Metroid Prime Remastered Was Possibly Completed Years Ago

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While most publishers are in a hurry to release their games, Nintendo might have been sitting on Metroid Prime Remastered for years, new developments suggest. The Japanese gaming giant treated Metroid Prime Remastered to a surprise release on February 8, following the game's same-day announcement during the latest Nintendo Direct.

As unconventional as the possibility of Nintendo holding back the release of Metroid Prime Remastered sounds, this is not the first occasion on which the company was said to employ such practices. The recently launched Fire Emblem Engage was reportedly completed in 2021, one established Nintendo insider claimed last year, three months before the much-anticipated strategy RPG was even announced.

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According to some newly surfaced regulatory filings, it would appear that Metroid Prime Remastered was possibly also placed on ice after Retro Studios and its sister companies completed their work on the game. German content rating agency USK classified the title in July 2021, 18 months ahead of its surprise release. The Australian arts ministry also lists the game as a 2021 production, although its own classification was only finalized last November. Neither regulator is in the habit of disclosing original filing dates of classification requests because publishers attach short-term confidentiality petitions to their game rating submissions whenever those precede official announcements, which is a frequent occurrence in the industry.

This newly surfaced context adds more credence to 2021 reports that suggested the Metroid Prime trilogy Switch port announcement is just a matter of time. According to more recent rumors, the