We've done a story based on the Hunters, and this time around we're doing a story on the Galactic Federation. In terms of story, Tanabe desired to further explore the background of Sylux, the anti- Galactic Federation Bounty Hunter from Metroid Prime Hunters, who he confirmed was the pilot of the mysterious spacecraft at the end of Corruption: "Personally I'd like to create a story centring around Sylux and Samus. Tanabe suggested that a fourth game might be set on a single planet and feature a time-shifting mechanic. While nothing is known yet of the game's plot, Tanabe had revealed some of his ideas for a future Metroid Prime game in an interview regarding Metroid Prime: Federation Force in 2015. For instance, I think I can come up with some unique ideas using the Morph Ball, which is a specific skill of Samus." Speaking to Kotaku in 2009 after the release of Metroid Prime Trilogy, Tanabe hinted at future Prime installments, and the potential to expand upon the multiplayer mode in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: "We will keep considering multiplayer for the Prime series. The game's original incarnation was described as "return to the first-person adventure roots of the original Metroid Prime game and introduc a new storyline that ties together the events of the Metroid Prime universe and takes the storyline in new directions," though it is unclear whether these plans have changed with the game's development being restructured.
In January of 2019, it was announced through the Nintendo Switch news system that the game's development was not living up to the standards of the series, and so development had been restarted from scratch with Retro Studios working under Tanabe instead. We’ll have more to share with Metroid Prime 4 when we have something we think is going to wow people.įor more from our interview with Bill Trinen and Nate Bihldorff, head here.The game was originally developed by a "talented new development team" led by Kensuke Tanabe, the longtime producer of the Prime series. This year, you can see pretty clearly, we’re back to focusing on the near-term. Last year, because it was the first year for the hardware, we looked at things that were maybe a little further out. And when we think we’re ready to show Metroid Prime, we’ll show Metroid Prime.īill: Last year was the first year for Switch at E3, so we took a bit of a departure from our usual approach to E3, which is to focus on more near-term stuff. Trinen: I think the main thing is, as people have probably realized by now – we show things when we think we’re ready to show them. Is there anything you can say about Metroid Prime 4? Is there a reason it wasn’t at the show this year?īihldorff: But yeah, we’re not featuring it at E3 this year. We spoke with senior product marketing manager for Nintendo America Bill Trinen and localization manager Nate Bihldorff and asked them why the game did not make a return appearance for this year's E3. This year, however, the game is a no-show.
One of the biggest games to make an appearance (if you consider a logo reveal an appearance) at E3 2017 was the confirmation that Metroid Prime 4 was in development for Switch.
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