Metroid Prime Remastered out on Switch... today (Digital, physical 22nd of Feb)

[h2ohno]

CaptainExplosion said:

h2ohno said:

According to a rumor I've been seeing, the original plan was for Retro to do this kind of full remaster for the whole trilogy, but that was changed after the original developers of Prime 4 were fired and Retro was given that project. Nintendo outsourced the remasters of Primes 2 and 3 to other studios so that Retro wouldn't have to work on 4 games at once. I'd say to take this with a grain of salt, but at the same time it does make sense to me.

Where'd this rumor originate?

The original rumor seems to come from this post from September 2021 about what Retro has been doing, which has been referenced in recent articles by Twisted Voxel, which in turn have been used in Youtube videos about what's going on with Retro Studios and all the Prime games.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nintendo-working-on-metroid-prime-1-re-release-remaster-remake-for-release-in-2022-emily-roger-up-other-insiders-corroborate.490360/page-11#post-73958365