A new report has disappointing news for Nintendo GameCube nostalgics. It has been 24 years since Nintendo released the GameCube. The sixth-generation console didn’t sell very well, only selling 21 million units, and it had a short lifespan as the Wii replaced it within five years when it was released in 2006. A year later, in 2007, it was discontinued. Ultimately, the console was a failure for Nintendo, but it is a favorite of many hardcore Nintendo fans. Meanwhile, the console may have had a short lifespan, but some of the best games between 2001 and 2007 were GameCube games, and exclusives at that.
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For example, in 2004 Retro Studios and Nintendo released one of the best games of this generation of gaming: Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, a sequel to Metroid Prime, one of the greatest games of all time. The original Metroid Prime was released in 2002, but Nintendo released a remaster of it in 2023. Many assumed the other Metroid Prime games would follow suit with their own remasters ahead of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, which itself is slated to release later this year. This has not happened, and according to a new report, this is not going to change; not in time for Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, at least.
New Report
The new report comes the way of Kiwi Talkz, a YouTuber known for the occasional scope pertaining to Nintendo. According to the insider, a remaster of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes does not exist.
“I have been saying for ages now that there is no Metroid Prime 2 Remastered,” claims the insider. “No devs I have spoken to have acknowledged its existence, I can’t get any info on it, even the HD ports sounded like BS.”
Injecting opinion and speculation into this, Kiwi Talkz notes Retro probably doesn’t want anyone else working on such a project and would want to handle a remaster if there were one. The problem is that they have been busy with Metroid Prime 4. If this is the case, there is a possibility it will be released after Metroid Prime 4 is released; however, Nintendo will probably want to see the commercial performance of Metroid Prime 4 before it pours more resources into the series.
While this GameCube game may not be returning soon, another GameCube classic did return this week, but you will need a Nintendo Switch Online subscription to access it.
All of that said, remember to take everything here with a grain of salt, as none of it is official information. In the meantime, and as always, feel free to leave a comment letting us know what you think, or join the conversation over on the ComicBook Forum.
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