Nintendo Announces Metroid Ravenous 2D Game for Switch 2

Nintendo announced during the Nintendo Direct livestream on Wednesday Metroid Ravenous , a new 2D game in the Metroid series, on January 28 for Nintendo Switch 2. The company unveiled a trailer:

Metroid Dread launched for Nintendo Switch in October 2021. This was the first 2D non-remake game in the Metroid series in over 19 years since the release of Metroid Fusion for Game Boy Advance in 2002.

Nintendo released the Metroid Prime 4: Beyond game for Switch 2 and Switch in December 2025. Nintendo announced a Metroid Prime 4 game at E3 in 2017, but restarted its development in January 2019 at Retro Studios, Nintendo 's American subsidiary that developed the original Metroid Prime game.

Source: Nintendo Direct livestream