5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Metroid Dread

It’s the First Original 2D Metroid Game in Almost 19 Years

Metroid Dread will be the first truly original 2D Metroid game in almost 19 years. That sounds like a fake fact, but it’s true.

The Samus Returns release in 2017 was a remake of Return of Samus. The Zero Mission release in 2004 was a remake of the original Metroid.

The last original 2D game was Metroid Fusion in 2002, and Metroid Dread will be its direct sequel as the next game in the story. This is the first original game since the days of the Game Boy Advance, meaning the 2D series skipped two entire handheld generations before receiving a brand-new title.