'' Metroid Prime : Federation Force '' , a Nintendo 3DS game developed by Next Level Games , was announced at E3 2015 ; '' Metroid Prime '' series producer Kensuke Tanabe said that " this time around we 're doing a story on the Galactic Federation . " Regarding the '' Corruption '' s ending , Tanabe wanted to create a story that centers on Samus and Sylux , noting that " here 's something going on between them . I want to make a game that touches upon . " Tanabe added that Nintendo had no plans on releasing the next '' Metroid Prime '' game for the Wii U , stating " it would likely now be on Nintendo 's NX console . " On June 13 , 2017 , Nintendo announced during their '' Nintendo Spotlight '' presentation at E3 2017 that '' Metroid Prime 4 '' is currently in development for the Nintendo Switch . The game was initially announced to be developed by an entirely new team overseen by series producer Kensuke Tanabe , instead of Retro Studios . Eurogamer reported in February 2018 that Bandai Namco Singapore was working on the game alongside Nintendo and that the project included some staff members who worked on the cancelled '' Star Wars 1313 '' game . However , in a January 2019 development update posted on their YouTube channel , Nintendo announced that development of '' Metroid Prime 4 '' was restarted and the project would be handled by Retro Studios once again
E3 2015
E3 2015
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption