Rumor: Metroid Prime 2 and 3 Could Be Coming to Switch
According to a known industry insider, two entries in the Metroid Prime series, namely Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, may still come to Nintendo Switch in some capacity. The news came following the sudden release of Metroid Prime Remastered on the Nintendo eShop immediately following the Nintendo Direct that aired last Wednesday, February 8.
Immediately following the broadcast, players flocked to the Nintendo eShop to purchase and download the remaster of the 2002 GameCube classic. A physical edition will be available next Wednesday, February 22, though initial orders of Metroid Prime Remastered are reportedly selling out across multiple retailers. Taking place following the first Metroid game, the renowned bounty hunter Samus Aran receives a distress signal from a Space Pirate ship and, upon encountering Meta Ridley aboard the ship, chases him down to the planet Tallon IV, where the bulk of the game takes place.
Metroid Prime Dev ‘Let Down’ By Missing Original Credits in Remastered Version
Industry insider Jeff Grubb confirmed on Twitter that if and when Nintendo ever released Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on the Switch, those games would not receive the same treatment as the recent Metroid Prime Remastered. Grubb's tweet was a quote-tweet in response to a question from another user. However, the answer Grubb gave would imply that the two Metroid Prime games in question would be direct ports, not remasters. Ergo, this would mean that a graphical update similar to Metroid Prime Remastered would be unlikely.
Grubb previously stated in a recent podcast that Metroid Prime Remastered had been ready to go for a long time, adding that it was only a matter of when Nintendo gave
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