Correct me if I’m wrong — and I could very well be wrong… (Gaming)

by Coaxkez, Monday, December 29, 2025, 17:26 (4 days ago) @ Revenant1988

…but I thought Prime 4 was a square-one reboot from the Namco Bandai version. A lot like Toy Story 3 was a square-one reboot from the Circle Seven version where Buzz was supposed to be recalled by his manufacturer or something. They trashed everything and started all over again.

Prime 4 is what it is because of Retro. For good and for bad. It’s been almost twenty years since they made one of these things and it’s very possible that a) they wanted to shake up the established Metroid formula for the sake of innovation, and b) they kinda forgor how to make a Metroid game.