Unofficially announced in a 2005 issue of Game Informer, Metroid Dread was rumored to be the 2D follow-up to Metroid Fusion for the DS. Despite never actually being confirmed by Nintendo, "insiders" later claimed that the project was canceled, bludgeoning our hopes into a bloody pulp. Two years and two E3s have passed since the grapevine reports, and two titles for the series, Metroid Prime Pinball and Metroid Prime: Hunters, have been released in its stead, without so much as a single Metroid Dread screenshot to corroborate its existence.IGN, who've insisted several times over that the game is in development, noticed a nod to the mythical project in its review copy of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Scanning a particular panel with Samus Aran's visor reveals the following message: "Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion." Could Metroid Dread really be on the way, or is this just a friendly prank from Retro Studios? We'll keep photoshopping dreadlocks and rasta hats onto the bounty hunter until we find out!
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8-27-2007 @ 11:59AM
German S. said...
exciting.
fusion was a real treat and i can't wait to see how they will follow it up.
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8-27-2007 @ 12:12PM
Trogdor said...
HOO-RAH! Another Metroid game for my DS! I love Metroid Prime Hunters, despised Metroid Prime Pinball, and hopefully they are making Metroid Dread for real! If it's a prank, however, I'll be crushed.
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8-27-2007 @ 12:21PM
Michael K. said...
i would like both the prime hunter series to have another installment on the ds and to have a new sidescrolling metroid. i guess this reference could be either way, it could be a hint that its being made, or it could just be making fun of it being cancelled, unless they clarify all we can do is wait and see
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8-27-2007 @ 12:26PM
Chris said...
Hunters sucked, pin ball I've yet to try.
so this should be good as I've always liked the side scrolling games.
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8-27-2007 @ 1:17PM
VAStateOfMind said...
I like Metroid Prime Hunters (MPH) okay but I keep taking large breaks from the single-player mode (my sons and I have weekly fragfests using the multiplayer mode). Metroid Prime Pinball (MPP) is *SURPRISINGLY* good. I mean, I really wanted to hate MPP -- I despise electronic pinball simulations as a rule, and while some thought it was natural that a character in morph ball form was well suited to this genre, I was aghast that Nintendo would agree to relegate its pedigreed Metroid license to such a travesty. Thing is, MPP is great stuff, and I've keet coming back to it at least once a week for the last year or two -- the Metroid theme (including Samus) is very tastefully woven into the game design, the pinball "physics" are spot-on (best I've played in any game like this) and it's just plain FUN. It is the perfect pick-up-and-play-for-a-few-minutes DS game AND just happens to come with the Rumble Pak (if you're lucky).
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8-27-2007 @ 2:01PM
JC Fletcher said...
The next Metroid game will feature a soundtrack from Dread Zeppelin.
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8-27-2007 @ 5:37PM
Crazylink said...
I certainly hope it's real. I need my fix of Metroidvania.
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8-27-2007 @ 10:55PM
Keith said...
I really hope this is real and Metroid Dread is coming!!! :(
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