The wait for a new traditional side-scrolling Metroid game after Fusion was a long and agonizing one. Nintendo has no intention of doing that to us again. It's been five years since Metroid Dread ended an almost 20-year wait for a follow-up to Fusion, and today its sequel was revealed during a loaded Nintendo Direct.
It turns out the leaks about the next 2D Metroid game were true. Now confirmed, the next game will be called Ravenous, and it will indeed be a direct sequel to Dread, even though it felt a lot like that story was neatly wrapped up at the end of that game. No complaints from me if Nintendo is choosing to untie that bow. Dread is my favorite Metroid game ever, 2D or otherwise, so if Ravenous is more of that, I am very much here for it.
Not only did Nintendo give us our first look at Ravenous, but it also confirmed it will release exclusively on Switch 2 on January 28 next year. Here's hoping that date doesn't keep getting pushed like it did for Metroid Prime 4, and that this isn't a Dread situation where the concept was...
