Current Events > Metroid Prime 4 is approaching 7 full years of development since announcement

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Jagr_68
04/21/24 12:27:52 PM
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Missed out on the 6-year mark made by Resident Evil 4 and Alan Wake and now entering LA Noire and Too Human territory.

Feels good man.


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Zwijn
04/21/24 12:30:13 PM
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I really wonder what theyre going to show. Gonna sound weird to people not familiar with how it plays but Destiny to me is Prime on turbo a lot of times. Going to be hard for them to one-up that again.
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MagiMarthKoopa
04/21/24 12:32:49 PM
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Should only take 2 years to actually make a game as simple as Prime
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Jagr_68
04/21/24 12:33:17 PM
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Track record for games taking that long haven't been great because of the "point of no return" phase of production where so much time and money has been spent that finishing a game period is the only way out.

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NoxObscuras
04/21/24 1:02:05 PM
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Yeah, I'd love to see an update on how the game is coming along. It's been so long.

Zwijn posted...
I really wonder what theyre going to show. Gonna sound weird to people not familiar with how it plays but Destiny to me is Prime on turbo a lot of times. Going to be hard for them to one-up that again.
Not hard to top the always online, content vaulting garbage that is Destiny.

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Zwijn
04/21/24 1:06:53 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
Yeah, I'd love to see an update on how the game is coming along. It's been so long.

Not hard to top the always online, content vaulting garbage that is Destiny.
The game is good despite of that. The things you mention are terrible but people playing it still speaks volumes about its quality. Just a shame Bungie listened to the wrong people (the people who are terminally online and need nonsense goals to work towards because they werent happy with just expansions). Seasons are longer now though and they seem to have learned what to do better. I do think its best if Destiny completely reboots equipment and character wise after Final Shape.
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Tyranthraxus
04/21/24 1:10:26 PM
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Only 5 years. Nintendo shit canned the whole game and started over from literally nothing 5 years ago with Retro Studios because the old developer did such a shitty job they deemed the game is unsalvageable.

Remember games don't usually get announced until they're half way in development. What we have is a pretty rare case of a game being announced before they began doing any work on it at all.

See Cyberpunk 2077 & Elder Scrolls 6 for similar situations.

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viewmaster_pi
04/21/24 1:11:14 PM
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please understand

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Trumpo
04/21/24 1:14:29 PM
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Small indie studio

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solosnake
04/21/24 1:17:19 PM
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BoomerKuwanger posted...
My copium is telling myself that it's being saved for Switch 2 which itself keeps getting delayed, so it's more done than we think but can't be shown yet
seems obvious that they restarted dev for the next system imo

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accord
04/21/24 1:31:08 PM
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is it because they are also doing other projects or are they just working extra hard for it?
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iGenesis
04/21/24 1:34:42 PM
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The next Duke Nukem Forever, except it never comes out.

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Hayame_Zero
04/21/24 1:39:40 PM
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Technically it's just over 5 years.

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PowerOats
04/21/24 1:40:24 PM
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OG RE4 took 6 years?
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NintendoGamer83
04/21/24 1:45:42 PM
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iGenesis posted...
The next Duke Nukem Forever, except it never comes out.

Gotta troll fast
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ssb_yunglink2
04/21/24 1:47:47 PM
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NintendoGamer83 posted...
Gotta troll fast
what the hell i thought the switch boards kept you busy enough

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Hayame_Zero
04/21/24 1:49:14 PM
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iGenesis posted...
The next Duke Nukem Forever, except it never comes out.

Beyond Good and Evil 2 is worse. It was announced 16 years ago.

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Jagr_68
04/21/24 1:50:56 PM
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PowerOats posted...
OG RE4 took 6 years?

1999-2005 across the ghost, hookman, DMC prototype, and final versions.

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Link_of_time
04/21/24 1:51:11 PM
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BoomerKuwanger posted...
My copium is telling myself that it's being saved for Switch 2 which itself keeps getting delayed, so it's more done than we think but can't be shown yet
That actually makes a whole lot of sense.
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-ZIO-
04/21/24 1:52:55 PM
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Covid definitely screwed things up for them. That and getting things up off the ground was rocky. I'm sure they decided just to hold off on it and use it as a launch title for the Switch 2. So they're focusing on making it a technical marvel, graphically, to really sell people on the Switch 2, much in the same way Prime 1 showed people why GameCube could also produce amazing graphics.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...
what the hell i thought the switch boards kept you busy enough

An iGen appearance is like a bat signal for him. Predictable yet boring. 83 has shown the ability to block people if he wants to, but conveniently has chosen not to block iGen. It's all so tiresome. This game of cat and mouse with the two.

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PowerOats
04/21/24 1:54:31 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...


1999-2005 across the ghost, hookman, DMC prototype, and final versions.


RE4 Part 2 should use ghost, parasites, samurais, and parasitic ghost samurais
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NintendoGamer83
04/21/24 1:57:39 PM
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ssb_yunglink2 posted...
what the hell i thought the switch boards kept you busy enough

I thought they kept antagonistic trolls like u busy...
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rexcrk
04/21/24 1:57:47 PM
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They really shouldnt announce games that arent within like a year of being finished tbh.

I mean I get that shit happens, but this just adds to people who dont know how to keep expectations in check getting overhyped and then theyll find the game underwhelming even if its a good game.

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ssb_yunglink2
04/21/24 2:02:29 PM
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NintendoGamer83 posted...
I thought they kept antagonistic trolls like u busy...
you will call literally anyone, possibly even anything a troll

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-ZIO-
04/21/24 2:04:48 PM
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Next step on the decision tree flow chart is saying mods don't enforce the rules

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Hayame_Zero
04/21/24 2:08:34 PM
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rexcrk posted...
They really shouldnt announce games that arent within like a year of being finished tbh.

I mean I get that shit happens, but this just adds to people who dont know how to keep expectations in check getting overhyped and then theyll find the game underwhelming even if its a good game.
I think Prime 4 and Bayo 3 sort of pushed them into doing that now. Pretty much all of their major games are announced about 6 months or so in advance of release.

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Turbam
04/21/24 2:10:04 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/ddc3b924.jpg

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M-Watcher
04/21/24 2:10:15 PM
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rexcrk posted...
They really shouldnt announce games that arent within like a year of being finished tbh.
To be fair, between Metroid Prime 4 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom being announced too early, Nintendo has completely stopped announcing games unless they are damn well sure they have a definitive release date. Prime 4 is basically the only straggler left of the too early problem when it comes to Nintendo published games. Everything else since Zelda hardly even reach a year between announcement and release date now.

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NintendoGamer83
04/21/24 3:02:38 PM
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ssb_yunglink2 posted...
you will call literally anyone, possibly even anything a troll

Lying again.
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S_A_S
04/21/24 3:05:46 PM
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Pikmin 4 took 10 years to come out after it's announcement. That was really fucked up.
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ssb_yunglink2
04/21/24 3:11:58 PM
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NintendoGamer83 posted...
Lying again.
2 of your 3 posts in this topic are calling people trolls dude

get over yourself

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ssb_yunglink2
04/21/24 3:14:05 PM
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I feel like prime 4 has an uphill battle even when it does come out. It has a direct comparison with Prime remaster on switch, and hype is super high for it.

Its gonna be tough for it to live up to expectations i feel

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NintendoGamer83
04/21/24 3:31:13 PM
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ssb_yunglink2 posted...
2 of your 3 posts in this topic are calling people trolls dude

get over yourself

I'm not calling everyone a troll.

Get over yourself, "duuuuudddddeeeee"
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ssb_yunglink2
04/21/24 3:36:16 PM
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NintendoGamer83 posted...
I'm not calling everyone a troll.

Get over yourself, "duuuuudddddeeeee"
It has to be exhausting to be unable to have normal conversations with people

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NintendoGamer83
04/21/24 3:40:42 PM
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ssb_yunglink2 posted...
It has to be exhausting to be unable to have normal conversations with people

Can't have a normal conversation with antagonistic trolls like u.
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/21/24 3:44:27 PM
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I dunno what at this point makes you guys think it hasn't been silently cancelled.

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WarfireX
04/21/24 4:17:31 PM
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This is why I thought Nintendo's April Fools joke was garbage. It's basically mean spirited at this point and they should just focus on doing their job.

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Axiom
04/21/24 4:18:42 PM
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Whats really crazy is they didnt release the remastered trilogy as one game. Why would you do this to me nintendo
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NoxObscuras
04/21/24 4:28:29 PM
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Zwijn posted...
The game is good despite of that. The things you mention are terrible but people playing it still speaks volumes about its quality. Just a shame Bungie listened to the wrong people (the people who are terminally online and need nonsense goals to work towards because they werent happy with just expansions). Seasons are longer now though and they seem to have learned what to do better. I do think its best if Destiny completely reboots equipment and character wise after Final Shape.
People still play it because Bungie has really nailed the gunplay after years of making Halo. I really hope they go back to creating games with a separate single player and multiplayer instead of this psuedo MMO bs.

Shitting on Destiny aside though, I don't think it's really comparable to Metroid Prime. It's a different kind of beast.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...
I feel like prime 4 has an uphill battle even when it does come out. It has a direct comparison with Prime remaster on switch, and hype is super high for it.

Its gonna be tough for it to live up to expectations i feel
Yeah, it's got a lot of hype to live up to, but I'm hopeful. Nintendo's mistake was giving the original development to fucking Bandai Namco of all companies. Like, I've got no problem with their games, but Metroid Prime is so different from their usual games. I could see how that was out of their depth.

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Zwijn
04/21/24 4:37:18 PM
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NintendoGamer83 posted...
Can't have a normal conversation with antagonistic trolls like u.
Says the racist bigot who keeps attacking everything, and yes I can back this up if you want me to.
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PeteyParker
04/21/24 4:40:50 PM
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I actually had it pre-ordered back when Best Buy still had the Gamer Club and they canceled my order so no 20% off.

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NintendoGamer83
04/21/24 8:51:06 PM
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Zwijn posted...
Says the racist *censored rule breaking insult* who keeps attacking everything, and yes I can back this up if you want me to.

Sure thing, liar
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Deegs
04/21/24 8:52:16 PM
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I'm fully expecting it to release as a launch title for Switch 2 at this point. It's probably going to get the Twilight Princess and Breath of the Wild treatment and be available for both platforms.

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Kim_Seong-a
04/21/24 9:00:00 PM
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RetuenOfDevsman posted...
I dunno what at this point makes you guys think it hasn't been silently cancelled.

They openly admitted a few years ago that they had to restart development from scratch. We know it's going to take a good long while, the wait isn't surprising. >_>

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pjnelson
04/21/24 9:01:19 PM
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Metroid Prime 4ever

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