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'Backtracking Development Again Was Out of The Question' Nintendo Says Metroid Prime 4's Open World Hub Was a Victim of The Game's Lengthy Development

Nintendo has said it was unwilling to backtrack on the design of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's controversial open world hub despite seeing "changed" attitudes to open-world games, as the project had already been rebooted once already.
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