After shipping Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze in 2014 for the Wii U, it would be another ten years before Retro Studios reared its head again with Metroid Prime Remastered. But what exactly it was up to in that decade, and before it took over development on Metroid Prime 4 in 2019, has long been a mystery. Until now.
Several games were leaked from a Switch dev build earlier today, including an unreleased Retro Studios game called "Project Harmony". Footage shows an unnamed girl wielding a magical staff, platforming through an unfinished level, and summoning several fantasy creatures with unique abilities that allow her to fly and fire giant projectiles.
An unreleased Ridge Racer prototype and Lego Civilization game were also included.
This appears to be the same game that was reported on back in January, when YouTuber Reece 'Kiwi Talkz' Reilly claimed that several Retro devs told him they had been working on a music RPG between Donkey Kong and Metroid Prime. Nintendo allegedly axed the project because "it was a huge disaster" and there were "years of it going nowhere" (via Nintendo Everything).
It's been rumoured for years now that Retro was developing remasters for Metroid Prime 2...
