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super_etecoon on 25 January 2019
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Well if our expectations weren't high enough for this game already, Nintendo has certainly put themselves in a situation that the only escape from is a perfect game. It's good that they went and found Retro then. I'm not sure any other studio announcement would have been met with such positivity and understanding.

Some people are saying that they just shouldn't have announced the game so early. I for one am happy that they did. Whether they announced it or not people would have been asking for a Metroid title. But more importantly, and this they addressed in the video, they saw exactly how rabid the core Nintendo fanbase is for this series, regardless of Other M. Just look up Metroid Prime 4 reveal videos on YouTube and make sure to turn your volumes down first. Pretty ridiculous. So Nintendo knows that in order to make good on those expectations they'll need to get the best of the best. I also wonder considering that they had to go and probably beg Retro to work on the project, and given that Switch sales are very high, and given the perceived hype for this title, that they might give Retro a very robust budget, moreso than in past installments. They know they have to stick this landing and they know the expectations that have been built by Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey, and Smash, and they know they need to deliver a Switch-level of improvement and flair.

I'm super bummed I won't be seeing this game soon. I had tempered my expectations adequately as far as release date, and today I wake up to find out that those expectations need to be further adjusted. But I'm ok, and I feel like most of us are. 2019 is going to be a great year, 2020 probably has some pretty amazing announcements just around the corner, and sometime around E3 2021 we'll see the first teaser for Prime. At least now we can stop worrying whether it'll show for the next few years.

Oh...and hopefully this does mean that whatever Retro has been working on for the past 4 years is going gold. One thing I can guarantee, though, is that it wasn't Metroid. Haha.