A full remake of Metroid Prime has been announced for Nintendo Switch.

After years of rumors, Metroid Prime is finally getting a remaster on Nintendo Switch.

Metroid Prime was released for GameCube in 2002, and translated the series’ 2D style into a first-person game with huge success. At the time we awarded it a 9.8/10 review, calling it “an instant classic that you will use to measure forthcoming software by.”

After a trilogy of games, Metroid Prime went quiet, but 2017 saw the announcement of a fourth game – although that game went through some development issues before being handed to original developer Retro Studios.

It seems Nintendo is finally embracing Metroid once more, however – between this remake, Metroid Prime 4, and the excellent Metroid Dread, the series is undergoing something of a renaissance.

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