Metroid Prime 4 officially announced! Will it be the Samus vs Sylux adventure Tanabe was talking about?

The one thing I have to say after METROID Prime 4 and METROID Samus Returns were confirmed... BUY. THE. DAMN. GAMES. If you want the METROID series to keep going, support the franchise! Don't sit there and watch it burn. This is most likely Samus' last chance! We need our bounty hunter back on the top as one of Nintendo's premier titles!

"Metroid was no longer in its prime" Please tell me this was intentional

I want Metroid back so badly. The honest truth is that Halo did soar miles above it, and each Prime sequel released in the same year as a Halo at the time. People just wanted Halo more. With Halo 5's low, and the Metroid woes, hopefully we will be surprised at E3 next month. Fingers crossed.

Can you imagine a Metroid game with as transformative gameplay as BOTW? Fingers crossed.

BOTW was in development for 6 years I believe. Nintendo worked on it for a very long time, so it's not like they pulled it out of their ass in the last few years. Federation Force was a thing in Nintendo's internal system since before Other M was a thing. That tells me that the only reason we got Metroid anything outside of Smash Bros is because Fed Force was around before the Other M debacle. Which seems to me that Nintendo hasn't done anything with Metroid after Other M, besides Smash, and that's very depressing. Federation Force didn't sell bad because of us, it was entirely Nintendo since they released in in the worst way, at the worst time. Spin off that looks nothing like a serious Metroid game would to tie us over before whatever comes next, which if there is a next time, it has yet to be revealed, so it seemed like all we would be getting is a spin off in 2015. I bought Fed Force day 1 and I had lots of fun, both in Blast Ball, as well as offline/online single player. However, after I beat the story, I haven't touched the game again. It's a good game, Nintendo just did nothing to quell the hate and convince people it's worth checking out. I was convinced day 1 since it's something new from Metroid and the gameplay looked fun from the Treehouse Stream. However, I was a very small minority it seems. Many people hated on the games to the point that a petition was formed, and Nintendo did NOTHING to change that. They went silent for almost half a year, until Tanabe came on during a Direct to give people more info about the game. The problem is, all the info Tanabe gave was already available since the E3 2015 interviews, so nothing new was gained and it convince nobody. Then Nintendo just stealth released the game during Metroid's anniversary month, after shutting down AM2R. Great.

I've been really hoping for a sequel to fusion. Nintendo just left the timeline off there, with so much potential. Instead of continuing that, they chose to make an endless amount of prequels. That's not a bad thing, as at least they're taking the series somewhere. However, it would be really nice to see a return to the 2d metroids and to see what happens to samus after fusion.

dude this video was great. I was surprised when I saw only 2k subs, because this was no bs, straight to the point, imformative, and IMHO better than what Ive seen from some channels with 1mil+

This blew up! Congrats man, the amount of effort shows through in the great production quality. Keep it up.

Man, the quality of your work is amazing ! You got yourself a sub !

It is interesting that you skipped Fusion. I am only 4 minutes in, so maybe that gets addressed later. The only reason why I point this out is that Sakamoto continued to work on Metroid from the end of Super till the release of Fusion. (He never quit up until recently... But I think any person can only be back stabbed by fans only so many times) I really would want Sakamoto helping out on the next Metroid game. Even if he is kind of just some sort of supervisor. I am sure they will make the 2.5D game that most fans have been asking for and a totally 3D game that does something completely new. As bad as many aspects Metroid: Other M was, it did bring a lot of innovation to the formula and with the Joy-con controls in mind we could see something that could work a lot better and provide people with the experience they want out of a current generation Metroid game. Samus and Metroid will never be dead, but I do think there is going to be a bunch of passing notes until we get another hit.

This was really well written. Love the use of facts rather than opinions. Also the production quality is impressive. I've been thinking about Metroid a lot lately, and it's nice to know it may have another shot.

Subbed, this is a great video, and your editing skills are excellent. Good examples, good research, interesting topic, you deserve a lot more subscribers. Keep up the great work !

This was a fantastic video. As a die hard Metroid fan who is BEGGING for a new game, this gave me a little glimmer of hope that something new is around the corner. I wish I knew why any of the titles struggled really... I thought they have all been good, with Super Metroid and Metroid Prime obviously being the cream of the crop. With games really trending in the direction of open world experiences, maybe this is the new direction they should go?

This was a good video, gives me hope that we will see Metroid on the switch. Subbed!

That was really well narrated. I thoroughly enjoyed this video.

This gives me a lot of hope! Thank you.

you earned a sub. It's a shame you only have 3k subs you make quality content

Thank you for putting so much work into this video! You definitely deserve a sub and a like

Not sure when you made this KZfaq channel but man you just earned yourself a new subscriber.

wow really an amazing video for a "starting channel" it was super well written, professionnal and fun to watch ! you earned a new subscriber ! continue like that ;)

Great Video!!! Very entertaining.

got a new subscriber here broski, great vid... I kinda needed one of these haha miss Metroid so much ;D

Came back to this after playing samus returns. Great video, and I can't put into words my excitement. Samus truly feels like she's back!

Just found your channel - watched every video! Love the content, keep up the good work!

Great video! Loved the "3/4ths of SSB line-up" comment.

Very good video my dude. Earned a sub

Really great content. Subbed!

You guy just gained one more subscriber :^) Keep up the good work!

"metroid was no longer in its prime" lol I subbed! it's cool seeing the start of a great youtuber

Great video. Got my hopes back up for a return of Metroid.

Awesome video! I'm not sure if he addressed it further, or if it is even true, but a youtuber said that he has several sources that leaked some info about the next metroid game. There is apparently a different studio working on it, but he seemed excited about whoever it is, and also mentioned his sources didn't even want him to say even that much. Hope this hypes some people, and I even subbed :)

Great report!

Great video, and I hope you are right regarding some news in the next year or two.

This is an excellent video about the Metroid franchise. Definitely subbing.

Wow nice video!! Love it

Super, Fusion, Prime, Prime 2, Zero Mission and Prime 3 are 6 of the greatest games ever!

Amazing video, well said. I've been a fan of the Metroid series for long, Metroid Prime games are truly underrated and I love them.I own a 3DS and I HAD NO CLUE about Federation Force, I literally just saw it in your video for the first time. I believe a Switch Prime game would be lovely. No FPS games for the Switch and it could take advantage of the online features. I'd love me a capture the flag online mode on Prime 4(?). We can hope. :D

Great video!

Great video! Subbed. What about Metroid Fusion? How does it measure up?

What happened was evidently that Federation Force was secretly the kickstart for Prime 4 (see FF's best ending where Sylux hatches a metroid).

Excellent video, thank you!

Great vid, I hope you are right that Nintendo won't give up on Metroid! You just got your 1106th subscriber

Amazing video man. I really hope the next installment is a 2D title, wich is either an official remake of Metroid 2 or a continuation of Fusion.

Fantastic video.

Great video man! I love me some Metroid, so it's nice to see someone actually break down what happened. Have you played AM2R? because a game like AM2R, but with HD sprites on the 3ds or switch would be amazing, (I've heard rumors of 2 metroid games being worked on, a 3D and a 2D) Great work man, from a fellow KZfaqr, always great to see good new content out there. -Kloudy

Metroid dread was such a massive success. I really hope we hear some news about prime 4 this year.

Dope explanation. Appreciate all the research you've done man! From one Metroid fan to another ... let's hope that's the last of federation force haha

Great video! Saw your post on Reddit this morning, just got a chance to check it out. Subscribed, looking forward to more. Also, you don't mention Fusion, boo.

This has to be the best video about the Metroid franchise.

This was really interesting to watch and I learnt a lot, like I didn't even know anything about this Watanabe guy. I thought that only Sakamoto and (in the past) Yokoi were the main Metroid guys. So it's good to know that there is hope. I'm actually one of the few people who likes Federation Force. Of course it's not exactly what Metroid should be and I would've liked another game where I control Samus more, but for what it is, it's pretty fun, especially if you can find someone online to play with. I had the luck to expirience the mission, where all of the players lose their mechs and then get them back one by one, with 3 other people, who weren't assholes. It was really fun to see how our small teams gets stronger one by one, and protecting each other, having different paths and so on. The missions are really varied too, so you always have something new to do. I also like the controls, so I could imagine a normal Metroid Prime game like that, but with Samus and without the mission structure. So if this was a test for Nintendo then I think it passed. I think the graphics worked too. I'm not a fan of the chibi style with the big heads, but luckily they didn't show any actual human faces. They screwed up with the music though. They easily could've remixed magmor caverns and phendrana drifts or something, put in another Robot Ridley with hsi theme and so on. Or why not bring back Kraid somehow and his lair theme from the Zero mission? The music was just too generic in FF. :/

Can anyone help me find the name of the song playing between 0:12 - 0:19? So desperate to find it!

for as long as it takes... we, the fans, will wait for Metroid to return and return in form. in the meantime, there are other "bounties" to hunt so... until Metroid come back, see you next mission.

Well this video got dated fast.

Saw you on Reddit, enjoy your form of presentation. *sub* Looking forward to future content. :)

Metroid Prime 3 was fantastic and done very well using the Wiis controls. Prime 1 is my all time favorite and Prime 3 behind that. Hoping for a Prime trilogy on the Switch. Great video.

This is such an interesting time-capsule video in a post-Samus Returns, post-Dread world. It really was doom and gloom from Other M straight through to Samus Returns' announcement, wasn't it?

AND THE PREDICTIONS CAME TRUE

When they do eventually come out with a new Metroid game, I just might shit myself.

I wasn’t much of a metroid fan till i got to play prime 2 and fusion. When i played those i was hooked then i played super metroid and all the others. And i even played federation force and didn’t think it that was bad. Idk whats happening with prime 4 but I’m glad were getting metroid dread

Great vid, very well done. What happened to Donkey Kong? I grew up with the 64 and enjoyed DK64 but have not seen a 3D title since then..

Amazing video. How long did it take you to make?

Nice video :D

At 9:23 it says Tomadachi Life was released in 2004. Other than that, awesome video! Would love to see this for other franchises as well :)

Am I the only one who loves and prefers the old GameCube controls for the Prime games? I hate how I can't play the whole trilogy without having to use motion controls in Corruption...

There are plenty of videos (essays, more like it) on youtube of people explaining in detail why the good Metroid games are so good. What the good Metroid games did so right and why we love them to this day. The franchise is not being looked at from a corporate and unit sales point of view in these videos. A franchise doesn't need to sell 6+ million copies for each entry to have a loyal fanbase. Even if it sells only 1 million copies it's still a financial success because Metroid games don't need an army sized team of developers like other franchises do. Just a dedicated team who 'get it', all the time they need, and a proper budget to work with. Quality matters so much more than meeting deadlines.

Also, an official remake of Metroid 2: Return of Samus is coming this September for the 3DS.

This is so surreal watching this again. Sense samus returns has been out for a bit and prime 4 was announced and in the works.

good video. If you keep making videos of the same quality you are bound to be a very successful KZfaqr

It's surprising that Nintendo never made another traditional side scrolling Metroid game on the DS or 3DS. Fans would have loved it.

I have a crazy idea - a metroid game with parkour gameplay elements like Mirror's Edge would be really cool

I'd like to see a delve into the worlds of the other bounty hunters in Prime:hunters.

You got my like at "The history of metroid is also the history of calamity Ganon" LOL

I look forward to the moment they announce a new Metroid. I don't just mean I want a new game, but I can't wait for the actual moment in which it's announced. The joy, excitement and thrill I experience while watching them unveil it during their Direct/e3 conference. I'm looking forward to that. :)

7:30 "Metroid was no longer at it's prime" I see what you did there ;)

The funny thing is, Other M was produced with the same concept as Zelda botw. They tried to reinvent the franchise by ignoring its previos 3d incarnations and trying to import its 2D roots into a new designed 3d world. It utterly failed to archive Zelda botws success due to its sloppy and unworty way it was produced. Instead of taking time to give Metroid a glorious comeback, they treated it like a generic action sci fi game with a truly uninspired setting, story and gameplay. It could have been great, but they missed to include too many iconic Metroid elements, relied too mutch on its cinematic sequences and moved too far away from what the fans knew from Metroid. There is nothing wrong with moving to a new direction, but they failed to show a decent alternative to the winning prime way.

Metroid Prime 1-3 were a breath of fresh air the fan base needed, and it delivered well. Federation Force was, like you said, a complete disaster! Just from the commercial alone, I couldn't stop myself from face-palming. Now Prime 4 is in the works, and needless to say, I have high hopes Metroid will be restored to it's former glory

7:01 No joke, since the beginning when I heard this song, I always and still do hear "Pounds and Pounds of Weed". It's never going to go away and been there since the first time. And then of course, they go "Heeeyyyy" etc if you listen to the whole thing.

Never beat a Metroid but I’ve always admired the series.

Overall, a great video. Fantastic detective work, since everything you predicted basically came true. Just one thing though, I really like Metroid Prime PInball.

I had no idea the same team created Donkey Kong Return for the 3DS, no wonder that game is so good. Quite difficult but very good game.

Dayum!!! I mean, we all know now where Metroid is at. But by the time it was made, this video was so ON POINT, that's crazy! Props to Freelance Nintendo!

Just 2 minutes in and I gotta say you're so funny!!!!! I laughed out loud for real. And you know it's true because I had to say it!

OMG the hype is so real!

you got my sub. Id love to see an F Zero version fam

I really enjoyed the detail and presentation, from your voice, to your speech, to your cadence, and to your production value. Criminally undersubbed, so I'm adding to the pile

i hope to god you're right about there still being a future to the series

Looking at the Donkey Kong games Retro made, they could have made a pretty good 3D sidescroller Metroid game.

I think Earthbound wrapped up nicely and Itoi doesn't really have intent to continue it with another game. Still, a great video full of information and speculation.

Great video and all, but I can't help but notice that you forgot about Metroid Fusion.

Damn, its almost been a decade since we've had a good metroid, If they dont announce a metroid at e3, or later this year that'd be horrible

Awesome video, I too believe it is time for Metroid to get the treatment it deserves with a proper HD installment and a huge marketing push. Samus could reach a huge audience. My argument is that timing would be perfect because Space and Female Action Heroes are extremely popular right now!

Great video. Really well researched. Thank you for that. I was wondering what was going to happen with the Metroid series. I've been a huge fan since Metroid Prime. Metroid Prime was definitely my favorite video game ever. I'm kind of pessimistic though. I think that, unfortunately, the sort of people who would be into a series like Metroid would just find what they think are better options on the X-Box and Playstation. I think Nintendo games are mostly tailored for kids nowadays. I mean, don't get me wrong, I still love Nintendo games even though I'm 22 haha, but I mean I'm sure it's the kids who are causing games like BOTW to do well, whereas I don't think Metroid will benefit from that. I hope Nintendo can figure out a way though.

Please Tanabai, don't ever let Sakamoto EVER touch a Metroid game again.

GOOD JOB!

...not even a mention of Metroid Fusion? :C

Great video! I have the entire collection of Metroid games! Ps. Metroid Prime Pinball is a good game.

What's the music name plss

I think it's growing more and more likely that Nintendo is bringing Metroid back to the Switch, with OBE1 saying it (and he got a lot of stuff right, more than Laura Kate Dale anyways), Reggie's hint in an interview (where he's asked about Mother 3 and Metroid, he says “So I have nothing to announce-here. But we are aware that there are some key IP that consumers just can’t wait for the next true installment in that franchise’s legacy. Suffice it to say, we’re aware of it, and talk to me in a year and let’s look back and see what’s happened.”) and his recent statement about a big E3 for the Switch and 3DS, I can only hope... I hope they look back to the original like they did with Zelda and go off that as a basis for the game. BTW, great video! I came from /r/nintendo and was pleasantly surprised by the quality, you've just earned yourself another sub.

Tomodachi Life was out in 2014 I believe, small typo ;) Also this video is excellent!!