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Talking Point: How Do You Feel About The Metroid Prime 4 Delay?

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A delayed game is eventually good?

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ranks as one of the most anticipated Switch games so far, and given that it was revealed almost two years ago, the more optimistic fans out there may have been hoping for a Christmas 2019 – or at least Christmas 2020 – release. Today's
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that development of the game has effectively been restarted from scratch and original
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studio Retro has been brought on board means we're unlikely to see this epic release for at least another two years, if not significantly longer.

This unexpected announcement – delivered by a contrite Shinya Takahashi – leaves a Samus-shaped hole in the Switch's release schedule that may be tricky to fill, but it shows a side of Nintendo that is arguably unique in the world of gaming. What other company would issue such an earnest and honest development update in video form, especially after
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The company's Japanese culture obviously plays into this – in Japan, failure has to be owned and accepted if you want to move on and learn from it, and transparency is highly valued – but even so, we imagine you watched that update with a slackened jaw, such was the power of its disarming honesty.

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