Developer Studios hope to return to the long-running series at some point in the future, having been intimately involved in earlier releases in the franchise.

"I think Retro will always be associated with the Metroid Prime franchise and who knows, maybe we'll do another one someday," president and CEO Michael Kelbaugh offered.

The same developers that worked on the trilogy are now starting working on another, unnamed project, that will 'refresh' the team - according to the president.

That said, Kelbaugh would clearly like to see Retro once again at the helm - and seems keen not to rule anything out entirely. We'll bring you more on all things Metroid as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge