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

by Ross Miller { Sep 6th 2007 at 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.

Tags: metroid, metroiddread, nintendo

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

JanJan @ Sep 6th 2007 4:00PM

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

Rich @ Sep 6th 2007 4:03PM

same here...

Abscissa @ Sep 6th 2007 4:17PM

Ditto

Vegnagun @ Sep 6th 2007 4:20PM

2D Metroids are like 3D Metroids.

Except completely different. :(

I like 2D metroid too.

mr nimblewick @ Sep 6th 2007 4:04PM

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

Shig @ Sep 6th 2007 4:06PM

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

Christopher Jachmich @ Sep 6th 2007 4:11PM

"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."

Bigfoot @ Sep 6th 2007 4:04PM

Mr Khan @ Sep 6th 2007 4:04PM

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)

SPOOOOCK! @ Sep 6th 2007 4:16PM

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

hvnlysoldr @ Sep 6th 2007 8:31PM

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

Shig @ Sep 6th 2007 4:05PM

And so I weep.

DarthDavid @ Sep 6th 2007 4:08PM

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

Dopple Boppler @ Sep 6th 2007 4:09PM

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.

Crono @ Sep 6th 2007 4:27PM

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

hvnlysoldr @ Sep 6th 2007 8:33PM

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.

Shagittarius @ Sep 6th 2007 4:12PM

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

Sean @ Sep 6th 2007 6:16PM

A+. Would read again.

Richard Mitchell @ Sep 6th 2007 4:14PM

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

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

Rubang B @ Sep 6th 2007 4:32PM

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

Hirsbrunner @ Sep 6th 2007 4:21PM

"Hey Yoda, hand me my lightsaber."

"Which one it is?"

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

GRANTED @ Sep 6th 2007 4:26PM

made me laugh. + heart for you

Shagittarius @ Sep 6th 2007 4:33PM

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.'

Hoffer @ Sep 6th 2007 4:24PM

That blows!!!

2D Metroid is some of the best videogaming ever.

AstroZombie @ Sep 6th 2007 4:28PM

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

DangerMouse @ Sep 6th 2007 4:29PM

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

Slvrgun @ Sep 6th 2007 4:40PM

LOL

hvnlysoldr @ Sep 6th 2007 8:35PM

All the better to cram it into an arm cannon.

Abscissa @ Sep 6th 2007 9:26PM

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.)

Bigfoot @ Sep 6th 2007 4:32PM

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

GUIGUI @ Sep 6th 2007 4:33PM

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.

serotoninzero @ Sep 6th 2007 5:06PM

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

MariosInferno @ Sep 6th 2007 4:43PM

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.

Mattt Dargis @ Sep 6th 2007 5:04PM

Great caption.

James @ Sep 6th 2007 5:04PM

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.

JanJan @ Sep 6th 2007 5:13PM

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)

Crono @ Sep 6th 2007 5:35PM

DUDE! HE MIGHT NOT BE IN THE US!

NintendoFanbot @ Sep 6th 2007 5:42PM

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.

James @ Sep 6th 2007 5:52PM

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?

Abscissa @ Sep 6th 2007 9:26PM

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.

BPM @ Sep 6th 2007 5:55PM

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?