2D Metroid
We already know that a new Metroid Prime game is in development for the Switch, but the series began as a 2D side-scrolling game. The first, titled Metroid, appeared on the NES in 1986.
It is important to note that aside from Super Metroid, every single 2D Metroid game since then was released on a handheld device, not a home console. Since these 2D games aren’t very demanding when it comes to hardware, this choice makes sense.
But now that Nintendo has moved on from the 3DS, where does that leave future 2D Metroid games?
This is another franchise that some feared was dead but did eventually come back﹘Samus Returns in 2017 was the first main series 2D Metroid game since Zero Mission in 2004, and both of these released on handheld devices.
A new 2D Metroid on the Switch would be the first on a home console since Super Metroid in 1994.
