Metriod Dread Announced for Switch, Launches October 8th

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PAOerfulone said:

mZuzek said:

If there are more 2D Metroids. Sakamoto said this is the end of Samus' saga with the Metroids, which doesn't necessarily mean the story can't continue but it kinda sounds like it. Probably means at least that this game's ending will feel like a proper end.

Just because it'll be the end of Samus' saga, that doesn't mean it has to be the end of Metroid. As crazy as it may sound, they could always make a new Metroid game with a new protagonist with their own story/saga. Not every Fire Emblem game has Marth as the main character. Just like Shulk is not the main character of every Xenoblade game. They could always go that route and expand the Metroid universe beyond Samus Aran, which could open up a plethora of possibilities for story-telling and world-building.

I'd love this. A middle-of-the-road reboot/sequel with a new protagonist would feel great in the grand scheme of things, they could probably pretend in the announcement that this is just another regular Metroid game featuring Samus Aran, only to lead to the revelation at the end that the protagonist is entirely different, and calls him or herself Samus to follow on the footsteps of the former bounty hunter. That probably suckd, I don't know how could they handle it, but a wink to Metroid 1 would be nice.

Highly doubt they'll ever go over that route, though, Samus Aran is Metroid.