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Youre right it's going to be a hyrule fields style hubworld but that's also not a good thing in a metroid prime game either. That's just Prime 3 with extra steps and the planet hopping shit was a big part of what made 3 the weakest entry to begin with. It was still good, but it would've been better with 1 and 2's design. I imagine AAA devs have just collectively decided backtracking is inherently bad, even in a series built around it.