So we’re all in agreement that Metroid Prime 4 is at least Cross-Gen?

[ChaosXVI]

Todays Direct has come and gone, and with no sign of Metroid in any capacity. We have still seen nothing of Prime 4 since it was announced in 2017 with a logo that will not be final.

Now Switch 2 is on the horizon, coming sometime in the next 6 to 14 months…I mean come on. Come on right? It makes too much sense at this point right?

 

[oatmeal]

Has to be yah

 

[Porygon]

Yes, totally

 

[Rowsdower]

100%

 

[Wispmetas]

Or in development hell.

 

[striderno9]

tbh, with Nintendo, who knows. It may never come out or it may come out a few years after the "Switch 2"

 

[FatHorse2099]

Yes. A shame that the presumably troubled development has lead to this, but it does mean that is likely that it'll have a chance to run at peak performance on the Switch's successor

 

[B.K.]

Or in development hell.

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Or cancelled.

 

[Jacknapes]

More than likely at this point now.

Switch has been lucky with 2 Metroid titles over the course of it's lifetime, with the addition of Super Metroid on the NSO app.

 

[Neverx]

Yes 100% at this point.

 

[Deleted member 36578]

Definetly. Hopefully it comes out close to the launch of Switch 2.

 

[Duffking]

I expect so, Nintendo probably want to release it at launch for Switch 2 IMO and wouldn't want to trailer it and have pre orders go live before the new console is announced.

 

[Bentendo24]

There's zero question about it. Tbh I've always figured as much.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Absolutely

 

[Stibbs]

Todays Direct has come and gone, and with no sign of Metroid in any capacity. We have still seen nothing of Prime 4 since it was announced in 2017 with a logo that will not be final.

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TBF the game kinda got cancelled and restarted right before Covid, so its more like 4 years

 

[AndyVirus]

Crossgen for Switch 2 and Switch 3.

 

[Makoto Yuki]

Yup

 

[game-biz]

I don't see any point for Nintendo to make this cross gen.

It'll be a Switch 2 exclusive.

 

[RedDevil]

For some reason I think it's gonna be a next-gen game, maybe not launch window even.

 

[Yappa]

Hopefully Switch 2 only.

 

[.exe]

Nah, it's rebooted as Metroid Prime Federation Fource, coming as a NSO exclusive multiplayer game some time late next year.

 

[Noppie]

Absolutely.

 

[HylianSeven]

99% because I never underestimate that Nintendo weirdness factor of them doing something so batshit insane like releasing Prime 4 on the current Switch 6 months after the Switch 2 is out.

 

[Lord Fanny]

I didn't agree to shit. But probably

 

[jph139]

I just hope it remains cross-gen, because I pre-ordered it from Best Buy for like $40 and want them to honor it lol.

 

[PumpkinPieAddict]

Are we sure it's still a game and not rebooted as a gritty musical?

 

[th1nk]

Yep… though Metroid Prime 4 in 4k60 with HDR sounds pretty amazing to me!

 

[Ambient80]

Nah, it's rebooted as Metroid Prime Federation Fource, coming as a NSO exclusive multiplayer game some time late next year.

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Metroid Federation 99

 

[Belphegor]

Sadly it seems to be the case. There's still some hope left that it won't.

 

[MarcelloF]

For sure.

 

[kenjieno]

I would bet on development hell. The whole thing sounds like a mess.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Or cancelled.

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Let's not make jokes we can't take back.

 

[NotLiquid]

The fact that Nintendo announced games here that are releasing all the way into Summer 2024 makes it hard for me to agree to anything regarding their actual platform plans. For all we know it'll pop up in the usual January Direct.

 

[Bishop89]

#teamSwitch2LaunchTitle

 

[SharpX68K]

Switch 2 game likely.

 

[Soulsis]

Yeah, and I support that. I'm ready to move on to next gen.

 

[JonnyTorso]

Kind of hoping it's a switch 2 launch title at this point.

Not that I want to have to struggle to play it because it'll probably be impossible to get a switch on launch, but goddamn it'll look so good.

 

[FrostweaveBandage]

Seems to me like they've held it back for when the Switch 2 is announced, so that it can be a launch title.

 

[Yog-Sothoth]

Dev hell is my guess

 

[lvl 99 Pixel]

somewhere between development hell and Switch 3

 

[AgeEighty]

I figured that out before the Direct, which I knew MP4 wouldn't appear in.

 

[Naisho]

Yeah it's a Switch 2 game. It's not dead.

 

[Kindekuma]

With how good Retro made Prime Remastered look on the current hardware, I think Nintendo pushing for Retro to release this on the "Super Nintendo Switch" as a visual showcase piece. So I honestly expect to see this whenever the new hardware is finally announced next year.

 

[Simba1]

Offcource it's a cross gen.

 

[Kyora90]

Yeah it's their graphics showcase game.

 

[Richietto]

For sure. They won't drop Switch support after all these years and can bump the visuals up for Switch 2 to be a showcase for the launch. Win-win.

 

[DiegoPaulino]

It's dead, Jim.

 

[Kimbou]

Yes.

 

[mjw]

I've long since figured that, this Direct didn't really change anything for me

 

[PucePikmin]

I wouldn't say it's a lock yet -- while I don't think they'll outright shadowdrop Metroid Prime 4, I don't think we should necessarily expect to get a release date months ahead of time. We could still get an early 2023 Switch release.