Metroid Thread?
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:33 pm
So when I was in Greece I re-played through Metroid Zero Mission, and doing so really really made me want a new 2D Metroid, on the DS. There were rumors of one called Metroid Dread, and it was originally due out in 2006, but there has been no mention of it in the last 2 years. Until Nintendo recently officially commented that there is going to be no dread... 
So it doesn't sound like there is much hope for dread, but keep in mind PR folks do often blatantly lie! This was what prompted the statement from Nintendo.
From the wikipedia article:
Matt Casamassina, when asked about Metroid Dread in a podcast on the August 24, 2007, mentioned that "a wink to the fans" about the game was in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, although he clarified that this was by no means a confirmation of the title. This was later explained as an in-game message in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (by scanning a panel within the Pirate Homeworld's "Metroid Processing" room) stating "Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion."[9]. In an interview, Pacini stated that this was a coincidence and not related to the rumoured game[10]. On September 6, 2007 Nintendo said they are "not making the 2D Metroid at this point in time." [11]
9 http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/815/815899p1.html
10 http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2007/09/ ... xclusives/
11 http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=171525
So it doesn't sound like there is much hope for dread, but keep in mind PR folks do often blatantly lie! This was what prompted the statement from Nintendo.
From the wikipedia article:
Matt Casamassina, when asked about Metroid Dread in a podcast on the August 24, 2007, mentioned that "a wink to the fans" about the game was in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, although he clarified that this was by no means a confirmation of the title. This was later explained as an in-game message in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (by scanning a panel within the Pirate Homeworld's "Metroid Processing" room) stating "Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion."[9]. In an interview, Pacini stated that this was a coincidence and not related to the rumoured game[10]. On September 6, 2007 Nintendo said they are "not making the 2D Metroid at this point in time." [11]
9 http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/815/815899p1.html
10 http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2007/09/ ... xclusives/
11 http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=171525
