Nintendo boss Reggie Fils-Aime has confirmed that their highly anticipated first person shooter, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption will not release before June 2007. He stated the game would now release in late 2007.
Reggie Fils-Aime said, “Where is Metroid? Metroid is not going to ship by June. We have announced all of our games through the end of June. Moreover, the fact with Metroid is we want to make sure that that game is perfect. Unfortunately, Metroid Prime 2 did not live up to our expectations; it did not live up to Retro’s expectations. From a sales standpoint. I think we were all happy with the product itself. Surely it won quite a bit of critical acclaim, but the sell-through wasn’t what we wanted it to be.”
So fans will now have to be content with Pokemon Battle Revolution, which is Nintendo Wii’s first Wi-Fi enabled game. But, delaying it is a good thing as Nintendo wants to make great games for gamers and not merely finish the game to just release for the sake of it. This will ensure that Metroid fans will have a great time playing Metroid Prime 3.