{"id":49390,"date":"2018-09-21T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/09\/anniversary_retro_studios_celebrates_20_years_in_gaming"},"modified":"2018-09-21T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:00:00","slug":"anniversary-retro-studios-celebrates-20-years-in-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/09\/21\/anniversary-retro-studios-celebrates-20-years-in-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Anniversary: Retro Studios Celebrates 20 Years In Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/407e56a37edce\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/407e56a37edce\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Metroid Prime\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/407e56a37edce\/metroid-prime.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/407e56a37edce\/metroid-prime.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Metroid Prime\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We imagine Retro Studios is one company that needs absolutely no introduction on these pages, but we&#8217;re about to provide one anyway as the developer is today celebrating 20 years in the world of gaming.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, back in 1998, Retro Studios was born as a game development studio with Nintendo acting as a parent company. Its initial aim was to create games which would appeal to an older demographic for the GameCube (which, at the time, was still a few years away from release). Eventually, all efforts were focused on a new project called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/metroid_prime\"><strong>Metroid Prime<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; a new entry to the series which would use 3D graphics for the first time. The rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to Retro Studios 20 year anniversary in gaming! Here\u2019s to many more!<\/span>\u2014 Retro Studios (@RetroStudios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RetroStudios\/status\/1043077887958691845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>After the success of Metroid Prime &#8211; which went on to sell 250,000 copies in its opening week &#8211; Retro moved onto the sequels <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/metroid_prime_2_echoes\"><strong>Metroid Prime 2: Echoes<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/metroid_prime_3_corruption\"><strong>Metroid Prime 3: Corruption<\/strong><\/a>, released for the GameCube and Wii respectively. From there, we&#8217;ve now also seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/donkey_kong_country_returns\"><strong>Donkey Kong Country Returns<\/strong><\/a> on Wii (after Retro was specifically recommended for the project by Nintendo producer Kensuke Tanabe), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/mario_kart_7\"><strong>Mario Kart 7<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/donkey_kong_country_tropical_freeze\"><strong>Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze<\/strong><\/a> for Wii U (which has recently been ported to Nintendo Switch).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/29dc3c95c9261\/donkey-kong-country-tropical-freeze.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/29dc3c95c9261\/donkey-kong-country-tropical-freeze.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Since Tropical Freeze&#8217;s launch, Retro&#8217;s actions have been largely shrouded in mystery. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/metroid_prime_4\"><strong>Metroid Prime 4<\/strong><\/a> has been announced, but we know that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/06\/metroid_prime_4_confirmed_for_nintendo_switch_but_retro_studios_isnt_involved\">Retro isn&#8217;t involved<\/a>, and rumours began to circulate earlier this year suggesting that a new title called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/rumour_retro_studios_is_working_on_a_secret_star_fox_grand_prix_title_for_switch\">Star Fox: Grand Prix was on the way<\/a> &#8211; a racing game which supposedly combines elements of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/diddy_kong_racing\"><strong>Diddy Kong Racing<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/f_zero_gx\"><strong>F-Zero<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, of course, we just don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on behind the scenes. What we do know is that we can&#8217;t wait to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We imagine Retro Studios is one company that needs absolutely no introduction on these pages, but we&#8217;re about to provide one anyway as the developer is today celebrating 20 years in the world of gaming. Yes, back in 1998, Retro Studios was born as a game development studio with Nintendo acting as a parent company. 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