

Seriously, I could praise Metroid Prime for pages on end, but here’s the point:Ī studio name represents the creatives behind it. With one single game, they proved not only did Nintendo titles have the same ability to entertain a mature audience, but look damn good while doing it. Retro shoveled majestic dirt all over that notion by creating Metroid Prime. Nintendo was constantly seen as the underpowered tech that was made for children. Microsoft and Sony led the market in mature aimed, graphic driven content. The remarkable thing about Retro was their ability to work within their limitations. Retro Studios, a still very new company, had been forged as a Nintendo loyal developer and lived under their umbrella.

The world was breaking through to a true “next generation” of graphics. I love Metroid I won’t stand for this nonsense! Prepare yourselves for my soapbox of WHY IT DOESN’T MATTER RETRO STUDIOS ISN’T DEVELOPING METROID PRIME 4. I’m sure most people think my stuff is just that.
#METROID PRIME 4 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT FULL#
I understand that the internet is full of opinionated garbage. Turns out, some people have been trying to de-rail my 10 year hype train by pointing out Metroid Prime’s original studio will not be developing the game. The world has wanted a new Metroid for so long and it’s finally our time! I hold the original Metroid Prime in the highest regard as being the best videogame ever made. Seriously, if not for Beyond Good and Evil 2 being revealed with a full trailer, Metroid Prime 4 would have been the runaway success of E3 to me. Yoshi, Kirby - EVEN A NEW POKEMON GAME! One new announcement though not only stole the show for me, but also stole my heart. Now, imagine the surprise we had when Nintendo decided to top their already tasty cake with a handful of unannounced titles. Naturally, it would be completely normal to expect those to be their focus of the show. Even our favorite Italian plumber is getting a brand new adventure this year. Arms, Splatoon, Xenoblade Chronicles are all big Nintendo IPs that are coming out soon.

Honestly, this soon after the launch of Switch, I didn’t really expect them to use this E3 as anything more than a marketing platform for games we already knew about. Nintendo took everybody by surprise this year with the sheer amount of content they packed into E3.
