Rumor: Metroid Prime remake in Japan February 12?

by JC Fletcher on Jan 15th 2009 11:48AM

According to Gamekyo, the Wii de Asobu/New Play Control remake of Retro Studios' Metroid Prime has been scheduled for release in Japan on February 12. We're not sure where they got that date, but it seems reasonable enough, given the biweekly releases so far in the series of Gamecube updates.

While it will be interesting to see how the Japanese Wii audience reacts to Prime, this is most relevant to gamers outside of Japan due to the fact that the Pikmin and Mario Tennis remakes are expected to be out in North America and Europe in February and March, very soon after the releases of those two games in Japan. This means that we could possibly see Metroid Prime sometime in the first half of this year -- although Donkey Kong Jungle Beat came out in Japan before either of those others, and we haven't seen that one yet.

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Tags: fps, metroid-prime, new-play-control, remake, retro-studios, wii-de-asobu

Reader Comments (17)

I'll buy it if it comes out in North America.

Has there been speculation on price? Is the price known for the Pikmin re-make? I really don't want to drop $50 on a game that I can get for $5 on Gamecube...

Now, if it's Metroid Prime 1 and 2 on the same disc, that I'd probably pay $50 for...

I am sick of this, another remake with wii controls tacked on rather then a new game. Resident evil, zelda, now this, sick of this shit.

Gotta agree with you there... Until the part about Zelda. To me, Twilight Princess felt more natural on the Wii than on GC.
Forget about motion controls being the gimmick. Seems as though Wii is fast becoming the console for people to "see what they've missed", so to speak.
VC was the beginning
Now there's "Play on Wii"

I've been a Nintendo fan for 24 YEARS. I already have most of the "good" games they're re-releasing. Nothing's new anymore, so basically I've stopped spending money on games all together. If anything new (or semi-new) comes out I borrow it from somebody.

One of the only games that could make me break my rule about not buying the same game twice

I would re-buy this game even if they re-released it with a $100 price tag.

I thought they said $30?

Waiting on MP2. Just to bridge the gap to MP3, so I can buy it without guilty.

*cough* Kojima, if you don't want to release the MGS trilogy on Wii, how about at least porting Twin Snakes? Improve graphics, first person controls, widescreen...

Yes.

Amazon has the Dates and price up for Pikmin and Mario Tennis

Mario Tennis - http://www.amazon.com/Mario-Power-Tennis-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B001O1QLDO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1232043290&sr=8-1

Pikmin - http://www.amazon.com/Pikmin-Nintendo-Wii/dp/B001CTL5GQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1232043310&sr=8-1

As soon as this comes to the States, I'm going down to Game Stop and buying it. Here's to hoping they release MP and MP2 at the same time, or at least really close to each other.

YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!! Please let this be true. I turned my nose up at MP when it came out for Gamecube because of it's change from the series to a FPS. I've since seen and sampled a little MP3:Corruption at my bro-in-law's house with the Wii controller and like the combination. The difference in control is what attracts me to these. At the $30 or under price point, these will be a day 1 buy for me.