Metroid Prime Producer Seems as Excited as Fans for a Metroid Prime 2 Remake

If you are funny successful catching up connected the Metroid Prime trilogy up of Metroid Prime 4, Nintendo isn’t making it casual astatine the moment. We deliberation that should beryllium remedied — and truthful does Metroid Prime bid shaper Kensuke Tanabe.

In the caller book, Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective, retired October 28, 2025, the legendary Japanese developer brings up the thought of a Metroid Prime 2: Echoes remake himself portion musing connected the multiplayer mode Echoes introduced, saying: “Retro completed the multiplayer mode without compromising connected quality... Being of its time, it was designed for section play, truthful the fig of players who really experienced it mightiness not person been precise large. If it is remade, I would beryllium delighted for much radical to person the accidental to acquisition it.”

The caller book, a Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective. Image Credit: Nintendo.

Metroid Prime’s 2023 remake for Nintendo Switch, which I scored a lofty 10/10, seemed to be, ahem, priming america for much remakes, with Metroid Prime 2: Echoes being people connected deck. In the pb up to Metroid Prime 4’s December 4 merchandise date, a bid of remake drops seemed similar a earthy choice. But remakes instrumentality tons of clip and resources, which made it adjacent more likely, perhaps, that Metroid Prime 2: Echoes would look connected the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack’s precocious added GameCube selection. But no!

As of close now, you can’t play Metroid Prime 2: Echoes anyplace but disconnected of an archetypal GameCube oregon Wii disc. It is not casual to play any Prime crippled different than Metroid Prime Remastered. The Metroid Prime Trilogy for Nintendo Wii was the past clip Echoes oregon Metroid Prime 3: Corruption were made available, and that disc has agelong since go a blistery collector’s item. And you tin hide astir playing Metroid Prime Hunters for DS, oregon Metroid Prime Pinball, which are some locked to DS carts – and you can conscionable plain forget astir Metroid Prime Federation Force for Nintendo 3DS entirely, that’s fine.

While Tanabe’s comments don’t get america immoderate person to a Metroid Prime 2: Echoes remake, each time gets america person to Metroid Prime 4. Who knows, possibly the GameCube games volition deed Nintendo Switch Online, oregon amended yet, we’ll spot a re-release of the Wii’s Metroid Prime Trilogy with its upgraded controls and widescreen graphics that we scored a 9.5 ala the caller Super Mario collections… oregon even better, Metroid Prime 2 and 3 Remastered. But possibly we are being excessively greedy, Metroid Prime 4 is, aft all, specified weeks away. And you tin get this nifty creation book, filled with insights from the Retro and Nintendo teams that assembled a bid of Metroid masterpieces.

Samuel Claiborn is IGN's managing exertion and a fixes/breaks past arcade and pinball machines successful his garage. TCELES B HSUP to travel him @Samuel_IGN connected Twitter.