Metroid as a franchise is in a bit of a tricky spot at the moment. It's pretty popular, and Metroid Prime 4 was received relatively well, but it didn't really have the sales you'd expect from a proper Nintendo blockbuster. That left many fearing that Nintendo might just decide to leave Metroid to gather dust for a while, but thankfully, that doesn't appear to be the case.
Earlier today, it was spotted by Twitter user Necrolipe that a Brazilian ratings board may have inadvertently leaked the name of a new 2D Metroid game that's currently in development for Nintendo Switch 2. That rating has since been deleted, but not before people got their screenshots to reveal that the name of this game is apparently Metroid Ravenous.
Turns out that rebooting Metroid Prime 4 was out of the question.
Not only that, but it also claims that this game is set to release at some point in 2026. Judging by the fact that this is the first we're actually hearing about this game, and the criminally low amount of footage that we've seen of the Ocarina of Time remake, we can surmise that we're probably getting another Nintendo Direct at...
