Metroid: Last News

Metroid fans are creating what they believe a Nintendo 64 instalment of the Metroid franchise would have looked like.With the exception of Samus Aran’s appearance in Super Smash Bros., Metroid didn’t make an appearance on the Nintendo 64.Now, two fans have decided to recreate what could have been with Metroid 64. Luto Akino, an indie game developer from Mexico, has shared footage of the work in progress on Twitter and it looks amazing – check it out below.At last working in #Metroid64 I adjusted small details, and placed a test texture.

Metroid series has typically never sold that well, but the success of Metroid Dread could change all that as it’s the fastest-selling Metroid game in the UK to date.As first reported by GamesIndustry.biz, Dread has sold more than three and a half times as many copies as the last 2D Metroid game did at launch, Metroid: Samus Returns.This is great news for fans of the series. Metroid is one of Nintendo‘s smaller IPs, and it took 19 years for a new side-scrolling 2D entry in the series, so hopefully, these relatively high sales numbers mean more Metroid will be on the horizon.Dread took bronze in last week’s UK game sales charts, and that’s without taking into account digital sales, which Nintendo doesn’t disclose.

Metroid series.The first Metroid game was released on Nintendo‘s Famicom Disk System in Japan before it made its way to the NES in North America and Europe later in 1987 and 1988 respectively.Taking inspiration from the 1979 sci-fi horror Alien – its main antagonist Ridley likely also named after the film’s director Ridley Scott – Metroid was a darker series compared to Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, starring space bounty hunter Samus Aran as she sets out to the planet of Zebes to retrieve the parasitic Metroid organisms that were stolen by Space Pirates.One of the famous twists, revealed only after multiple playthroughs, was when players discover at the end that Samus is in fact a woman, making her one of gaming’s earliest female

Nintendo’s Metroid franchise finally has a new original 2D game in Metroid Dread.Here’s everything we know about the upcoming titlefrom its release date, gameplay details and even a collection of all the game’s trailers.Metroid Dread release date, platforms, and priceMetroid Dread will release on October 8 this year exclusively for the Nintendo Switch, and the base version of the game will cost £49.99 (or USD $59.99). The Special Edition will cost £79.99 (or USD $89.99) and feature a steel game case, five art cards featuring key art for each 2D Metroid title and a 190-page art book with artwork from all five 2D Metroid games as well.The game can be pre-ordered now on the official Nintendo store and on Amazon UK.