I does really tap into that same pacing that Galaxy 2 and 3D World has where by the time you have digested one design idea, it jumps on to another. Little to no filler. Very happy with it.

I'd put it a tier below the top 3D platformers (which is mostly just the better end of 3D Mario games) for a couple of reasons, one being a preference from a more varied core moveset instead of spreading out to area-restricted options. The other is the visual design of enemies. These are gripes in name only though, just a couple of things a sequel can take care of to make it near perfect.

I can't see it not outselling Dread. Kind of hard to say how much Dread sold exactly with Nintendo not reporting on stuff that didn't sell a million within the quarter or something but we know that it topped 3m about 1.5-2 years ago so if I am to pull numbers out of my ass, I'd say it should be about 3.5 now, 4m tops (which by the way is pretty great for both Metroid and the genre, I don't know where the NOONE BOUGHT narrative is coming from).

Yeah, that "no one bought it" narrative is a bit silly, since Metroidvania genre, at least "2D" part, is not really high selling (unlike its 3D counterpart, where there are games that have hit really high numbers).

But, there is also this thing called Hollow Knight that sold more than Metroid Dread (apparently quite a bit more), so maybe folks are just thinking "this shouldn't be happening", since Metroid is the original, and in the very name of the genre.

Reviews stopped dropping for some time now, are there any notable places still needing to review it? Only Edge that always can take a full month?