
Originally Posted by
Kirin
I think people are overblowing this delay.
It's not like this switch JUST happened today. It has probably been in place since around the time Tropical Freeze finished up. Which means they probably have a 6 month lead time with hopefully either an engine in place or a decent amount of assets already to work with.
Since Nintendo generally announces on a 6 month timetable, and this was already over a year old, I'm guessing we will see this by Summer 2020 with either a 2D Metroid title or Prime Trilogy port around fall 2019. The Trilogy port has probably been in Nintendo's pocket for this very purpose (as it was with Twilight Princess HD or the rumored Skyward Sword HD) and wouldn't take much turnaround at all.