'Metroid Prime 4' makes fanfolk dreams come true at E3 2017
Metroid. Prime. 4.
Nintendo used the E3 2017 stage to deliver the news that fans have been waiting 10 years to hear: Metroid -- a real one -- is coming back, and it's a follow-up to the beloved Prime trilogy.
That's the good news. The bad news? There's not much else we can tell you right now. It's a Switch game, of course. It's coming... eventually. Nintendo won't even commit to 2018. Prepare for a wait.
It will be a first-person adventure, and producer Kensuke Tanabe will return to shepherd the game into being, just as he did for the original Prime trilogy.
That's... it. We'd love to share more, but Nintendo wants to keep the details close for now. Hopefully we'll get our first look next year... and hopefully it's a reinvention on par with the sensational The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Find the nothingburger of a teaser below. Whatever. The hype is still very real.
Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
