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curl-6 on 22 August 2018
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mZuzek said:
curl-6 said:

I think it's pretty reasonable to be impatient when Nintendo announce Prime 4 in June 2017 and have shown nothing of it at the end of August 2018. If you don't have anything to show of a game and don't intend to show anything for over a year in advance, don't fucking announce it. Or better yet, just show us some gameplay, like the should have at this E3.

Would you rather not even know Prime 4 was a thing up to this day? Maybe. But most people wouldn't. This is a game people have been asking for for ages, in a much beloved franchise that was quite tarnished by the two games we don't speak of. Nintendo's announcement was basically just to appease those people: "hey guys, here it is, we're making it", end of story. It was very obvious that it was extremely early in development and was only announced to calm fans about it - there was no CG trailer, no music, no concept art, no nothing besides a quickly put together video showcasing a quickly put together logo of Metroid Prime with a wacky 4 next to it. Announcing Metroid Prime 4 in the way they did was, regardless of your opinion on it, the right move - it appeased fans, and by not showing even the slightest hint of what the game could be like, it also serves as a soft announcement that won't leave people counting the days in excitement (which isn't a good thing if your game is over 2 years away from completion).

Edit: also, announcing Prime 4 back at E3 last year was almost a necessity, because of how bad it would have looked otherwise for Metroid, with only Samus Returns being announced. As good as that game was, it would have left a lot of insecurity over the future of the franchise when the only game announced for it is a low-budget 3DS remake, while other franchises get massive new games such as Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey.

But to then go completely dark on it for the past 14+ months is just unfair to fans. They should have shown us something at this E3, at least a cinematic trailer to give us an idea of the direction they are taking with it. This silent treatment was one of the most toxic things about the Wii U era and they're doing it again.