

Priced at $39.99, this doesn't just seem to be a fresh new coat of paint. The new remaster shadow dropped for fans using the Nintendo eShop, with a physical release hitting retailers on February 22. Now, Metroid Prime 4 may not have been there, but Metroid Prime as a whole was. RELATED: Ex Retro Studios Devs Speak About Metroid Prime 4 With the latest Nintendo Direct giving the franchise some love in the form of Metroid Prime Remastered, there's more hope for Metroid Prime 4 than ever before.

A few updates have come out since then, largely in regard to job advertisements and postings, and fans have been kept in the dark since. Only the title card of the game had been shown when, in January 2019, Nintendo announced that Metroid Prime 4's development was being restarted at Retro Studios. First announced at E3 2017, Metroid Prime 4 was kept well under wraps, but there were some indications that something was going on with its development, as it skipped E3 2018. Metroid Prime 4's rough development history is no secret. While the latter showed up in a big way, that unfortunately cannot be said about Metroid Prime 4, but this Direct did indicate a potential turning point for the game. There was some hope that Metroid Prime 4 would be at the Nintendo Direct after online retailers listed the game as available for pre-order ahead of the event, which also happened with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
