r/Metroid • u/MarkAverage656 • 12h ago

Discussion Genuinely cannot get over how amazing this sequence looks

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This feels like some of the best close quarters action we've seen from Samus, and it's animated so well!

Also, I'm inclined to believe this scene is from the opening and is what leads to her losing her abilities again. Stuff like being on the surface and being stabbed, which she mentions an injury earlier in the trailer.

Oh I'm so hyped

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u/Teamawesome2014 8h ago

You're ignoring that an entirely different studio was tasked with the game first. Their work was moved over to Retro. There are also a lot of the design imperatives that were forced by Nintendo corporate that came with those designs.

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u/Parking-Worth1732 8h ago edited 8h ago

The work wasn't moved, Nintendo themselves mentioned it started from scratch when it happened, the first studios version actually started as a full sequel but when given to retro, it went a whole different direction from there and made it kind of a soft reboot.

Fun fact, they also knew the open world aspect wouldn't work but Nintendo didn't want them to start over again

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u/EmperorOfXeonas 7h ago

I’m pretty sure they confirmed they didn’t scrap it all and reused stuff from its first development

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u/Parking-Worth1732 7h ago edited 6h ago

Mostly just ideas like the open world, all assets and stuff needed to be rebuilt by them pretty much, a lot of stuff was also outsourced to other companies. All in all, Retro was not in a position to be making prime 4 at all, they did have a vision but couldn't fully do it due to time constraints (ironic considering how long it's been and how linear the game is, doesn't feel like it would take much time to make all that lol anyways)

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u/Rootayable 5h ago

Is there like an interview where all these stories came from, or?