Outspoken leaker Reece “Kiwi Talkz” Reilly, who apparently has connections at Retro Studios thanks to his interview work, has stated in a post on X that Retro Studios will begin work on Metroid Prime 5 after development has finished on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. He also said that they will most likely try their hands at something different once Metroid Prime 5 developed has come to an end to avoid franchise fatigue. He also said that it’s unlikely that Retro Studios will return anything soon to the Donkey Kong Country series as this is a new era of Retro Studios.
“Im seeing people taking Nintendo’s comments about there being 2D & 3D Donkey Kong going forward as Retro continuing with 2D Donkey Kong, No that’s copium. It’s unlikely Retro returns to Donkey Kong again, there were unique circumstances at play to allow them to make the DK games. Retro’s original existence was to make games for Nintendo that they themselves couldnt make. There are so many internal teams that can make a 2D Donkey Kong game, there is NO ONE other than Retro that can make a Metroid Prime game at the caliber they make them. I am not saying they are going to become the Metroid Prime studio, I imagine after Prime 4 they will do Prime 5 then move onto another IP due to franchise fatigue I am also not saying that Retro arent capable they certainly are and Tropical Freeze is easily Top 5 2D Platformers ever made but we are in a different era of Nintendo and a different era of Retro. I just want to keep everyones expectations in check here.”
