While there might be a new Metroid title on the way for the Nintendo Switch games list, another new title was recently released on 3DS.
Metroid: Samus Returns launched to good reviews but is only available on the older handheld console.
Some fans were confused by the Switch snub, guessing that the new hybrid console could do with all the games it could get for its first year.
But Nintendo have now revealed why the Metroid adventure remake was chosen as a 3DS exclusive.
According to the producer of Samus Returns, Yoshio Sakamoto, the Japanese games giant was keen to utilise the second screen options that the 3DS provides.
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“One of the themes we chose to stick with this time was utilizing both 3D visuals and a dual screen setup,” Sakamoto revealed to Game Rant.
“In fact, I’d been interested in creating a Metroid title that allowed you display the map constantly on a second screen and interact with the elements of the UI by touching them since the time of the original DS.
“The 3DS made the 3D visuals possible of course, and the more powerful hardware allows for a higher fidelity experience—both are reasons we felt this was the right choice.”
Fans can of course look forward to Metroid Prime 4 coming to Nintendo Switch in 2018.
Unlike Samus Returns, Metroid Prime 4 will be a brand new adventure, although not much has been revealed so far regarding gameplay or setting.
It was one of the surprise announcements during this E3, with Samus Aran heading to the Nintendo Switch for the first time.
At E3 only the logo for the game was unveiled, suggesting that the latest title in the Prime series was early in development.
However, soon after that fans were left hoping that Metroid Prime 4 could be arriving as early as next year.
Charlie Scibetta – Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Nintendo of America said: “We’ve announced a nice lineup through this year, and next year we have some big games coming with Metroid Prime 4. 2018 will be around Metroid, Kirby, Yoshi, new Pokemon game has been announced.
“We feel good about the lineup for this year and beyond.”
But this quickly clarified by Nintendo, with a representative saying Scibatta had meant “2018 and beyond” instead of simply “2018.”
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