Nintendo isn't out of announcements, even after their Spotlight, it seems, as a new game was revealed during their Treehouse. Metroid: Samus Returns is a reimagining of the 1991 title Metroid II: Return of Samus.

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Developer MercurySteam will be handling the game, and are known for developing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. It'll release on Semptember 15.

 

[Oschara]

3 days after my bday. Stoked

 

[Ev1l0rd]

hell fucking yes.

I hope its just as fluid as AM2R. A lot of gameplay in the trailer looks preanimated.

 

[H1B1Esquire]

Ultra Metroid II, but at least this was wanted.

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

Gah. It would've been cool to have this on the Switch too.

 

[T-hug]

If it wasn't MercurySteam I'd be excited.
Fingers crossed it's up to the quality of the previous 2D games.

 

[Kourin]

So we can see AM2R was C&D'd because of this.
..Pokemon Prism or something related coming out soon?

 

[Ev1l0rd]

Gah. It would've been cool to have this on the Switch too.

They aren't killing the 3ds, because they think the Switch is a console, not a hybrid.

 

[MiiJack]

So, does this mean I need to know what happened in the original Metroid?

 

[Saiyan Lusitano]

They aren't killing the 3ds, because they think the Switch is a console, not a hybrid.

Not saying to snipe the 3DS but a dual-release on two platforms.

 

[Kourin]

If it wasn't MercurySteam I'd be excited.
Fingers crossed it's up to the quality of the previous 2D games.

It's looking good from the Gameplay and Sakamoto is directing it. I think he's going to push them to make it good.

 

[SG854]

Finally a modern Metroid where you fight all the different Metroid stages as the main focus. Graphics looks ugly though.

 

[Ev1l0rd]

So we can see AM2R was C&D'd because of this.
..Pokemon Prism or something related coming out soon?

Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon + G/S VCs (which somehow takes 3 months to make lol)

 

[Oschara]

i think this one fits 3ds so well. FML my back log keeps growing

 

[Stephano]

This was a surprise. i'm quite excited.

 

[Ev1l0rd]

So, does this mean I need to know what happened in the original Metroid?

No. Metroid II is unrelated to Metroid I in terms of plot. Hell, it's the one game without Ridley.

 

[DeoNaught]

HYPE

Looks good for the most part, Graphics though

 

[Ev1l0rd]

Sakamoto is directing it

oh no.

 

[rileysrjay]

Glad to see Metroid is finally getting the love it deserves!

 

[Luckkill4u]

This is great news! Finally Nintendo is doing something about Metroid but I'd rather it not be a remake. Not too sure how I feel about the name change.