The same reason why Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Kirby Air Riders are all Switch 2 exclusives, despite being developed for the Switch 1 initially. Because the Switch 1 wouldn't have been able to handle any of those games.Metroid Prime 4 had to take a backseat because it needed to cater to the Switch 1 being a potato, and needed to scale everything back. There is no reason why this game of all things should have been cross-gen to begin with.
>>727742916ToTk handled a large open world. There's no excuse
>>727742916It would have been better if they didn't try to turn it in to Breath of the Wild while inserting Marvel humor. The only reason the original prime 4 was scrapped was probably because Marvel and open world games were the craze at the time.
>>727743018Tears of the Kingdom felt like it was about to fall apart at any time on Switch. It never did, but it sure felt like it was going to completely collapse at any time. That isn't the best or most reassuring feeling.
1. They've been advertising it as a switch 1 game for years 2. If the WiiU can run botw, then metroid has no excuse not to run on switch
>>727744651And guess what?Sony was advertising The Last Guardian as a PS3 exclusive for years as well, and look at what ended up happening.
>>727742916Where did you hear Air Riders was developed for Switch 1 initially?
>>727745365I mean it looks like a Switch 1 title with higher resolution. It's still close to the Switch 2 launch. There's no reason to assume it wasn't moved to the Switch 2.
>>727742916The biggest flaws of this game can be fixed in a patch that would take a day to make. Nothing egregious is baked into the game at a design level, besides the initial NPC meeting cutscenes which they probably can't re-render and rerecord.>option to disable Myles talking with you over comms>Myles does not explain where to go after a new section of the map is unlocked>you get power ups immediately instead of having to return to Myles>green crystal requirement reduced>music during bike sections not locked behind AmiiboThat alone will make the game from a 6/10 experience to a 8/10. The art direction is incredible and doesn't get enough credit because of the Mylesposting. You can catch glimpses of the amazing atmosphere the game could have if they didn't sabotage it how they did
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>>727742916the problems with prime 4 are completely unrelated to the graphics or switch 1 limitationsits the level design and story that drop the ball. OP is fucking gay as per usualonly MUH GRAFFIX dipshits who don't actually play the games care about metroid's graphics, they are serviceable. The game looks fine, who gives a shit?>omfg another nintendo game isn't the bleeding edge of graphics in the videogame industryDuh. You play nintendo games for the graphics or something?
>>727747306The level design is due to the Switch 1 limitations, you retard.
>>727747159>The biggest flaws of this game can be fixed in a patch that would take a day to makeThere's no fixing the level design because it's more of a straight line than Prime 3 ever was.
>>727747369What limitations?
>>727747369You could absolutely make an interconnected world on the Switch 1. There was nothing holding it back on that front outside of Retro and Tanabe being unable or unwilling to make this game something more than a theme park with 5 attractions.
>>727747159if you don't think the level design is a problem, then congratulations, you are the audience that nintendo is throwing everything to the wind to try to hook in.they are abandoning almost every design aspect that made prime 1 and 2 so amazing, building an atmosphere that is so good that most high budget AAA games for the past 20 years has tried to nail.They are getting rid the things we like about metroid prime so that YOU can enjoy some throwaway action set pieces, hallway levels, exposition dumps, and now marvel-tier npc writing. Npc's who explore the world with you so you dont feel isolated, lost, or scared.I can only imagine how awesome it must feel to be catered to like this. its like being a black lesbian when disney decided that they wanted a different audience for super hero movies. Im so happy for you.
>>727747391That's why I said 8/10 and not 9 or 10/10.
>>727747369explain to me how the gamecube can do it, and the switch can't, you absolute geniusI am eagerly awaiting your high quality response and expertise
>>727747632if the game sucks cock and the levels are bad, then its probably not as high as an 8/10unless you are mind raped by metacritic scores and you only think what gaming journalism tells you.
>>727742916Anon it was revealed years ago. There are people that pre ordered the switch 1 game from before they cancelled. It would be a dick move to make a switch 2 exclusive.
>>727747671More RAM means more complexity, especially with the massive amount of level of detail added.
>>727742916Nigga, MKW, MP4, and Bananza ARE Switch 1 games, they just decided to stonewall the release on the S1 for MKW and Bananza to artificially boost sales of the Switch 2.Someone could correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the only native Switch 2 games on the S2 right now in December 2025 is Welcome Tour, Kirby Air Riders and Drag x Drive. I'm probably missing something though.>>727746651Nope. KAR is one of the very few instances of a Switch 2 game that was natively built for the system specifically.>>727747159Fuck fixing it in a patch, this should've never been an issue, there's people out there who own cars and work at real jobs who were born after Metroid Prime 4 was announced.Anyway:>make maps more open, full of more alternate paths and secrets>give you more shit to do in the desert / remove the desert / replace Viola with the Speed Booster or with shinesparking. Hell, make it some cool-ass ""fast travel"" where she charges up and zips across the map with a sonic boom to hide the loading screen and get normalfags to hoot and holler about how cool it is>make it so Sylux isn't some irrelevant pussy-ass bitch after being hyped up for like four games>undo the retcon that Sylux gives a shit about Samus>bring back visor selection and make sure they're some cool shit people talk about, even if it's something as simple as how people loved the way you could see Samus's hand doing different gestures in her arm cannon>remove the entire mechanic of having people you need to keep alive on your journeys. If they HAVE to be involved in the game, require the player to clear a landing zone at some point and then the feds can just fly in and land, no escort quest>>727747369>simplest level design out of all the Prime games, despite 1-2 being on the Gamecube and 3 being on the Wii>the simplest level design out of all Metroid games in general, at least off the top of my head>this is somehow the Switch 1's faultUhhhhhhh....? Stupid, or bait?
>>727747956so heres the thing anon. the rooms are unloaded as you leave them and the doors close. The devs do this to save RAM.They did this in prime 1, 2, and 3. You can have multiple doors in a room without making the console explode, so that is not some excuse to make every zone in the game a hallway or not branch out enough.you know, chat gpt is really good for dumbing down complicated stuff for people like you. its free, and you have several to pick from, you dont even have to use chat gpt. you can also ask it how tight your helmet straps are supposed to be and it can help you get more blood flow to your brain.
>>727747369oh, you mean the console that had the Metroid Prime 1 remake with the same fidelity as MP4? you gormless fucking mongoloid
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>>727746651>says this about the only real native Switch 2 gameGrim.Isn't the Switch 2 supposed to be 999999999999999x more powerful than the Switch 1?
>>727742916>This game would have fared better if it was a GameCube exclusiveFTFY
