Giving up hope on Metroid Prime 4 coming to the Switch

[Dulfite]

Leynos said:

Dulfite said:

Those of us saying it should be a Switch 2 launch title are saying it will be a massive leap forward in visuals, so much so that it wouldn't be possible to make a Switch 1 port. Switch 2/1 is not going to be the same situation as Switch 1/Wii U with all the ports because the hardware, I believe, will be a lot better.

If you want to wait another 5 years then because that's when that will happen if they drop all work for the Switch version and start from scratch on Switch 2 version assuming Nintendo even has prototype dev kits of it now.

It wouldn't take 5 years from now. It would take probably 5 years from when they started, which would have been around January 2019, so January 2024 would be roughly 5 years.

And yeah, I absolutely believe Nintendo shares at least spec targets for future consoles that early to Nintendo-owned studios (not third party). Maybe not dev kit, but a spec target sheet that Retro could aim towards and make adjustments as needed. They want their first party studios to be as prepared as possible for a new launch, well ahead of time.