If you're a world-class developer and a fan of Metroid, though, this could be your big break!Īs we said above, this is a new start for Metroid Prime which means room for changes. These advertisements suggest that the game is still in the early stages of development so it could be some time before we get any more solid updates on its progress. The roles are wide-ranging and all are based at the studio in Austin, Texas. The latest news from this new phase in the game's development is that Retro Studios is now hiring and looking to increase numbers on its development team. It was something of a shock when Nintendo announced that it would be starting from scratch on the development of Metroid Prime 4 with Retro Studios. Retro Studios is hiring for Metroid Prime 4 He's being joined by Kyle Helfey (Halo character designer) and Stephen Dupree, who returns to Retro Studios having previously been the lead designer on Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Jhony Ljungstedt, the former art director at studio DICE is joining the team, having previously worked on Battlefield 5, Medal of Honor (the 2010 reboot), and Mirror's Edge: Catalyst. With Retro Studios now running development, Metroid Prime 4 has got some fresh, big-name talent behind it, with the studio signing on some fresh talent. It was during this showcase that Nintendo announced its first new 2D Metroid entry in the franchise in close to 20 years, Metroid Dread, which released in October 2021.
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Metroid Prime 4 didn't make an appearance at Nintendo's E3 2021 showcase, however, Nintendo's Shinya Takahashi did provide a very brief update on the game, saying: "Currently, we're working hard on the latest game in the Metroid Prime series, Metroid Prime 4, which we previously announced." The studio is now looking for a tools engineer and a technology engineer to aid the continued development of Metroid Prime 4. The job ad comes directly from Retro Studios itself, specifically its official Twitter account. It's now been roughly three years since the elusive Prime sequel restarted development at Retro Studios, being handed over from Nintendo's previous in-house efforts. It's still in development (despite radio silence)Ī January 2022 job posting from developer Retro Studios reminded us that the game is indeed still in development. And, of course, others treated the reveal a little more lightly, jokingly pointing (opens in new tab) out it’s been five years since the game’s initial reveal, and all we've got to see is a single piece of concept art. Others have been a little more conservative in their speculation, with one Reddit user noting (opens in new tab) that Samus’s bulky armor design doesn’t appear to have significantly changed from the previous Metroid Prime Games. Maybe they will go back to the creepy nature of the original Metroid.” Phazon played a big part in the second game, creating its chief antagonist Dark Samus, and appeared back in the third to create a new breed of mutated Metroids.Ī poster on ResetEra (opens in new tab) suggested the image looked like an abandoned duct, and might hint at the “that the game will be more dark and desolate than previous titles. Some users pointed out (opens in new tab) the image’s blue tinge is similar in color to the Phazon energy (opens in new tab) that cropped up throughout the original Metroid Prime trilogy before being destroyed in its climax. fans made the most of opportunity with some speculation (opens in new tab). Social media banners wouldn't usually stir much excitement, but this is the long-quiet Metroid Prime 4. It’s like that, like other Switch games, there will be optional motion controls with the Joy-Cons - we’re imagining aiming, firing, and environment scanning, for example. Given The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario franchises have embraced more open worlds, we wonder if this is something that Nintendo will bring into the Prime series, too. Coming in as a fresh start, there’s actually plenty of room for Metroid Prime 4 to innovate. Other than that we can’t say what kind of gameplay changes will arise from either the new developer or the new Switch platform. One thing we can be fairly confident in is that, like other Prime games, Metroid Prime 4 is likely to be a first-person shooter.
#DARK SAMUS METROID PRIME 4 SERIES#
Though Samus went into hyperspace, giving the opportunity for a sequel to enter a new world or galaxy, we’d say the core story of the original trilogy is now closed.īack in 2015, Eurogamer (opens in new tab) interviewed series producer, Kensuke Tanabe, who stated that “the stories of Dark Samus and Phazon are done” adding that any new games in the series would focus on other Prime-series elements. What we will say is that Metroid Prime 3’s ending didn’t strike us as open enough for any kind of direct continuation. There’s so little Metroid Prime 4 information out there that piecing together the story is nigh impossible.
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