Metroid Prime Remaster to be released in 2022, says Jeff Grubb – GameSpot

On a rather positive note, the journalist who is used to shovels has just done so revealing of It’s GiantBomb that Nintendo is ready to paint a remastered version of Metroid Prime in time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the cult GameCube, namely in November of this year.

Still, according to Jeff Group, Nintendo has also finished definitive versions of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, but these episodes will be distributed separately and not necessarily at the same time as the first. Metroid Prime. In addition, the latter could have been the subject of a more ambitious treatment than his two successors.

Remember that the franchise imagined by Yoshio Sakamoto made a great comeback last year with MercurySteam’s Metroid Dread, but here we’re talking about the FPS/3D side of Samus’ adventures. 20 years later, Metroid Prime It remains one of the most memorable, most exciting, and immersive GameCube games. It sold 2.84 million copies, and is also one of the platform’s biggest commercial successes.

If it was a rumor remastered from Metroid Prime Not new, Jeff Group seems to be sure of its sources and the timing seems perfect for Nintendo that could use this cartridge to (partially, eh) make up for the delay in the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in Spring 2023. Plus, it stands out Metroid Prime And its sequels on Switch look like a no-brainer by the time Retro Studios introduces Metroid Prime 4, which was announced (much) very early in June 2017.