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[Sleepwalker]

It's not coming and neither is metroid prime 4.

Maybe if the next gen switch flops and they have to try put some effort again.

 

[Ryu Kaiba]

Former Retro Studios dev says a Metroid Prime Trilogy Switch port "would take a lot of effort" and is "skeptical" of it happening

With Metroid Prime 4 in the works for Switch, many fans have hoped that Nintendo would bring the series’ first three games to the platform. It’s unclear whether or not that will ever happen, but a former developer at Retro Studios has weighed in by sharing his own thoughts. Michael Wikan spent...

nintendoeverything.com

So what. Skyward Sword took effort.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

So what. Skyward Sword took effort.

Not a great comparison though. That’s one game, as opposed to a trilogy, and Zelda sells much higher.

 

[Corgi1985]

Because they are incompetent and hate their fans

 

[Ryu Kaiba]

Not a great comparison though. That’s one game, as opposed to a trilogy, and Zelda sells much higher.

Metroid Prime 3 is the reason why he thinks it would require effort. The other 2 would be more straight forward so it is mostly one game. People said similar things about mario maker and other Wii U titles, they can do it if they want to.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Metroid Prime 3 is the reason why he thinks it would require effort. The other 2 would be more straight forward so it is mostly one game. People said similar things about mario maker and other Wii U titles, they can do it if they want to.

I don't see how it's "mostly one game." It's definitely three games. If one takes the most effort, that's one thing, but it's still a trilogy vs a single game example.

And again, the sales difference.

I'd love to see it though.

 

[Doczu]

I don't see how it's "mostly one game." It's definitely three games. If one takes the most effort, that's one thing, but it's still a trilogy vs a single game example.

And again, the sales difference.

I'd love to see it though.

Come on man. Nintendo released a crappy cash grap that was the Mario collection for Switch, porting MP 1 and 2 would be just that: a cash grab procedure with upping the res and that's all.
Porting these two games to the Wii actuslly took some work as they had to update the control scheme.

 

[Okamiden]

Former Retro Studios dev says a Metroid Prime Trilogy Switch port "would take a lot of effort" and is "skeptical" of it happening

With Metroid Prime 4 in the works for Switch, many fans have hoped that Nintendo would bring the series’ first three games to the platform. It’s unclear whether or not that will ever happen, but a former developer at Retro Studios has weighed in by sharing his own thoughts. Michael Wikan spent...

nintendoeverything.com

So Grubb again talked about completed Prime Trilogy out of his ass? Why I am not surprised

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Come on man. Nintendo released a crappy cash grap that was the Mario collection for Switch, porting MP 1 and 2 would be just that: a cash grab procedure with upping the res and that's all.
Porting these two games to the Wii actuslly took some work as they had to update the control scheme.

I'm not sure what you want me to say. Surely porting the Metroid prime trilogy is a bigger effort with less reward then Skyward Sword.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Metroid Prime 3 is the reason why he thinks it would require effort. The other 2 would be more straight forward so it is mostly one game. People said similar things about mario maker and other Wii U titles, they can do it if they want to.

Just because two of the games are easier to port, doesn't mean the job now consists of porting "mostly one game." That's disingenous.

It's one game that takes a "herculean amount of effort" plus two more standard remaster jobs.

Sure, they can do it if they want to. But it's harder than doing Zelda SS and will earn less money.

 

[SumJester]

If the strategy is to release near it prime 4... where's the Nintendo Online GBA with Zero Mission and Fusion to hype Dread?

 

[mcjmetroid]

They're not going to release a trilogy flat out.
I'm now even more sure of this after Skyward Sword.

 

[Marty-McFly]

My theory is they'll release about 6 months before Prime 4.

 

[Marty-McFly]

If the strategy is to release near it prime 4... where's the Nintendo Online GBA with Zero Mission and Fusion to hype Dread?

I would imagine because Prime is a much higher budget game and they will put more effort into marketing it.