According to nintendo executive shinya takahashi development on the game.
Who is developing metroid prime 4. Internet rumours this week pegged bandai namco as being the mystery studio behind metroid prime 4 something multiple sources have now confirmed to eurogamer as being accurate. On january 25 2019 the game s producer shinya takahashi explained that the original studio developing metroid prime 4 possibly bandai namco but it s anyone s guess didn t deliver a. It is the fourth installment in the metroid prime series part of nintendo s metroid franchise. A fourth game in the series metroid prime 4 was announced at nintendo s e3 2017 spotlight livestream and is currently under development for the nintendo switch.
Metroid prime 4 is an upcoming video game developed by retro studios and published by nintendo for the nintendo switch. The game was initially announced to be developed by an entirely new team overseen by series producer kensuke tanabe instead of retro studios. This way the team has secured another high profile personality to work on the game that s been restarted for a clean development from scratch. Producer kensuke tanabe will be working alongside retro studios the american development company that worked on previous metroid prime titles in developing the game.
Nintendo s bill trinen confirmed as such during a group interview earlier today with a talented new development team working alongside tanabe to assure that the quality of metroid prime 4. Retro studios has hired a new producer for metroid prime 4 who has a background in gta and overwatch development. Sadly it has been announced that development has been rebooted from the very beginning. Metroid prime 4 was officially announced during nintendo s livestream at e3 back in 2017 with a 42 second teaser trailer.
Retro studios secures another high profile industry veteran to join the restarted development process of metroid prime 4 as a lead producer. It wouldn t take long for metroid prime 4 to make headlines once again even though it wasn t the news fans had hoped for.