Nintendo has outlined upcoming Nintendo Change exclusives and nonetheless lists the long-absent Metroid Prime 4 as a Change sport.
As a part of its newest monetary report (which present gross sales and earnings boosted by Tears of the Kingdom and The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film), Nintendo listed all of the upcoming and introduced video games coming to the Nintendo Change.
Notably, the checklist contains Metroid Prime 4 (which nonetheless carries a “temp” title and ‘TBA’ launch date). Right here’s the checklist in full:
- Detective Pikachu Returns 10/6/2023
- Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel 10/20/2023
- WarioWare: Transfer It! 11/3/2023
- Tremendous Mario RPG 11/17/2023
- Luigi’s Mansion: Darkish Moon (temp.) 2024
- Princess Peach will star as the primary character in a model new sport (temp.) 2024
- Metroid Prime 4 (temp.) TBA
Metroid Prime 4 has suffered a tumultuous growth because it was introduced three years in the past. Improvement was restarted in 2019 with the assistance of Retro Studios, developer of the unique Metroid Prime video games. On the time, Nintendo mentioned it took the choice as a result of the fourth entry “has not reached the requirements we search in a sequel to the Metroid Prime collection”. Whereas not confirmed by Nintendo, Eurogamer reported Metroid Prime 4 was being developed by Bandai Namco Studios Singapore.
Nintendo has been silent on Metroid Prime 4 ever since, main some to invest the sport was both in growth hell or had switched focus to launch on the Change’s next-gen successor, rumoured to launch late in 2024.
Metroid Prime 4 failed to point out up throughout June’s Nintendo Direct, however given Nintendo itself nonetheless lists the sport as a Change title, maybe the corporate plans to re-reveal it later in 2023 as its remaining Nintendo Change sport and a next-gen console launch title, very like Breath of the Wild was the final Wii U sport from Nintendo in addition to a Change launch title.
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