Metroid Prime 3 not shipping before July

by Jason Wishnov { Apr 4th 2007 at 10:00AM }

In a recent interview with Newsweek, Reggie Fils-Aime revealed that ~~he likes ponies~~ Metroid Prime 3: Corruption would not be shipping before July. This is hardly a surprise, as we expect Nintendo to hype the heck out of what will surely be the first killer-app FPS on the console, but we find it slightly disappointing nevertheless.

More disturbing, however, is the concept of the "Big Three" (Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl) all supposedly being released in 2007. Realistically, one of these three will be pushed back (most likely Brawl, since Prime is extremely far into development and Shigeru Miyamoto recently reconfirmed a 2007 release for Galaxy), but with nothing coming before July, will Nintendo risk putting even two of its heavy hitters in close proximity to one another? Nintendo could get away with only one release, provided certain games are released as scheduled, but the prospects are disturbing.

Tags: Corruption, Delay, Fils Aime, FilsAime, Metroid, Prime, Reggie, Waiting

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Phil Pham @ Apr 4th 2007 11:27AM

Mario Party comes out before then. I expect that to sell like gang busters.

SuicideNinja @ Apr 4th 2007 11:31AM

*sigh*

The one game I'm looking forward to on the Wii seems so far away. =\

James @ Apr 4th 2007 12:08PM

I just keep telling myself "Super Paper Mario! Super Paper Mario!"... if I say it loud enough, I can block out the sobs of "METROID! NOOOOO!!" that keep cropping up in the back of my head.

Ytoabn @ Apr 4th 2007 12:29PM

The Big 3?
Did we have a Big 3 for the Gamecube? It was something like Mario Sunshine + Metroid Prime + Zelda: Wind Walker.
One of those big 3 was considered fantastic (Prime), Zelda was considered great by most but had some criticism, and Sunshine was considered practically an expansion pack.

Now I'm worried.

theLoneYoshi @ Apr 4th 2007 1:36PM

I can see all three getting release by the end of this year. You have to remember that each of those three are being developed by different branches of Nintendo. Prime 3 is being developed by Retro Studios, Galaxy is being developed by Nintendo Tokyo, and Brawl is being developed by its own studio. If these studios concentrate on getting their respective game out by the end of this year, these three games will come out. I expect all three to make a playable appearance at this year's E3 and E for All Expo.

Patrick @ Apr 11th 2007 10:01PM

Well no duh. One of the reasons they are delaying is online (maybe not confirmed but you know it). Also I don't know if any one heard this, or if his mouth slipped, but when I attended the Nintendo Fusion Tour and the man running the Zelda stand said that the reason Metroid was not there was because it was pretty much redone sense E3/demo. So I don't know if I got inside exclusive, but ya he told me the look of Metroid is now completely different.