It’s now been 6 years since Metroid Prime 4 was announced
It’s now been more than six years since Nintendo officially announced that Metroid Prime 4 is in development.
The company made the surprise announcement during its E3 Nintendo Direct presentation on June 13, 2017.
All that was revealed was a 43-second animation showing outer space and a ‘4’ symbol appearing, along with a message reading “Metroid Prime 4 now in development for Nintendo Switch“.
Since then, however, nothing more has been seen of the game.
The main reason for this became clear in 2019, when Nintendo’s senior managing executive officer Shinya Takahashi revealed that the game had essentially been started all over again.
“Ever since the announcement, we have not been able to give you an update, but as a result of the continuing development since that time – although this is very regrettable – we must let you know that the current development progress has not reached the standards we seek in a sequel to the Metroid Prime series,” Takahashi said in 2019.
“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.
“If we’re not satisfied with the quality, we aren’t able to to deliver it to our customers with confidence, and the game will not live up to our fans’ expectations.
“From this perspective, we have determined that the current development status of the game is very challenged, and we had to make a difficult decision as a development team. We have decided to re-examine the development structure itself and change it.
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“Specifically, we have decided to have the producer, Kensuke Tanabe, work in
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