Metroid Prime 4 Developer Shares New Artwork Featuring Samus

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may have only come out last year, but that wasn’t the only game in development.  is that other title currently being worked on, but it has been cast to the shadows since its E3 2017 reveal. Retro Studios still hasn’t released a trailer for the game or an update on it, but the team did change its Twitter banner to something related to the series and, by extension, possibly .

The studio swapped its Twitter banner profile image from a bigger version of its logo to the above artwork without overtly bringing attention to the change; it was up to some fans to point it out. It shows the silhouette of someone who is presumably Samus Aran against a blue-lit backdrop. It’s a similar hue to the one seen in the brief logo reveal trailer.

Retro, creator of the original trilogy, took over development after Nintendo stated that the game did “not reach [its] standards” under reported developer Bandai Namco. Nintendo announced in January 2019 that development had completely restarted and said that “it will be a long road until the next time” it can provide an update on its progress. Seeing as that was three years ago, it’s possible that Nintendo is slowly beginning to unveil at least parts of .

Nintendo is also reportedly on the precipice of announcing a remaster or remake of the first  for the Switch just in time for the game’s 20th anniversary coming up in late 2022. Other reports and rumors have also stated that this alleged rerelease will likely pave the way for Switch ports of and later down the line.