

While the delay definitely sucks, I personally would rather wait for a quality version of the game than get access to a mediocre one sooner. Still, two years later, in early 2019, Nintendo's senior managing executive officer, Shinya Takahashi explained in a development update that "the current development progress has not reached the standards we seek in a sequel to the Metroid Prime series." Takahashi went on to say that "Nintendo always strives for the highest quality in our games and in the development phase, we challenge ourselves and confront whether the game is living up to that quality on a daily basis."įrom there, he announced that Retro Studios, the developers that were in charge of the original trilogy, will "restart development from the beginning." While this news means that we will need to wait quite a bit longer to get our hands on Samus' upcoming game, it's far more likely that Retro Studios will be able to provide us with the Metroid Prime experience we've been waiting for. Metroid Prime 4 was first announced at E3 2017.
