It's no secret that both Metroid Dread and Metroid Prime 4 have had their fair share of development issues. RELATED: The Difference Between Metroid Prime 4 and Metroid Dread Explained That itself isn't a huge red flag, as Tanabe has been a producer on the rest of the franchise, but the general changing of staff at Retro means that the upcoming game isn't guaranteed to be cut from the same cloth as the originals. Mark Pacini, the director of all three titles, left the company in 2008, leaving Kensuke Tanabe to direct Metroid Prime 4. What's more, a lot of the key personnel who worked on the Metroid Prime series are no longer with Retro Studios. That doesn't mean that Retro Studios is incapable of making another entry in the franchise, but that its recent work, while good, doesn't reflect the first-person puzzle/action gameplay that the series is known for. That said, while the studio successfully translated the gameplay of the original 2D Metroid games into 3D space for the Metroid Prime games, it hasn't touched anything Metroid-related in over 10 years. Retro Studios also is a great pick for continuing the franchise's first-person entries, as the studio created the original Metroid Prime trilogy in its early days. It's clear that choosing the studio was the right choice, as Metroid Dread took a lot of the ideas introduced in the Metroid 2 remake and explored them further in the new title. After the success that was Metroid: Samus Returns on the 3DS, MercurySteam seemed like the obvious pick for Nintendo to have make a new 2D Metroid title. RELATED: The Entire Story Leading Up to Metroid Dread MercurySteam and Retro Studiosīoth MercurySteam and Retro Studios have worked on other successful Metroid games in the past, making them the perfect companies to handle the new generation of games. Everyone is rooting for Metroid Prime 4 to be a success, and hopefully it is, but Metroid Dread's success is unlikely to influence its development in any meaningful, positive way. This isn't to say that fans shouldn't be excited for Metroid Prime 4, quite the opposite, but that they're going to be two completely different games. The success of Metroid Dread seems to have caused many people to forget and that there's still so much mystery surrounding the next entry in the series. While there's certainly a lot in Prime 4's favor, however, there seems to be an equal number of things for fans to be cautious about. Unfortunately, while Metroid Dreadis a success in just about every aspect, Metroid Prime 4 isn't guaranteed to be one as well. Metroid fever seems to be sweeping the gaming landscape, and those who've finished the new entry are excitedly waiting for more news on the upcoming Metroid Prime 4. Following its release earlier this month, Metroid Dread has been showered with praise, as many have called it one of the best Metroid games ever made, adding that it's breathed new life into the seemingly dormant franchise.
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