No no no no no . Bethesda Game Studios would do it awfully, and iD Software should not touch it. It's too different of a game.

I think you mean id. Bethesda Softworks is a publisher.

It's an idea with potential, Doom 2016 gives off Metroid Prime vibes in level design and controls. However, very unlikely to happen.

I had the same thought. Nintendo would need to do a lot of game testing to make sure that the game achieves their quality standard. 

Man, playing Doom on the Switch, I thought of that multiple times. The backtracking, graphics, and platforming were pretty tight. They could do it justice.

If Nintendo had Bethesda developing an exclusive I would want it to be a new property and a WRPG (to diverse the game library).

I'd worry about glitches, though.

Bethesda are hard at work on their second Skryim port for Switch.

If Nintendo's being so careful, why is anyone but Retro developing it?  Not to say only Retro could do a good job, but I don't think Nintendo is actually putting a lot of attention into the care of the Metroid IP judging by Federation Farce.

Edit: forgot to say, @OT, I thought Bethesda said Nintendo approached them directly about Skyrim.  I doubt there's any secret agenda here, Nintendo is trying to build 3rd party support just like any new console.  Bethesda might be an interesting pick for a new Metroid, though.

That kind of stretch you only find on internet forums...