Nintendo says Metroid Dread is dead, at least as 2D

by Ross Miller on Sep 6th 2007 3:56PM

Remember those in-game references from Metroid Prime 3 hinting at the rumored 2D Metroid Dread's near-completion status? Turns out the joke's on us.

Speaking to CVG, Nintendo has confirmed that the company "is not making the 2D Metroid at this point in time." Metroid Dread for DS showed up on a Nintendo pre-E3 list in 2005 but never materialized after that. The wording does leave room for a three-dimensional title, but instead of getting our hopes up, we're just going to call this one dead.

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Tags: DS, metroid, metroiddread, nintendo

Reader Comments (51)

It's a shame
I really like the 2D Metroids

same here...

Ditto

2D Metroids are like 3D Metroids.

Except completely different. :(

I like 2D metroid too.

I'm guessing there are going to be a lot of pulp fiction quotes in here.

ENGLISH MOTHERF*CKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT!?!

"Who's motorcycle is this?"
"It's a chopper, baby."
"Who's chopper is this?"
"Zed's."
"Who's Zed?"
"Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead."

Sad news, but i figured Retro was yanking our chain

just makes you wonder if we're in for another Super Metroid - Metroid Prime/Fusion kind of hiatus (that was 8 years of no Metroid)

Don't say that! Someone might be listening. :0

Just like the second theme you've jinxed us all.

And so I weep.

Damn it all.......for some odd reason I want blueberry pancakes now,.... to grow my sexy pot.

Whatever happened to the remake of Metroid 2 in the same vein as Metroid Zero Mission? Or was that Dread? Either way this is weaksauce Nintendo; I call shenanigans.

Make sure you overturn the table when you say "shenanigans", otherwise it doesn't count.

Any good shenanigans first must be rationalized to incompetent law officer in front of a citizen mob. And brooms, never forget the brooms.
Metroid Deluxe was suppose to be a remake of Metroid II in the same vein that Super Mario Bros and Zelda Link's Awakening were given Deluxe GBC versions.

When you started to post this article did you see a sign on the homepage that said 'Dead Rumor Storage'?

A+. Would read again.

Look out Bruce Willis! There's a metroid behind you!

Do they make plush metroids or anything? I would totally buy one.

I can't find any plush Metroids, but I found some plush microbes for you.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/media/2006/02/plush_microbes5.jpg

"Hey Yoda, hand me my lightsaber."

"Which one it is?"

"The one that says "Bad Mother****er on it!"

made me laugh. + heart for you

Reprinted without permission:

10. You don't need to see my goddamn identification, 'cause these ain't the motherf***in' droids you're looking for.

9. Womp rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'll never know, 'cause I'd never touch the filthy motherf***er.

8. This is your father's lightsaber. When you absolutely, positively, have to kill every motherf***in' stormtrooper in the room ... accept no substitutes.

7. If Obi-Wan ain't home then I don't know what the f*** we're gonna do. I ain't got no other connections on Tatooine.

6. Feel the Force, Motherf***er.

5. 'What' ain't no planet I've ever heard of! Do they speak Bocce on 'What'?

4. You sendin' the Fett? Sh!t, Hutt, that's all you had to say!

3. Yeah, Chewie's got a hair problem. What the brother gonna do? He's a Wookie.

2. Does Jabba the Hutt look like a bitch? Then why are you tryin' to f*** him like one?

1. Hand me my lightsaber... it's the one that says, 'Bad Ass Mother F***er.'

That blows!!!

2D Metroid is some of the best videogaming ever.

"IF ANY OF YOU SPACE PIRATES MOVE, THEN I'LL EXECUTE EVERY MOTHERFUCKING LAST ONE OF YA!"

Cool, can't wait for another 3d metroid for the DS that'll finish off the job of crippling my hands.

LOL

All the better to cram it into an arm cannon.

Well said. Anything on the GBA or DS that makes heavy use of the shoulder buttons just kills my poor hands. Metroid Fusion was a seriously painful experience (and not just because it practically walked you through the whole game.)

They should have contacted Retro Studios as well to ask them about it.

Before you all fall in despair, I may remind you this info come from Nintendo Europe. Those are the guy who claimed there was no other Nintendo DS in project and that nobody was working on such a thing the day right before the DSLite was announced. (I am not making that up, this is literally what happened).

This is, to that date, their worst deed, but Nintendo Europe is Sadly know to be the less reliable source of information, especially concerning project in the work outside of Europe. Remember those guys are just distributor and there is no development team on the old continent. Much of what they say has been regularly contradicted.

And personally, I will take any information coming from them in the most suspicious way.

Thanks for saying this. At least I can have some sort of hope.

Great caption.

DAMMIT....SON OF A BITCH!!!!

Well...back to dreaming of a remake of Metroid 2: ROS. It deserves proper treatment...similar to what Metroid got with Metroid:ZM.

I haven't played Prime 3 yet.

2D Metroids are brilliant. I'm waiting for Super Metroid to get released on the VC, and I can't get into 1. But I just bought 2 for the GB and it's ruddy brilliant. I even liked Fusion. Zero Mission blew me away. It's just so replayable.

DUDE SUPER METROID WAS ON VC FOR WEEKS
YOU GOTTA DOWNLOAD IT NOW
seriously its that good
Prime can't even hold a candle to it.
(I don't know what that means)

DUDE! HE MIGHT NOT BE IN THE US!

I like how the source is 'NINTENDO'. It couldn't be a Nintendo rep who gives split-second answers like if Nintendo is making Mother for other territories...

From the article:
"A proper Dual Screen sequel to the legendary Super Metroid would be incredible."

METROID FUSION on the GBA is the sequel to Super Metroid

CVG's article is made of fail.

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As for the people asking for a Metroid 2 remake, there was never one for GBA, but there was one for GameBoy Color (in the vein of Link's Awakening DX) that got scrapped.

But a new version of II would be nice someday.

Yea, 2 is great because it just throws you right in there, and seems to be a much shorter adventure than 1.

Perhaps it means a 'proper sequel' as in Mario Galaxy to 64, since they're saying the one inbetween wasn't that great?

No, man, the TRUE Super Metroid sequel is Zero Mission (Even if it *technically* follows the storyline of the original). Fusion just plain sucked - it's better left forgotten.

I'd like some proof that Dread was ever on a Nintendo list. As far as I know, the project was announced to be in the works by GameInformer, then announced to be scrapped by GameInformer.

As far as I know, Nintendo never mentioned anything about Dread. Can someone prove otherwise?

The exact quote is that "Nintendo is not making the 2D Metroid at this point in time."

Did Nintendo make any of the 3D Metroids?

It was s second party company w/ nintendos supervision so I say yes.

New Rumour!!!

Sega is making a 2D Metroid!!!! Nintendo never said they weren't!

:)

Oh crap somebody tell Joystiq!

>Sonic Team is developing it

Only 2d Metroids I've played are the GBA games >_> Ah, but then again, I've never beaten a 3d one, Didn't finish MP1, Didn't try 2, and haven't bought 3 yeat...

mehhh.

I was sort of hoping Dread was a remake of 2 since they remade the original.

If they remake 2 with Hunters engine now that might be cool.

I posted here for the sweet picture.

Wow, this is the first forum I've seen that doesn't have some jack-a telling everybody how great the PeeS3 is and that Nintendo is weak. Double Awesome. Metroid is the shizzee though.

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