Giving up hope on Metroid Prime 4 coming to the Switch

[Dulfite]

Leynos said:

Dulfite said:

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.

If you want it to take full advantage of the next Switch then yes they would start all over, scrap the current work and start all over and another 5 years from now be released. The current game is being made with Switch limitations in mind.

You can believe that, and you may be right. But I hope when they started or shortly after starting to make it they did so for Switch 2, not Switch 1, which means nothing would have to be scrapped as I  hoping they didn't waste any time on a Switch 1 version and were entirely focused on massive leap forward with a Switch 2 version.

I think the Bandai one would have been a Switch 1 game no doubt. But I believe Retro has always been working on a Switch 2 game and that's why we haven't heard updates, that's why they are on a constant hiring spree, and that's why they haven't released any other games since they started on it. It's likely costing a ton of time/resources to make a wow-factor Switch 2 game for launch. This is my hope.