#Metroid prime 4 timeline mp4#
#Metroid prime 4 timeline series#

Maybe it's Nintendo playing it close to their chest or maybe it's because showing anything of it could be a spoiler for the story of Dread (imagine a trailer showing Samus in a suit similar to Dread's or with the spaceship from Fusion/Dread or AI-dam making an appearance) Prime 4 has been in development a LOOOONG time (yes, it was restarted), but we haven't seen anything yet. Starting to get at grasping at straws reasons here now, but bear with me.

#Metroid prime 4 timeline mp4#

Many mentioned that the game should/might not be called Metroid if the titular creatures are extinct, but MP4 taking place after Dread would have a way to reintroduce the creature and start a whole new story arc in a way that does not feel forced (as this setup started soooo many years ago) So definitely new games taking place after Dread. So having a Metroid is only special if metroids are supposedly extinct which would mean it would take place after Metroid 2 at least and then probably after Dreadĭread will be the end of the arc, but there will be new stories in the series.

#Metroid prime 4 timeline series#

If MP4 happens before Metroid 2, Sylux could have gotten a metroid from any number of places since in the Prime series Metroids appear all over the place (Tallon IV, Aether, GFS Valhalla, Pirate Home World, Phaaze, etc.) and the Prime games hardly ever spent much time explaining where they came from since they weren't extinct yet. The whole idea of Sylux stealing a metroid is only interesting if MP4 takes place AFTER Metroid 2 (when metroids were supposedly extinct). So we already have precedent for the 100% endings being slightly retconned to fit a better story, hence the sylux ship following Samus is just a dark omen, but not specifically how Prime 4 will start and as such Prime 4 can take place any time after Prime 3 including even after Dread MP2 ending shows Dark Samus reforming in the middle of space, but canonically (in Prime 3) Dark Samus' essence was in the phazon on Aether that the Pirates took with them between Prime 2 and 3. However, let me present some counterpoints why I think it's possible that the next 'Prime' game might push the story forward.

Many have interpreted this as Prime 4 taking place immediately after Prime 3. I love dread for pushing the story forward and not creating games eternally in the existing timeline (cough prime trilogy, Hunters, FedForce, Other M and remakes cough)įedForce shows Sylux stealing a metroid and MP3 shows Sylux following Samus in their endings. Let me start this off saying that I really want this to happen.