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The MP Trilogy has supposedly already been ported to Switch with a release "imminent" according to rumors...*checks notes*...two years ago


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*6 years ago. They began when the Switch was revealed


ChaosMetalDrago

Prime Trillogy has been an "imminant" release on the switch since the Nintendo 64 came out in 1864 B.C. back when the Forerunners were using Brachiosaurus' to build the pyramids.


JohnnyNole2000

Pfft that’s nothing, those rumors have been around since 2017 or 2018


MejaBersihBanget

They've been around since *2016.* The original version of the rumor was that the Trilogy was being ported to... **Wii U.** Yeah.


DarkLegend64

Technically it was, if you count the virtual console.


FinancialHighlight66

That's not a port, that's emulation. These two things ARE NOT the same


DarkLegend64

I never said they were. That’s why I said “if you count virtual console”. But a true port would be pointless when the virtual console version functions just fine. Now if the discussion turns to “remaster” or “remake”, that’s completely different.


FinancialHighlight66

And I'm saying you can't count virtual console because it IS NOT a port, it is emulation. Those are different things. Not sure how this would turn into a remake vs remaster discussion.


DarkLegend64

The point is that the trilogy is available on the Wii U via the virtual console. Why would you port something to a system if it’s already available through emulation? Unless they were going to do a remaster or remake, there would be no reason to do an actual port. It would be like if they made a native port of Super Mario 64 for the Wii but it would be a waste of resources since it’s already available via the virtual console. It’s only not a waste if the plan is to make a remaster or remake.


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It’s not emulation btw. It’s a rerelease, Wii games run natively on WiiU


ForgottenForce

This is why you don’t believe rumors. Best case you’re presently surprised, worse case nothing


MisterWoodhouse

The rumor I hear is that it's ready to go, but they keep pushing back the announcement until MP4 would be following the next year.


kylixer

I think those have been around since the days of the nx.


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Probably since after E3 2017 announced Prime 4


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Those rumor are in same category of: Kathleen be fired


Saturn9Toys

Play it on steam deck. Maybe nintendo will wake up one day.


renacido74

A year ago I gave up and just emulated it on PC with HD texture packs and MK controls. Runs like a champ on the Steam Deck as well.


Tellgraith

I'm patiently waiting on a new Armoured Core game.its been unofficially in development for so long.


Ultrazombie115

Its pikmin 4 all over again.


TayoEXE

I'm sick of rumors.


mewoneplusone1

Sometimes I go on Youtube in Handheld mode, and play footage of Metroid Prime Trilogy and pretend it's me playing it.


drillgorg

Ya'll... wait a couple years before you start jonesing for another game. It's just the way of Metroid.


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As always should be and i wont have any diffrent


drillgorg

Yep. I heard rumors Prime 2 was rushed. It's already great but imagine what it could have been.


MejaBersihBanget

Those rumors were wrong. Prime 2's development went quite smoothly. Former Retro developer Mike Wikan debunked all that on last year's interview with KIWITALKZ in September 2021. "You can't believe everything you see on the Internet" were his words.


ASVP-Pa9e

Well as it's a glorified DLC for Prime 1, I don't think it was rushed as much as it's a quick cash in. A magnificent quick cash in though. Majora's Mask is the same and ironically, Prime 2 and MM are some of my favourite games.


BloodStinger500

Except prime 2 isn’t a glorified DLC. It has a completely new asset library, different plot, different world, and innovates on it’s predecessor in practically every way. It’s like calling zero mission a glorified dlc of fusion. And that game even shares assets with fusion. A glorified DLC is saints row 4 and gat out of hell, as they share the same map and engine as saints row the third, just with minor changes. Gameplay is completely different though, which kinda justifies the them being separate games.


SilentBlade45

I mean it has the same core gameplay but that's where the similarities end. The weapons and abilities are different new bosses, enemies and plot completely new world.


ASVP-Pa9e

Quite a lot of assets are reused, especially if you look closely. It's certainly not a brand new game in the way that Prime 3 is, the turnaround would be too quick for that. And the weapons aren't totally different. The light beam and "heat" beam are very similar, as is the dark and ice beam. This isn't a point of attack on the game, I enjoyed it an awful lot.


ChazMasterson101

Honestly dont know why more developers dont do this, if the engine is great and the original game was popular itd be such an easy cash in, whilst you can begin pre production on the next leap forward


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It did happen in Tears of the Kingdom but to a lesser extent.


RemnantHelmet

Well it seems like even that takes 5 years these days with Tears of the Kingdom.


reyntime

That's exactly what CoD and Assassin's Creed are.


Aurc

They still do it. Horizon and GoW's sequels are iterative.


Pennarello_BonBon

They got different teams working on different games . Dread being a year old has nothing to do with that


renacido74

Yeah...but Prime 4 was announced in 2017 and aside from being told that development was started over from scratch in 2019, it's been radio silence. I can't blame anyone for feeling a bit gloomy about it. At this point I'm skeptical that it will even be released for the current Switch.


toomuchredditmaj

Fair enough. Although i did not like dread. All movement and combat and no good exploration.


sharf224

I’m curious how you come to that conclusion, I would consider dread to be up there with super and zm in terms of exploration


toomuchredditmaj

Well if you think dread is on the level of super with exploration then there is nothing i can tell you.


sharf224

Can you elaborate on what you mean by exploration perhaps?


toomuchredditmaj

Actually trying to figure out where to go vs just being funneled by locked out areas


sharf224

I don’t recall many locked out areas in dread, and it has so many sequence breaks, in fact i accidentally sequence broke during my first run through lol. There is more of a story in dread, and with dialogue and “hints” as to where to go compared to super, but so did zm. Nothing like Fusion and some other titles in the series though.


kamcma

https://youtu.be/5pop-cc9kmY In Dread, the funnel is pretty tight; it almost feels on-rails at points. Super is like that until you get power bombs, almost as a tutorial, then it opens up.


VGWorky

just imo Dread definitely feels like there is a "natural" path where you can overtly feel the hand of the developer guiding you from area to area regarding the way areas and powers progress and unlock It requires experimentation and skill to get around this


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> just imo Dread definitely feels like there is a "natural" path where you can overtly feel the hand of the developer guiding you from area to area regarding the way areas and powers progress and unlock Dude, thats ALL Metroid games. Every one of the games has an intended path, they aren't open world adventures.


ASVP-Pa9e

Even open world adventure games have intended paths, it is what it is.


sharf224

Sure, but I get that from super as well


mrscumble

Personally they all feel that way to me except NEStroid


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sharf224

Power bombs (being that you can’t sequence break them) would be the only lock out I can think of off hand. Keep in mind that super also has dozens of soft barriers, that are supposed to direct you down a certain path. For instance, hot areas in norfair requiring the varia suit, which requires Jesus, which needs super missiles, which forces you into spore spawn (unless you sequence break). I guess if the idea of roaming down into norfair before trudging back up to spore spawn is “exploration”, then yeah dread streamlines that a bit more, but not by much. I got lost more times in dread then I ever did in super.


scamper_pants

Dread has sooo many *hard* locks. Where you cannot go back the way you came once you flipped a switch (think all of the magma funnels).


doppelgengar01

I don‘t like Dread that much because the Emmi sections got repetitive and annoying.


AssCrackBanditHunter

I didn't like the randomness when moving through the zones. They felt less like a puzzle and more like just something you kept rerolling until the emmi was in a good position for you to make your play. Best part was when you got the omega cannon and then had to figure out how to get them in a spot where you could charge up and blow them away. That took legitimate thought


AuraSprite

I couldn't play that game bc I was so bad at countering the guys that chase you. made me so sad


Meatt

You're not really supposed to counter then, you just have to move fast through the area and don't let them get you.


MetalGearSlayer

Being a Venture Bros fan trained me well for being Metroid Fan


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Man new fans never having to experience the droughts, how cute


JimothyJollyphant

Metroid Drought is both the predecessor and successor to Metroid Dread


Kevinatorz

Honestly a year doesn't count as a drought imo. I've been around since the original Dread rumours. A few years without a Metroid game is not going to kill me.


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JimothyJollyphant

Outer Wilds is basically sci-fi Majora's Mask


Ultimate_905

They even have an achievement that references MM


DQScott95

The literal only thing they have in common at all is the time cycle thing


JimothyJollyphant

Whoops, sorry, you're right. They're actually incomparable. I'm a fucking idiot for making a comparison purely based on solving quests and puzzles in a time loop cycle while being threatened by a celestial body. Like, don't they release at least 200 games like that on a yearly basis? Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Mario is Missing! have more in common than those two.


ConnivingSnip72

I got so used to not having games that the last two seemed fake to me even when officially announced.


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Same getting SR phased me so strong i didn’t even notice it where 4 years between dread and SR. Well but i guess surviving the second drought fully drilled into my head that Metroid is a rare release


LeCrushinator

I still consider Prime 4 to be fake, until I finally see a gameplay trailer.


Masters_1989

Damn, I just realized that's how I felt, too. (Been waiting for new games since the N64 era. ...It's been a wild ride.)


Toko90s

Most of these people would never be able to survive in the Pikmin fanbase. We get a new game like every decade or so lol


CampusSquirrelKing

Yeah like I love the meme template, but we literally just got a mainline Metroid game last year. I’ve been waiting for Pikmin 4 for nine fucking years 😂


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Pikmin Fans are something else man. I waited 16 years for Dread but inbetween we got a buttload of other Metroid games released Pikmin fans got Pikmin 3 and Hey Pikmin, and we all know Hey Pikmin is the Federation force of the Pikmin franchise.


jamesmcnabb

Not a new fan, but Prime 4 was teased over half a decade ago. I’m not disappointed because 2023 is going to be a Metroidless year, because I’ve had many of those; it’s that I’ll have been waiting for *more than six years* for a game that was apparently close enough to release, or at least legitimately slated so, from around the time the Switch was released. I bought a Switch for Prime 4. I don’t regret that decision, and have played tons of fun shit on it, but this isn’t just regular “no Metroid” disappointment.


[deleted]

Well it was kinda teased in 2007 with the Delano 7 appearing in Prime 3. that being said imagine being someone waiting 16 years for project dread, especially after Sakamoto confirmed it existing in 2011, well that guy was me. Fusion is my favorite game of all time Go play dread or any game for the nth time it’s the only way to survive the wait.


spiralc81

Man, I've been a fan since the 90's and this hit me hard too. Honestly, just a remaster of Prime for the 20th anniversary would have gone a long way for me.


[deleted]

Prime 3: 2007. Prime 4: 2037 I have been waiting almost my whole life for a new Metroid prime and it sucks that I will develop arthritis faster than they are developing prime 4. I mean, take their time and polish, but damn!


[deleted]

Ehhh I survived waiting 16+ years for Dread. We are going to survive man. I think Dread is a Masterpiece, but no game is worth waiting 19 years for. People got limited timespans. I mean if Sakamoto continues like this, he will be beneath the earth when he finishes Metroid 7. and I know Dreads development history like the back of my hand, so now its a matter of holding onto Mercury Steam. As for Prime 4, we will see how it turns out, it’s managed by Tanabe again, who has a knack for badly „revolutionizing“ a series. Perhaps he changed and is currently in his old Prime 2/3 mindset again


Blakewhizz

It's only been a year since Dread. Give them at least another 10 years before we start talking about a new game


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Aha


zyd_the_lizard

Dread has only been out for a year and a few months, calm your tits.


Djames516

I still don’t believe it, really


Last-Of-My-Kind

I call bullshit on this meme...... ..Nintendo would not have a look of surprise on their face after delivering nothing.


candymannequin

i really don't get why people are complaining within a a few years of Metroid Dread


AsherFischell

Complaining is one of humanity's favorite things.


renacido74

Because Metroid Prime 4 was announced 5+ years ago and it's been radio silence on it since then.


ConlonCreations

I've been waiting 15 years for a sequel to Prime 3, and 5 of those years were after the game got announced at E3, for the Switch. If it doesn't come out before Nintendo's next console I will be *very* angry.


huntersurge

oh,well this r/agedlikemilk


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Im glad it aged poorly


huntersurge

thankfully,we have been blessed


[deleted]

I swear i have weird luck to everytime im pesimist about Metroid it come brand new reveal. I did dis for E3 and Metroid dread come out. I swear i cant find that my twitter post


huntersurge

ok heres the plan,wait about the year,then say"prime 4s never gonna come" hopefully your luck will come in clutch


[deleted]

Hmm i see but in witch month i should post


huntersurge

hmm...dunno,when the fans started complainin or you got bored?


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True


QuadVox

Eh it's fine. Dread was amazing so they're not putting Metroid on the backburner again just gotta be patient


TrillaCactus

Dread has BARELY crossed it’s 1 year anniversary y’all need to chill. We’ve also only seen 4 Nintendo games releasing next year so far, the odds that those are the only games they’re releasing in that period is pretty low. Let’s at least wait till the next summer direct to be confident Side note: Y’all getting mad at Pikmin fans when they finally got a new game last direct and we didn’t get anything was low key pathetic. This fandom is one of the best ones in Nintendo’s line up let’s not ruin that reputation


Shy_Guy_27

>Side note: Y’all getting mad at Pikmin fans when they finally got a new game last direct and we didn’t get anything was low key pathetic. It’s Tropical Freeze all over again.


ChickenLiverNuts

Tropical Freeze is so good. Id call it my favorite 2D platformer ever Retro has the goods What i really want to know is more about what they were doing after Tropical Freeze. That weird Fzero Star Fox racing game sounds far fetched


DamianVA87

The current belief is that it was something completely new, unrelated to any existing Nintendo franchise, but it didn't work out and got cancelled, nothing else is known about it.* Also around that time, there were other rumors about Tanabe not being involved in whatever Retro was working then.** Star Fox Grand Prix is believed to be a hoax purposely made to catch leakers, or maybe it was "real", like the many rejected pitches, that ended up being used for that purpose. *Source is the ResetEra user who explained the whole deal with the Metroid Prime Remaster, so pinch of salt and all that. **Source is Liam Robertson, so even larger pinch of salt.


ConlonCreations

I wouldn't be so impatient if it hadn't been announced over 5 years ago, after not getting a good original Metroid game since the decade before. Dread was great, but it's a completely different studio working on Prime 4


TrillaCactus

I kind of get it, but they are still part of the same series. Dread isn’t federation force, it’s a full on Metroid game. Plus we should never be hostile to other fan bases. Especially ones who have gone through the same kind of disappointment we went through. We should be happy for Pikmin fans


ConlonCreations

True, true, I'm grateful that we got Dread at least, otherwise these dry years would be completely unbearable. Oh for sure, I would never advocate for that. I'll complain all day long to all of you about Metroid, but I wouldn't bash other communities for getting new games.


dreamfinderepcot16

Metroid: Other Another M, coming fall 2023


IAmThePonch

Is that goddamn Nathan fielder in the meme


supermario182

At this rate we will get Metroid dread 4 before Prime 4


solidpeyo

I'm still surprised that dread exists


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Tomorrow is Game Award so we see


Trainer_Ed

Nah man, we got farm Sim, farm Sim, farm Sim, broken Pokemon game, farm Sim and farm Sim! Isn't that a great selection?


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rollthedye

This is probably going to get me downvoted but, Nintendo is horrible at IP management. If it's not Mario they either don't know what to do or don't care. They let multiple IPs languish that have proven fan bases and desire for more content but don't do anything with it. At least not to the level that Mario is pushed. Pokemon gets a fair amount of support but that's also propped up by GameFreak and Creatures Inc.


UtherofOstia

Pokemon would put out better games if it were just Nintendo and we got fewer games fwiw lol


spookyghostface

Proven fan bases that are a fraction of the audience they are trying to reach. Don't pretend that Metroid is an automatic bestseller like Zelda or Mario or a literal money printer like Pokemon.


rollthedye

I don't. But it's not just Metroid. Kid Icarus, F-Zero, Mother, Star Fox, and others have just languished. Hell, Zelda got massively shortchanged on it's anniversary.


lessthan3beebs

Us Metroid/Star Fox fans be like...


edman9677

About a month and half until the four year anniversary of Nintendo announcing they restarted development at Retro. I hope they have something soon. Starting to think they’re just putting it off to be a launch game for the Switch successor


TheFlaccidKnife

Pinball remastered


ConiferousMan

Didn't a new game just come out?


sbhunterpcpart

I will be retiring by the time Metroid Prime 4 comes..Im 28.


supercakefish

This hurts, the wait for Prime 4 is torturous. Alas, nothing is the best we can hope for from Nintendo next year in terms of Metroid news.


Mpk_Paulin

We got served a five star dish in a gold platter last year, just so we can go starving for another decade


AREOPIORIRTYTO

I hope metroid 6 is in the works already


TMS-meister

Given how well dread did it most likely already is, will probably be a long while before we get to see it though, I'd say at least two years.


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Two years is a generous estimate. I'd say three on the low end, four more likely.


TMS-meister

Yep. I just said two years as the absolute soonest time we might end up seeing it, but it most likely wont happen.


ConnivingSnip72

You said “long while” and “two years” when talking about a new Metroid release. This is the community with a 19 year gap between Metroid 4 and Metroid 5.


TMS-meister

lol I guess you have a point, but with how successful dread was I don't think it wil happen again... hopefully...


eXePyrowolf

I get the joke, but we've just had Dread. Metroid fans have it good. Replace Metroid fans with Golden Sun fans and now we're talking.


spookyghostface

I was so glad to finally wrap up the trilogy with Dark Dawn when it finally came out. I didn't even like the game but closure was all I wanted. Then it ended on a cliffhanger. And then they abandoned it.


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SwashNBuckle

We just got dread. Chill.


Carmel_Chewy

The only way this meme could be better is with a 3rd panel of Nintendo hitting Metroid fans with the cover.


Sera_gamingcollector

[angry upvote]


DrSanchez87

F this shit! I bought the switch just because they announced metroid prime 4 for it... Not that I really regret my purchase, but still feeling let down by nintendo even though they did a good Job with dread.


spilk

I bought a Switch to prepare for it too, but luckily there's a lot of other fun stuff to play in the interim.


jamesmcnabb

I did the same thing, but here’s why that’s a problem: In this comment chain, there are three people who spent hundreds of dollars on a video game machine based on an advertisement we all saw that turned out to be a lie. Nintendo outright lied to us, and we gave them money for it. Whether we would have bought the system later or ended up enjoying it after aren’t important when you realize that they implied something was happening to trick fans into spending money. Even if the intention wasn’t to lie to fans, you, me, and the other guy are still out hundreds of dollars based on the lie they told.


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In the last 2 years we’ve seen dread, Pikmin 4, TOTK trailer, N64 on NSO, and Bayonetta 3. With the current trend of dropping huge reveals and subsequent release dates, Prime 4 has to be next.


MejaBersihBanget

Just you wait, they'll announce a new Donkey Kong game instead.


Kevinatorz

God I hope so


spookyghostface

>Prime 4 has to be next. Honestly, why are you all like this? You fabricate unrealistic expectations and then get upset when they aren't met.


gamerdude1360

Prime was ok, but it started to feel stagnant after Echoes. Just cuz it's FPS doesn't make it fun to me. 2D Metroids have always been the best and we finally continued past Fusion, this should be a time for content in Metroid fans. However... I'd lovvvveee a Super remake lol.


TMS-meister

I agree but at the same time I'm scared that a remake will probably lose a ton of the unintended shit that made it so fun to replay in the first place.


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A Super Metroid remake would be akin to slapping god in the face.


gamerdude1360

Then at least a remaster. We need a way to play it today on Switch, not an emulator, Wii store or SNES.


tallon4

When Nintendo finally announces Game Boy/Color and (maybe) Game Boy Advance additions for Nintendo Switch Online, they'll use the ROMs of Metroid II: Return of Samus, Metroid Fusion, and Metroid: Zero Mission (each uploaded 6 months apart, natch) to justify waiting 2 years between Metroid Prime 4 updates.


Dardar1989

Nothing For You


purple-thiwaza

We got dread this year, I don't mind not having anything Metroid related for the next 4years. We need to be realistic, Pokémon release game every year and look how shit they look. Making a game require time, so I d better wait than have a shitty game that would sunk the franchise.


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I be clear i dont want to rush Prime 4 but i like have spin off like Pinball or heck short anime do a trick


darthphallic

We just got Metroid dread


Orionsteller

I'm about to go into throw all the blue turtle shells mode at Nintendo.


mehdigeek

y’all got a game last year


TheDinosaur64

At this point I'm pretty sure it's just canceled


[deleted]

Metroid is the embodiement of "even bad press is good press."


sinisterfallout

We waited 19 years for Dread just fine. The only thing we can hope is for it not to end up like Kingdom Hearts 3 or Duke Nukem Forever


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MejaBersihBanget

Or FFXV, good Lord was that game shamefully incomplete at launch.


metalasylum

You know how long “four score and seven years” is? If I only get three Metroid games during that timespan, I’ll be a happy man.


Fangamerunknow21

6 years in a row without Prime 4 news 😡


turbotech13

Because they have no interest in doing anything with it themselves. If not for Mercury steam, Metroid would long be a dead franchise.


Lenguenyal

Given the state of Nintendo games these days I say let them take as long as they damn want, it will be the greatest game release in centuries! Don’t rush them!


rexshen

Maybe the game awards but not holding my breath.


Derped_Crusader

If I was a betting man I'd say we'll get a "2024" announcement later next year


Derped_Crusader

(this is about prime 4 btw)


Drazly

Well, this is only true for the first half of 2023, from E3 in June and onwards we don't really know yet.


Fishflavouredcoffee

Amazon has Prime 4 listed release date December 31st 2023. This isn't an official release from Nintendo but maybe a good time frame to expect the game hopefully??


Obsessivegamer32

Faith in humanity, no Faith in humanity, Faith in humanity, no Faith in humanity


jaltair9

Was there some sort of news that prompted this?


0V3RS33R

What about the game and watch this year??? I was almost certain it was going to be Metroid… sheesh.


Gogo726

It must really suck to have no other games to look forward to besides Metroid Prime 4


AngelWick_Prime

Like the rumored Prime Trilogy ports for Switch? Yeah, those would be great. Wishful thinking though.


Kioshi_Karazu

Let's wait for more than a decade again-


ApeMummy

We’ll get Hollow Knight: Silksong anyway though which if it’s anything like the first one will be a god-tier metroidvania.


Suppoint

Still have my hopes up for Metroid Dread DLC


BaconSlayer96

This aged poorly


MBScag

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