Update on Metroid Prime 4: Development restart. Retro Studios + Tanabe now working on it

[Jumpin]

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Jumpin said:

Whatever Retro was doing before, it's no secret Nintendo was about to close them down.

It's not a secret, it's just a highly publicized rumor from a site that is easy to manipulate and conflicts with statements that came out with verifiable evidence after that Retro was hiring ...  

I'd guess that would be when the plans for Metroid were actually triggered.

Now, it all depends on how many they hired to see what the actual direction of the studio and the game are.