The new Metroid Dread video game footage was quickly deleted

August 6 2021

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Nintendo's Japanese Twitter account briefly uploaded an unreleased clip of the upcoming Metroid Dread that showed elements recreated from the Metroid ending: Samus Returns.

The now-removed clip featured scenes recreated from the finale of developer MercurySteam's previous game, the 3 2017DS remake of the Game Boy's Metroid II: Return of Samus.

It may have been deleted quickly, but the internet never forgets! @itsa_me_gameboy on Twitter archived the clip - check it out below if you agree with potential spoilers:

Someone also found the same footage on Nintendo's Japanese YouTube account set to unlisted (at a much higher quality, of course). Again, a little spoiler warning if you're in a Metroid Dread information blackout:

It is currently unclear exactly how this might play into Metroid Dread's narrative. The Google Translate English title of the video above is "Metroid Dread - A Scale of Fear Part 1" and Nintendo has stated that the game will recap the story so far from the previous four main entries in the series, so it is likely that this clip is simply part of. an opening montage someone sent live a little earlier (today is the franchise's 35th anniversary, after all).

Really, a recent tweet from the same official Nintendo account links to an article exploring the history of the Metroid franchise updating new players, so it's very likely related to the game's 'recap' of the narrative of previous entries as a promotion team. of the company get ready for the game's release on October 8th.

Metroid dread is an action-adventure game, developed by MercurySteam and Nintendo for Nintendo Switch, whose release is scheduled for October 8, 2021.

Dread was initially in development for the Nintendo DS during the early 2000s, intended as a sequel to the game Metroid Fusion came out Game Boy Advance in 2002, but it was never released or shown to the public. At the time, critics expressed some interest in this game and, more generally, in the idea of a new 2D chapter of the series. Metroid.

After the cancellation of the project on DS, the series Metroid returned to the side scrolling video game format with Samus Returns (2017), also developed by MercurySteam.

Dread was officially announced for Nintendo Switch at E3 2021, with a release date set for that same year.

Source: www.nintendolife.com/