{"id":2135904,"date":"2026-09-09T14:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2135904"},"modified":"2026-09-09T14:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T11:31:06","slug":"metroid-ravenous-announced-a-side-scrolling-sequel-to-metroid-dread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2135904","title":{"rendered":"Metroid Ravenous Announced, a Side-Scrolling Sequel to Metroid Dread"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Samus Aran will return in Metroid Ravenous, a side-scrolling sequel to Metroid Dread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast, Metroid Ravenous will launch for Switch 2 on January 28, 2027. A trailer revealed Samus being attacked by strange enemies who zapped her energy. “It’s eat or be eaten,” she says in response. Hope you’re hungry.<\/p>\n

If the game’s name sounds familiar, that’s because it previously popped up via a swiftly-deleted ratings board listing in Brazil<\/a>. At the time, fans speculated that its name referred to Dread’s main antagonist Raven Beak \u2014 something now proven correct.<\/p>\n

Metroid Ravenous appears to once again be the work of talented Spanish development studio MercurySteam, the team that previously collaborated with Nintendo for Metroid Dread, as well as Metroid: Samus Returns, the remake of Game Boy title Metroid 2: Return of Samus for 3DS.<\/p>\n

“A surprise sequel after nearly 20 years, Metroid Dread brings back the legendary exploration and progression and merges it with excellent modern combat and some of the best boss fights ever,” we wrote in IGN’s Metroid Dread review<\/a>, scoring it a 9\/10.<\/p>\n