{"id":18067,"date":"2021-06-15T18:55:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T22:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=18067"},"modified":"2021-06-15T18:55:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T22:55:23","slug":"new-2d-metroid-game-coming-to-switch-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2021\/06\/new-2d-metroid-game-coming-to-switch-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"New 2D &#8216;Metroid&#8217; game coming to Switch in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first 2D\u00a0<em>Metroid<\/em>\u00a0game with a new story in 19 years is coming this year to Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Metroid Dread<\/strong>\u00a0is a direct sequel to 2002\u2019s\u00a0<em>Metroid Fusion<\/em>\u00a0game and concludes the five-part saga focusing on the strange, interconnected fates of bounty hunter Samus and the Metroids, which kicked off with the original\u00a0<em>Metroid<\/em>\u00a0game for NES.<\/p>\n<p>In this game, Samus heads alone to a mysterious remote planet and is hunted by a dangerous new mechanical threat, the E.M.M.I. robots. By gaining abilities, you can return to areas you\u2019ve already visited to find new places and hidden upgrades in classic\u00a0<em>Metroid<\/em>\u00a0gameplay. Explore the sprawling map, evade the E.M.M.I. robots and overcome the dread plaguing the planet when\u00a0<em>Metroid Dread<\/em>\u00a0launches for Nintendo Switch on October 8th.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Metroid Dread: Special Edition<\/em>\u00a0will also be available at launch, which includes the game, a steelbook, a 190-page 2D\u00a0<em>Metroid<\/em>\u00a0franchise artbook and five cards that feature box art from all the games in the five-part saga. Finally, a new Samus amiibo figure featuring her suit from\u00a0<em>Metroid Dread<\/em>\u00a0and an E.M.M.I. amiibo figure will be available in a two-pack set at launch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_02.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_02-600x338.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_02-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_02-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_02-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_02.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_04.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_04-600x338.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_04-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_04-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_04-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread_04.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amiibo-switcher-img-1-2x.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amiibo-switcher-img-1-2x-600x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amiibo-switcher-img-1-2x-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amiibo-switcher-img-1-2x-275x275.png 275w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amiibo-switcher-img-1-2x-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/amiibo-switcher-img-1-2x.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8NjCICl7dDo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first 2D\u00a0Metroid\u00a0game with a new story in 19 years is coming this year to Nintendo Switch. Metroid Dread\u00a0is a direct sequel to 2002\u2019s\u00a0Metroid Fusion\u00a0game and concludes the five-part saga focusing on the strange, interconnected fates of bounty hunter Samus and the Metroids, which kicked off with the original\u00a0Metroid\u00a0game for NES. In this game, Samus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1178,1530],"tags":[778,1386,1789],"class_list":["post-18067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nintendo-switch","tag-metroid","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/metroid_dread.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-4Hp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14768,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/11\/metroid-mighty-bomb-jack-and-twin-bee-coming-to-nintendo-switch-online-next-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":18067,"position":0},"title":"Metroid, Mighty Bomb Jack, and Twin Bee coming to Nintendo Switch Online next week","date":"November 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Three more games are coming to Nintendo Entertainment System \u2013 Nintendo Switch Online\u00a0on November 14th. 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