on a side note, I love that Retro is being brought back into the fold. It's their series, why shouldn't they have a hand in it?

Hurts

Man, he sounds like he's being held at gunpoint.

I appreciate the honesty and transparency. It sucks that we'll have to wait, but the game will be better for it.

Was hoping Retro was making a third DKC game

Other studios should take note of this. It is better to reboot the game and restart development rather than releasing half ass game and patch it later hoping for the better.

Makes me happy to know it's going to be Retro Studios 100%. Can't f%%% with perfection. :)

Won't see this game until 2024

Good to hear. Metroid Prime 4 is the game that may bring me back to Switch (unless something less comes along, that is) so definitely want them to get it right.

Shame tbh. I may have got a switch for this, loved the original.

That hurts my heart, but I respect Nintendo's honesty and I am still looking forward to this title

Damn, it's easily one of mine most aticipated upcoming game, but the extra waiting time will be worth for sure since we'll get even better Prime game.

Well an already sparse 2019 just got worse for switch...

Probably the game Retro was working on was canceled, huh?

They will have a lot of work ahead to recover the image of the franchise, since the last 3 games released from metroid were a complete crap

Always sucks when a game is delayed, and it really sucks for people who bought the system for that game thinking it would be this year. Personally this is why I haven’t been buying Nintendo systems day 1 or even year 1 anymore.

Xenoblade X had this type of schedule, and that game ended up being reworked and messy. Breathe of the wild came out by the end of the Wii U’s life although a okay game it’s nothing like the original tech demoed either.

The majority of the Switch’s year 1 games honestly were probably started for Wii U. So, the next coming years really have to start booming.

More then likely no B3, shin Megami, confirmed no M4P so what’s next?

I remember when Nintendo fans said that Nintendo won E3 2017 because of this announcement.

Will it be released on the switch or the next console?

At first i was bummed that I wont be playing it this year, then I thought about the backlog of games and the amount of upcoming games I want to play and realized....It's all good! That and the fact that Retro is back made this not so bad.

PS: No matter when it comes out, I will buy it lol.

Its fine, sad this happened but glad they ultimately didnt cancel it instead. Whats another 2+ more years?......

This is unfortunate but better than them releasing a bad game. Still have it preordered on amazon with the old preorder discount.

A 2022/2023 release,possibly on Nintendo's next gen console.

Yeah that's not good.

I just hope they release metroid prime trilogy to keep us waiting.
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Thats not the news I was expecting. Hmm

LMAO! Such incompetence!

I wonder why they disabled comments for the video. I guess because they didn't want negative reactions?

However, I think the opposite would have happened. I am thrilled they are so open about this and love it even more that tehy're handing this over to Retro. This is amazing news! Yes, the delay is a pain, but it is definitely exciting to know the quality will now be exactly what we all had hoped for.

Go nintendo :)

Probably will release an HD version of Metroid: Samus Returns on Switch in the meantime.

way to go nintendo! ahah

I am pretty crushed that they basically scrapped development, but also very happy that Retro will be making 4 now. The only thing is, most of the senior designers for Metroid Prime 1-3 that worked with the company left after the third entry. Talking lead programmers, managers, art designers, the whole works. Retro's latest work on the DK series has been very high quality though, so I'm curious.

Well damn, that is really unfortunate. This probably means we won't be seeing this game well for another 3-4 years. I gotta give Nintendo props for deciding to restart the development rather than putting it on the shelf entirely. That's not an easy decision. And I'm sure we all would rather have a good game that lives up to expectations than a mediocre game like Federation Force and Other M.

I wonder why Nintendo was not satisfied with the current version of it. Hope we hear more news about it. Still, this does kinda sucks for gamers. It's hard to say if this will even release for the Switch now.

I wonder what state Retro's other project/projects are in?

Guess I’ll never play Metroid 4 - my son wants to sell his Switch(that he paid for in the first place) because he never plays it.

Cya in 5 years I hope your worth the weight.

Welp, take your time Retro studio and make this game memorable. That's all you need to do.

Fair play, I think it's a great that they have been open and honest.

And had Nintendo done the right thing and released the trilogy then it would keep the hype going.

I think it's a good thing it was delayed I mean Nintendo shows that they don't want to put out a crappy game so they went with Retro who brought Metroid Prime to life the wait will be worth it no doubt.

Oh man this hurts no doubt , i remember back when capcom announced RE2 remake and then we waited 3 years or more for the trailer and release date.. this kind of reminds me of that and it sucks :/

Seriously disappointed hopefully Nintendo will bring Metroid trilogy to switch now to soften the blow.

So the game is being delayed: that sucks.
So the game is being re-done from scratch, WITH RETRO STUDIOS: that's GREAT!

This is the only game that could make me buy a Nintendo Switch. This game may as well be released at the end of the switch life cycle... Just like super Metroid was released at the end of the snes era.

Now that Retro Studios are on board I can give Ninty the benefit of the doubt. But while we wait we deserve a Metroid Prime Trilogy release on Switch.

Sad news in away yes I'm bummed I won't get this probably this year but I guess it good that they just won't release a trash game for the money like some companies would have

If it means a polished product, I'm okay with this.

Good on Nintendo for taking a sequel in the Prime series so seriously.

Prime is wack. Other M rules.

well i was holding out on getting a switch just for this game. it looks like I'll be getting it later than expected, UNLESS they announce a metroid prime compilation to compensate since i never played those games. oh well, i gope it doesn't take them 2 more yrs to finish since the next consoles from the other guys will just be entering the market and the switch won't look as appealing by then.

anything other than a masterpiece or anything that resembles a rail shooter is going to be the biggest let down of whatever year it releases.

Just a guess, but I think Nintendo sold itself short with the inferior power of the Switch. By that I mean they're over ambitious and what they're developing is having a hard time running on Switch hardware.

That's fine, Retro Studios is developing it, we all know it's in good hands now ^_^

Better to wait than rush it and have that really sting

Wow, interesting news. I guess M4 will be a game for the end of the Switch lifespan and the start of its successor's, like BotW.

Damn! Wasn’t this suppose to be out this year? Long wait I guess if just starting over now . If they make it super fast maybe end of 2020 but more likely 2021-22

Never played any of the Prime games so I'm hoping to see a remaster in the meantime.

LOLOL, and People were cheering Nintendo and saying they Won e3 by showing a LOGO, a LOGO...this just shows how stupid it all was/is.

Nothing wrong with that. Maybe they stumbled into a really cool mechanic and wanted to base the game around it. Cutting your losses and reorganizing is much harder then releasing a shit product and hoping you can scam enough people into getting your investment back. I understand diehards will be pissed about the wait but it will be worth it in the end. You have to give credit where it’s due even if it’s a shit situation,

YESSS, NOW YOU GUYS WILL NEVER GET TO PLAY IT. APOCALYPSE NOW. MAKE SURE TO UPDATE ME THOUGH.

UPDATE: CANCELLED. INSIDE SOURCE.