Would you have preferred a Metroid Prime Trilogy port over the Remastered?

[Homura]

I know many people are disappointed that Nintendo only released the first Prime game on Switch rather than the entire trilogy, but if the Super Mario 3D All Stars collection is any indication, a Prime Trilogy port would simply be the original game upscaled to 1080p/720p with no other improvements.

So, my question is, which would you prefer?
1) Metroid Prime Trilogy straight port at full price with no improvements other than upscaled resolution
2) The Prime 1 Remastered (Remake) we got

 

[Wrexis]

I wanted a trilogy, but it's clear it wouldn't have gotten the same polish as the remake now that we have it.

 

[ghostcrew]

It sounds like we're going to be getting MP2 and 3 anyway (just not remade to the same extent as MP - so probably pretty straight ports).

If that pans out, I'm dead happy with how it's worked out.

 

[Menchin]

I can already play the OG trilogy at HD resolution with mouse control on PC (Primehack), I much prefer the remaster approach

 

[Kyuuji]

Personally I'm happy with the remakester.

 

[Stalker]

They're already doing 2 and 3 as remasters anyway. This is the best way.

 

[St. Elmo's Fire]

The remaster.
It needed it.

 

[sir_crocodile]

the best game got the most work

 

[AncientReptileBrain]

i don't feel super strongly about this, but how i feel at the moment is: i would have rathered to just be able to play all three games in an easy way right now. it'd be nice to live in a universe where both were possible.

 

[Helix]

tbf I would have loved a trilogy drop but if it meant that Prime "Remastered" would not been given the attention it got then I think I would be a bit soured by it because the "Remaster" is really well done. I would hope 2 and 3 get a shadowdrop as well, hopefully together!

 

[TizioVerde]

1080/60 Trilogy port absolutely.

 

[Kadzork]

The refurbmakester is incredible so if I knew how good it would be before being offered this choice I would have gone for it in a heartbeat.

 

[Plinkerton]

I'm happier with what we got. I own the trilogy box set on Wii, so there would have been less value for me in having that again (although I probably still would have bought it).

I will be disappointed if we don't get some versions of Prime 2 and 3 on Switch before 4 comes out. I can accept that they'll be lower quality than Prime 1 Remastered, but to not get them at all would suck.

 

[Dr.Osiris]

Motion controls? No thanks.

 

[th1nk]

Metroid Prime Remastered is glorious! I am sure they will release at least Echoes in some form or another, but I already got what I needed most.

 

[NuclearCake]

I don't know why people are expecting straight ports of Prime 2 and 3?

The person that initially told people here on ERA about a Prime remaster did say that Prime 2 and 3 would receive a remaster that is similar to Prime but it won't be done by Retro, as they are busy with Prime 4. The post was fairly accurate and what it described does not sound like straight ports of other Prime games to me. Whichever studio is working on those is likely using the Prime 1 remaster as a benchmark to achieve a similar level of quality.

Edit: Here it is

Nintendo Working on Metroid Prime 1 Re-Release (Remaster/Remake?) for Release in 2022 - Emily Roger (Up: other insiders corroborate) Rumor

My God, this is a leak if I've ever seen one

www.resetera.com

Not really talking about straight ports for any of these titles.

 

[Plinkerton]

I don't know why people are expecting straight ports of Prime 2 and 3?

The person that initially told people here on ERA about a Prime remaster did say that Prime 2 and 3 would receive a remaster that is similar to Prime but it won't be done by Retro, as they are busy with Prime 4. The post was fairly accurate and what it described does not sound like straight ports of other Prime games to me. Whichever studio is working on those is likely using the Prime 1 remaster as a benchmark to achieve a similar level of quality.

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I hope this is the case and, as you say, there's really no reason to expect it not to be.

I'm most interested in what they do with 3, which the motion controls being so integral to the game. Do they try and adapt it like Skyward Sword, or just force everyone to use detached Joycons?

 

[ZeoVGM]

Yes. Absolutely.

I would much rather have a more standard remaster of the entire trilogy than just Prime 1, even if Prime 1 has more work done to it.

 

[SofNascimento]

Personally I'm happy with the remakester.

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Cursed post.

 

[Jubilant Duck]

I can already play the OG trilogy at HD resolution with mouse control on PC (Primehack), I much prefer the remaster approach

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Basically this. In fact it's that the remaster has had such love and effort poured into it that makes me unsure which method I'll use to replay the game again in the future.

(until Switch emulation gets a similar PrimeHack)

 

[Kromeo]

If it was a straight port with motion controls I wouldn't have played it so no

 

[FakePlasticTree]

No, I like what we got.

 

[Bushido]

Nah man, the remaster is so fantastic and looks so frickin' glorious, even after 2+ years of PS5/Series X this game on dated hardware makes my jaw drop all the time. Definitely preferring this overhauled masterpiece over 3 simple HD ports with adjusted controls.

 

[Stormkyleis]

Absolutely not, if it meant leaving the games untouched. It would have been just another version of the same old thing.

Metroid Prime Remastered, on the other hand, is a massive improvement over the original.

 

[Memento Mori]

Prime 1 is one of the greatest videogames of all time and the other two are not. Spending more time making Prime 1 look prettier was the right move.

 

[Nessus]

I already own Metroid Prime Trilogy and Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, and Metroid Prime 3.

What I don't already own, and have no way of getting unless Nintendo makes it, is a fully remastered Metroid Prime 1.

 

[BassForever]

Considering I don't care for Prime 2, I'd happily just get Prime 1 remakester over just a further upscaled Prime 1-3 remaster. I do like 3 a lot, but Prime 1 still goated so getting an amazing, modern version is worth it.

 

[brenobnfm]

Wish Bioware approached the Mass Effect remaster the same way.

 

[Arithmetician]

I already own two different versions of the original Prime Trilogy. A good remaster is much more interesting than a port to me.

 

[unicornKnight]

I don't know why people are expecting straight ports of Prime 2 and 3?

The person that initially told people here on ERA about a Prime remaster did say that Prime 2 and 3 would receive a remaster that is similar to Prime but it won't be done by Retro, as they are busy with Prime 4. The post was fairly accurate and what it described does not sound like straight ports of other Prime games to me. Whichever studio is working on those is likely using the Prime 1 remaster as a benchmark to achieve a similar level of quality.

Edit: Here it is

Nintendo Working on Metroid Prime 1 Re-Release (Remaster/Remake?) for Release in 2022 - Emily Roger (Up: other insiders corroborate) Rumor

My God, this is a leak if I've ever seen one

www.resetera.com

Not really talking about straight ports for any of these titles.

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Adding the specific part of that post that mentions 2 & 3:

Before Retro got Prime 4 back they'd been planning for them to redo the whole trilogy. Obviously that was not going to be possible with them now doing Prime 4. So the new plan became for them to just finish up the first game, then Nintendo would contract out the work for the subsequent games to be redone by other studios with the Prime 1 remake serving to establish the visual bar and style for other studios to emulate.

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We already know that some of the work done in MP Remastered was outsourced to studios other than Retro. I don't see why not do the same with the rest.

 

[FolderBrad]

I mean the art style holds up, right?

Assuming it was a clean HD upscale and they would have updated the controls the same way, I would MUCH rather had the Trilogy. Are people crazy?

All three games are great, and it sucks the other two may never be rescued from the SD. I've been waiting SO long for a version of Prime 3 with updated controls, and I was really sad ever since we heard rumors this Trilogy Remaster was going to be just the first game.

I think people are voting for what we have because hindsight is 20/20. But I think a clean port would have impressed as well.

(also I don't think it was ever going to just be a port, and if it was they wouldn't charge full price for it. The poll question is leading. I think we would have gotten a nice remaster with no new art.)

 

[4CornersTHSA]

Adding the specific part of that post that mentions 2 & 3:

We already know that some of the work done in MP Remastered was outsourced to studios other than Retro. I don't see why not do the same with the rest.

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Could be Iron Galaxy and others have been using the framework established for Prime Remastered which apparently finished up in mid/late 2021 for Echoes and Corruption while Retro went all in on Prime 4. It certainly sets one hell of a benchmark.

Total speculation; Nintendo obviously knows how far along Prime 4 is and how long Retro needs to complete and ship. Could Echoes and Corruption already be done and just sitting like Prime was for a year and a half, considering they may not be getting the same level of polish that Prime did, and when Nintendo dropped Prime last week the "countdown" to Prime 4 is officially started with staggered releases of the 3 games over the next year+ before Prime 4 gets a reveal trailer around an event like TGA 2023 or around June 2024 (maybe alongside Switch2)?

 

[Dupr Dog]

The first game has always stood out as the special game of this trilogy IMO. I'm fine if this is the only game they port to Switch.

The sequels were simply not as good.

 

[Capra]

MP1 didn't "need" a full-on visual remake and neither do Echoes or Corruption IMO, but what we got is one of the best-looking Switch games while still being faithful to the atmosphere of the original. I'm hopeful we'll get the other 2 in some form down the line and I'm incredibly happy with MPR so I'll take this over a bare-bones port.

Edit: I will not take this Echoes slander lying down though. MP1 may be more of a "classic" but Echoes is a better game in so many regards even as it struggles with its own problems. The highs far outweigh the lows.

Corruption is still good but it's definitely the least of the trilogy.

 

[Clear_Strelok]

There are few games that are even less in need of technical improvements as the Metroid Prime trilogy so I'll definitely say that what we got instead is a best-case scenario. These are technical showcases on their original platforms, where they each run at an almost completely locked 60 FPS with smooth controls and virtually non-existent load times.

A straight port, while still desired for practical reasons, wouldn't have much to improve upon. Instead we have one of best looking games of the year so far, on outdated mobile hardware no less, and it also happens to be the most impressive rebuild effort we've seen outside of ground-up remakes.

 

[Zeal543]

Depends on if we get 2/3 eventually

 

[unicornKnight]

Could be Iron Galaxy and others have been using the framework established for Prime Remastered which apparently finished up in mid/late 2021 for Echoes and Corruption while Retro went all in on Prime 4. It certainly sets one hell of a benchmark.

Total speculation; Nintendo obviously knows how far along Prime 4 is and how long Retro needs to complete and ship. Could Echoes and Corruption already be done and just sitting like Prime was for a year and a half, considering they may not be getting the same level of polish that Prime did, and when Nintendo dropped Prime last week the "countdown" to Prime 4 is officially started with staggered releases of the 3 games over the next year+ before Prime 4 gets a reveal trailer around an event like E3 time or TGA?

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I don't think 2 & 3 are necessarily done, could be in the final stages. As for MP4 they probably have an estimation / target date but not fixed date yet.

 

[Skyfireblaze]

That depends, if we don't eventually get MP2 and MP3 Remastered I would have preferred a straight port but if the other two are still in the cards with the same treatment but just at a later date, I can wait.

 

[giancarlo123x]

Remake as it would take years for me to get through all 3 anyways

 

[inspectah]

I don't know why people are expecting straight ports of Prime 2 and 3?

The person that initially told people here on ERA about a Prime remaster did say that Prime 2 and 3 would receive a remaster that is similar to Prime but it won't be done by Retro, as they are busy with Prime 4. The post was fairly accurate and what it described does not sound like straight ports of other Prime games to me. Whichever studio is working on those is likely using the Prime 1 remaster as a benchmark to achieve a similar level of quality.

Edit: Here it is

Nintendo Working on Metroid Prime 1 Re-Release (Remaster/Remake?) for Release in 2022 - Emily Roger (Up: other insiders corroborate) Rumor

My God, this is a leak if I've ever seen one

www.resetera.com

Not really talking about straight ports for any of these titles.

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Incredible how accurate Belmonts post back then was in describing the Remaster, wish he was still actively posting.
Probably the most knowledgable Nintendo source we ever had.

 

[Necromanti]

All (remaster/remake) >> Any (remaster/remake) >>>> All (port) >>> Any (port) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nothing

 

[thebaconlife]

they are probably gonna release the other two later when they have less games to fill the void

 

[Soap]

Honestly I am so happy with this remaster that I could wait for them all to be done in this way.

 

[steviestar3]

If you had asked me before Remastered was revealed I probably would have just wanted the Trilogy port. I expected a remaster to have a ton of annoying caveats and arbitrary changes that would sour the experience, similar to how I feel about Bluepoint's remakes. Maybe not on that level since Retro was rumored to be involved but still, modern remaster/remake efforts have left me a bit cynical.

So I'm glad to report that Remastered totally proved me wrong. It's a fantastic version that actually respects the artistic design of the original game while also providing some great playability improvements. MP2/3 still deserve to be rereleased in some way but there's no way I would ever give up the remaster for them now that I know how amazing it is. Ideally at least MP2 can still get a similar treatment somewhere down the line.

 

[KezayJS1]

I own the original respective releases of each game in the trilogy and played through them all
I also have the trilogy on Wii and played through them all again there

As much as I probably don't need another trilogy, if we simply got an upscaled package I'd probably still get that and play these games again.

But preference wise, I'm far more interested in what they've done with the Prime 1 remaster and I really hope they eventually do the same with the remaining games in time.

 

[Shin Kojima]

I'm content if this is all we're getting but I would like to see the others get the same treatment down the line.

 

[IronWarrior94]

As much as I'd like to have seen the trilogy get ported right off the bat (Prime 2 is my favorite) I'm glad they went the remaster of the first game route, and executed it in the best possible way.
It'll end up being a win-win for those of us who like the sequels if they get the same treatment now, and signs are pointing to that outcome being pretty likely.

 

[Doskoi Panda]

As of now, the definitive Metroid Prime experience is on Switch.

If they'd released a simple Prime Trilogy upres on Switch... the definitive Prime experience would still be on PC.

And the only real advantages to the Switch version (over the Wii trilogy) would be availability and control choice. And resolution, for sure... which would put it in line with all the most boring 'ports dressed up as remasters' that we've seen over the last 10 years.

It's a bummer because I wanted an excuse to rerun the whole series, but I'll take a meaningful remaster over another port any day.

Kinda been tired of simple ports to current gen consoles being called 'remasters' and that's totally what would have happened here if the games were ported. Miss me with that Dishonored Remastered shit.

 

[AerialAir]

I hope this is the case and, as you say, there's really no reason to expect it not to be.

I'm most interested in what they do with 3, which the motion controls being so integral to the game. Do they try and adapt it like Skyward Sword, or just force everyone to use detached Joycons?

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The adaptation in Skyward Sword isn't very good, it's still a game that has to be played with detached JoyCons. I've never played MP3, but if it relies as much on motion controls as SS, they should gives both options.

 

[345]

metroid prime is a special all-time classic. the sequels are okay.

i wouldn't say no to similar remasters of 2 and 3, but i'd vastly rather have this remaster of 1 than an upscaled port of the trilogy.