| Nogamez said: So.what has retro been doing last 5 years? |
Well, the big rumour/'leak' last year was that a Star Fox racing game was in development and potentially scheduled for 2019. Kotaku ran the most detailed report, which suggested a second project had been in development for even longer - but that this second project also enountered severe difficulties and likely would be cancelled.
Given Retro weren't given Prime 4 in the first instance, I can only assume that in 2017, Retro Studios were unavailable for Metroid Prime 4 development duty - suggesting they had at least one project on the go. It's highly likely that Retro have spent at least some of the last five years working on a project which has been cancelled, as rumours and reports suggested in late spring/early summer last year. Rumours suggest we've got one of two scenarios:
1) At least one major project (Star Fox GP or the unnamed title) at Retro was cancelled last year, leaving them free to take over Metroid Prime 4 development.
2) Star Fox GP is nearly finished, the second project was either cancelled early in 2018 or never existed, and now they are taking on Prime 4 development.
