It could also mean that Retro is making Dread, not Nintendo.
"Nintendo is not making the 2D Metroid at this point in time."
The wording there, as it says "the" and not "a" means that there IS a specific and planned 2D Metroid to be referring to. Thus, the wording would imply that either a. Nintendo is not the company making it - somebody else is (and that would most likely be Retro), or b. Nintendo is just not working with it at this present moment in time (either because the game will be worked on sometime in the future, or because Nintendo's involvement is complete).
I'm led to believe that the game is currently being worked on, but by Retro, not Nintendo, specifically. Also, I'd have to say that "at this time" means that either Nintendo HAS worked on it (probably started working on it, then handed it over to Retro) or Retro is going to hand it over to Nintendo later on.
And I'm aware that Retro belongs to Nintendo, yes, but they're still not specifically NINTENDO themselves.
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