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Maybe a Metroid Fusion remake by MercurySteam? since they did an excellent job with Samus Returns..

After a fairly lengthy hiatus, 2D Metroid was back in the spotlight with Samus Returns. Nintendo and MercurySteam partnered together on the 3DS game, which debuted last September. It wasn’t entirely new, but was a remake of the Game Boy title Metroid 2: Return of Samus.

Samus Returns could be just the start of Metroid’s 2D resurgence. Rumor has it that another entry in the franchise is in development.

That speculation stems from comments made by ResetERA / NeoGAF member mocolostrocolos. While we typically shy away from posting rumors from those with proven track records and random speculation, mocolostrocolos hinted at Samus Returns as early as 2016. A Metroid 2 remake was referenced on numerous occasions. However, it wasn’t until E3 2017 in June that Nintendo finally revealed the MercurySteam-made title – which mocolostrocolos also teased would happen a few days prior.

As for the new 2D Metroid, mocolostrocolos claimed last month that it’s “on a really early production state.” It may have had development issues at one point, though “now seems to be fine.” The only other tidbit mocolostrocolos provided is that the team working on the project is not an internal Nintendo team.

That’s the only information we have to go on, assuming the tidbits mocolostrocolos have shared are accurate. It isn’t clear what platform(s) the new Metroid would be on, but with Nintendo seemingly moving on from 3DS, Switch would naturally be a strong candidate.

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A 2d Metroid would be cool.



Whether the rumor is true or not...

Would be awesome if there was some cross over functionality between a 3D Metroid title and the 2D Metroid title. Does anyone know if it would be possible for one game to affect the other on the Switch. I seem to remember this being the case on the Wii where having played one Metroid opened a costume or something in another. Would be pretty cool if completing 100% in either opened a secret room in the other, for instance.



Metroidvania isn't really my type of genre, but would be neat to see the series continue



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If it's a remake, Super Metroid would be the logical next step. If they leave it more or less untouched design wise, sans perhaps a few modern conveniences, I would be down. It would probably be more a remaster. Game could look gorgeous in a variety of styles.

A new Metroid 5 would be cool...but for me, also disappointing. I would rather see the franchise move forward with the Prime formula. Imho, Prime should be the mainline, 2D the side series.



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Yea, anything other than a new game would be dissapointing, more so with the end images from Samus Returns.

And like, we can have both 2D and Prime games.



Super Metroid 2 or a brand new game made by Nintendo. Anything less would be disappointing for me. Fusion was the last great 2D Metroid imo.



Well thats expected after huge hype of 3DS 2D Metroid.



Hopefully it's true and hopefully it turns out to be Metroid 5 given how terrible SR has sold you really don't know what to expect from Metroid.

Metroid 5 would be another day 1 purchase for me.



I love the little tease in the Chozo Memories. I'd love to see them tackle something new, rather than a Fusion remake, tbh. Something that takes place after Fusion in the timeline. Though, I wouldn't be mad if they remade fusion! The rumor says it had development problems too, huh? Sounds like Metroid Dread to me, considering that game went through development hell. I'd love this to be Metroid Dread!