what the Singapore studio have released previously. I was looking at applying there a couple of years back...

I'm a little worried by this news. Nintendo doesn't rate this IP strongly anymore, and I really didn't enjoy the 3DS Metroid title... All shooting, little Metroid

Fingers crossed!

Just because Eurogamer got Pokemon Stars wrong doesn't make them unreliable. Remember that Eurogamer was the one who first accurately leaked the NX/Switch a few months before its official unveiling.

The Bandai Namco Prime 4 rumors date back to November of last year. It's as good as real at this point.

I’m so excited that Prime 4 is coming!

I love how 52 people have 'Like'd @SLIGEACH_EIRE's comment. Sounds like 52 people that desperately don't want this information to be true.

Sounds like MP4 is gearing up to be less than awesome. Perhaps the next Other M. This is not the developer you want making this game.

@liljmoore it amazes me that people are still asking this. Retro studios is the new Rare, people. The same folks that made the great MP series are no longer even working there.

They should hire Bungie to make Metroid Prime 4 instead since they are no longer owned by Microsoft.

Bandai Namco has alot of talent.

All that's needed is Sakamoto to shape the game. The team is just there to do the work at his direction.

All Nintendo needs is the man in charge telling them what to do.

@XenoShaun So what do we have for this year, then...? Nothing at all? Just more WiiU remasters...? I doubt it. My bet is that two of them are coming out by the end of the year (being Bayonetta one of them). What a poor year would be if we only had Kirby, Yoshi and Mario Tennis...

I'm a bit concerned. Retro Studios have a reputation for a stratospheric attention to detail in their games. Just walk around and marvel the world they made in Prime 1 on GameCube! That is one game that has held up extremely well from that time period and it was all down to Retro's talents. Other M looked nice but didn't take enough inspiration from Retro. I don't want to see the same thing happen with Prime 4.

@JaxonH Sakamoto needs to stay far away.

@The_Mysteron Wave Race? Wasted on Retro's talent? Ick. Go play it on 64. Some franchises need to stay dead.

@gatorboi352 I don't know what statement you are responding too, but all you said is true, but it doesn't mean that Retro isn't still great? The Donkey Kongs they made are terrific.

@LUIGITORNADO
Why on earth would Sakamoto need to stay far away? He's made the series what it was. It's like saying Miyamoto needs to go away for the next Mario game, or Aonuma for the next Zelda.

We just got the excellent Metroid Samus Returns, yet again from the genius of Sakamoto. It was his bold direction that gave us the Metroid Prime games. Without him it's just a bunch of developers who have never developed a Metroid game in their lives fumbling around. With him... they could craft a masterpiece.

@JaxonH he gave us other m. He doesn’t know FPS well enough. Producer role is fine. Anything else is awful.

@LUIGITORNADO
Ok... even Miamoto made Wii Music and Aonuma made the divisive Skyward Sword.

I thought Other M was good, but even conceding that it wasn't that still just one game up against half a dozen others that were exceptional. Nobody's going to make a masterpiece every single time they try for their entire life.

Well they made Smash 4... why not this?

@gatorboi352 Yeah, no, people were liking his comment because the article was originally titled something like "Bandai Namco confirms it's working on Metroid Prime 4." Which it didn't. At all. No official statements. Dom made the wise decision to alter the article title to better reflect the reality of the situation (it has become a rumor with a high probability of being true, nothing more).

And why wouldn't Bamco produce a good Prime game? We don't even know anything about it yet.

@LUIGITORNADO I mean, what's there to worry about? they did co- developed Smash 4, and help with Mario Kart 8 (they were mention in the credits). so, i wouldn't worried about prime 4.

although, i could be wrong. so, will see.

They’re coming out with a Metroid Prime 4 for Nintendo Switch, we have a confirmed developer, fine by me!

Personally I have no problem if it is Bamco assisting with MP4's development, especially with the "rumour" that they've got some ex-LucasArts devs working with them, but until Nintendo and/or Bamco say it's official it's still just a rumour and should be reported as such. But this article is so poorly written from start to finish.

So, as someone who has no idea about these things... is this good news or bad news?

@redd214 Try both Prime and one of the more traditional side-scrolling titles. Gave the original Prime a go back when it came out, and hated it (I've never been one for FPS), so swore off Metroid for a very long time. Big mistake. Picked up Super Metroid on Wii U many years later as it was only 30p, and it's possibly the most pleasantly surprised I've ever been by a video game. Since then I've completed Zero Mission and bought Samus Returns (haven't had a chance to play it yet though).

A lot of these articles are very click baity lately. Poor journalism. Nibelsnarf this site. It’s turned trash since Tom left.

@Galactus_33 That’s pretty mean-spirited

@the_beaver Fire Emblem Switch was said to be this year also. We will likely have more announcements from Nintendo as the year progresses.

Mind you I would love any of the aforementioned three to come out this year. I'm hyped for all of them!

"at least we now know which studio is bringing Samus back to the FPS party."

The MP Series are no FPS games. They are action-adventures that just happen to be displayed in first person. God, this site is sickening me more and more by the day.

Looks like Bamco Singapore is hiring!

Art Director
Animator
Environment Artist
Level Designer
Game Designer

Now's the chance if you want to work on Metroid Prime (and live in Singapore I guess).

@Tsurii Yeah Other M was much much better than the Prime games... in the "crappiest Metroid game ever" contest. Prime didn't have a chance.

@LUIGITORNADO "Wave Race? Wasted on Retro's talent? Ick. Go play it on 64. Some franchises need to stay dead."

There's no need to be rude and there's no accounting for people's taste. I adore the Wave Race series. I'll admit that Wave Race 64 hasn't aged well (the same can be said for many 64 era titles) but Blue Storm on the GameCube was incredible and still looks and plays beautifully to this day. I'd love to see Wave Race on Switch.

@Spectra it was Sakamoto who ruined other m with the terrible story. Team ninjas gameplay was the redeeming factor of other m

Bandai 'Star Fox Assault, Pokken, and Smash 4' Namco? Yeah, this could definitely work out!

You'd think with the amount of games being developed & the current success/interest in the switch that a dedicated Nintendo site would be able to write interesting articles, interview developers about their games, & generally produce engaging pieces that people interested in Nintendo want to read. But this site just seems happy reposting videos & links to pieces/news from other sites while adding very little or nothing to the discussion. Opinion pieces such as 'hey guys, wouldn't it be great if the switch had franchise x' are even less interesting to read since anyone with any interest in Nintendo will have achieved the same depth of analysis after giving the current release schedule 2 minutes thought. After the wilderness years of the Wii U & having to sustain a Nintendo site without any actual news to report, now the site should be taking advantage of the switch boom, but happily chuffs out 3rd hand speculation & rumour instead. Basically this site has become garbage

Excellent! So for sure Retro is making another Donkey Kong Country! 😍

@Prof_Yoshtonics Most of the people that worked on the Prime Trilogy aren't working in Retro anymore.

@WonderfulTorment The clunky wiimote controls? I hope you're joking. There's virtually no reason for them to not include nunchuk/classic/pro controller support.

@KeeperBvK Still a FPS. Whether it plays like other FPS or not is of no matter.

@JaxonH I though Tanabe was in charge of the Prime series and either him or Sakamoto knew about each other work.

Sakamoto is a good director/producer, but he's no storyteller and he definitely makes mistakes when it comes about gameplay decisions. I mean, we are talking about the same guy that blalantly put the Wiimote as the only controller available for Other M just because he thought it looked like a NES controller.

@Link41 it’s still better coverage than the bigger sites, like IGN.

@SomeoneSomething blame that in Nintendo. Magazines and websites have said that Nintendo is pretty tight lipppws about things. Game Informer particularly has mentioned it over the years

@CapricornDavid Only one game you mentioned was mediocre, and that was because they put on-foot segments in there. The flying segments were on point. Pokken Tournament is a good game, and Smash 4 is awesome.

@Devlind
The Wiimote scheme was a misguided attempt to broaden the audience. I hated it and completely disagree with the decision, but I understand what they were trying to do.

I think Nintendo has realized years ago that type of approach never works.

@Devlind Yeah I know. I still really trust Retro though. They've literally never made a bad game. I love the Prime Trilogy and both DKCs are brilliant.

@Spectra Team Ninja did a great job with the gameplay of "Other M." They had nothing to do with the horribly written dialogue.

Eurogamer updated their article.

Now they claim that work for Metroid Prime 4 is being shifted from Bandai Namco Singapore to Bandai Namco Japan. Bandai Namco Singapore is now supposedly working on another Switch game (maybe Ridge Racer 8 lol??)

Im looking forward to this game so much, I really hope that they manage to get the same feeling of the old games especially the first Metroid Prime game. Will be an instant buy for me.

@NEStalgia Dude, grow up. Not everyone likes games that are "Nintendo hard" nowadays. There is a reason why the game flopped commercially, and you attributing that to people being "lazy" is super short-sighted. People crying about the game being good after you get used to the controls aren't much better either.

You liked the game, which is good. But seriously, get over yourself.

@G_M I'm not a fan of"Nintendo hard"myself, but isn't it a bit hypocritical to simultaneously accuser someone of immaturity for stating a game is a good game that requires learning new inputs while yourself rejecting a game as poor merely because of its learning curve?

Sf0 is a quality made game. It controls tight and plays well and presents a well crafted repeatable arcade style challenge. It feel victim among fans to internet group think and unattainable hype expecting it to be a wing Commander experience. The actual game was different from expectations and it was quickly judged and dismissed based on what it wasn't rather than what it was. It wasn't a space Opera, it was an arcade cabinet experience at home and did that job very very well. If people wanted a different game doesn't mean the game it was should be dismissed out if hand.

@westman98 My Nintendo News seems to think it's Ridge Racer that Singapore is working on, which seems weird to me. Unless it's somehow open world with shooting, I'm not convinced it'll be good. But stranger things have worked out well, like chicken, egg and orange fig spread on a breakfast sandwich.

I just want to know what Retro Studios is up to?

@IronMan28
Are you talking about Ridge Racer being an open world shooter, or Metroid?

This is a stupid decision. Nintendo should have chosen VISCERAL GAMES (DEAD SPACE) to make Metroid.

Singapore is doing RR (but it's not called 8 as far as I know). Japan is doing MP4 with some help from Singapore assets-wise.

@Terrible_Majesty
Visceral Games has been shut down months ago.

@westman98 Ridge Racer. That was more or less a joke. I say that because Singapore has a few people who worked on SW 1313 before it got canned. Ridge Racer seems like a pretty big leap from Star Wars.

I still think there's a bit of wiggle room in what's been said that could allow Retro Studios to be involved.
The line which is believed to rule them out only states that it would be 'a talented new development team'... but considering the majority of the original Metroid Prime development team have since left Retro Studios, it could simply be a new development that they have since assembled (I think I remember Tanabe making a comment suggesting this a few years ago).
Seeing as Bandai Namco's involvement in the project is apparently being shifted from Singapore to their Japan studio... this seems odd for such a major title if they were the lead developers on the project... which suggests that they may only be assisting with the development, and another studio is leading the project.
Add all of this to the fact that Retro Studios haven't released a game in four years, had been looking to hire new staff within that time with skills that would fit better with a Metroid Prime game than the other games they had been developing, and were apparently working with a composer just last year who is well known for his work on sci-fi games, and is a fan of the Metroid franchise... it certainly still seems like a possibility to me.

@Devlind so controls = gameplay? The game was fun, but the controls weren’t.

@WonderfulTorment Well, in a sense, yeah. The gameplay is limited by the controls sometimes (like in Other M). The combat gets repetitive because of it. You basically shoot a charge beam/missile and then proceed to do a melee attack. Evading doesn't require any skill to use, just spam the d-pad or waggle the controller. The controller is limited in options so it limits the gameplay for a game that could really make use of the extra buttons from the nunchuck/classic/pro controller.

@Prof_Yoshtonics Well, that's true. Tropical Freeze came in 2014, I wonder what they have been doing all this years.

@Devlind no doubt if they used a nunchuck it wouldve been better as you can just spam dodge to win in most battles. But in terms of gameplay, I found it pretty fun, compared to the awful story however (which was 100% Sakamoto)

Hmmmmmmm....

Oh, and I was thinking the title was changed...but that was a different article?!