A new 2D Metroid game was officially announced during today’s Nintendo Direct at E3. Nintendo announced their first Metroid game in 4 years, titled Metroid Dread. The new game, Metroid Dread, hearkens back to classic Metroid games with side-scrolling action.. Nintendo announced that Metroid Dread would be released on October 8, 2021 for the Nintendo Switch. It’s noted that this is a separate project from Metroid Prime 4, which was announced way back in 2017 but was re-started back in 2019. Metroid Dread will be the first Metroid game released for a household console since Metroid: Other M back in 2010. In fact, Metroid Dread was initially shown as “Metroid 5” in the Nintendo Direct.
Suit up as Samus Aran in the first new entry of the 2D #Metroid saga in more than 19 years, #MetroidDread, launching 10/8.
Continue Samus’ story after Metroid Fusion, exploring a strange new planet alone and hunted by the ominous E.M.M.I.
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