If you were in Nintendo, how much would you invest in Metroid Prime 4 ?

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Nautilus said:

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Prime 4's development is ongoing though, and much of its production will take place after it became clear Switch was a smash hit. Opening the purse strings a little and giving it VIP treatment would go a long way for a series that's always been defined by its immersive worlds.

You don't have to throw away what people love about a series to expand its reach either, as Odyssey demonstrates; it will sell more than any prior 3D Mario without alienating core fans.

But the game will still be held back, if you can even say that, by being planned before the boom happened.Nintendo cant simply come in now and say "No, we want a bigger game, with more bells and whistles.Throw/repurpose 2 or 3 years worth of development so that the game is bigger and delay it for 3 years".Like I said, it can get a bigger push now and the game can get prettier, but it wont be a makeover.

And while I do understand your Mario example, Oddyssey is a type of game that hasnt been done, in the Mario mainline games, in 20 years give or take.It is, by all accounts, a new take.One that changes the formula, but dosent change the concept.

We don't know how long MP4 was in production though, they could have only started it last year and it might not arrive til 2020. They might have known Switch was a hit by the time production began in earnest.

Uncharted 4 is another example, it didn't really change the formula drastically or alienate core fans, yet it smashed the sales ceiling for the franchise.