After a long 19 years and hundreds of Metroidvania clones, Samus Aran finally runs horizontally over the screen today. The 2D title Metroid Dread (from 49.99 € at Buy) appears on Friday, October 8 for Nintendo Switch (59.99 euros) – both in the trade and in the eShop as a download.

The adventure of the Intergalactic Bounty Hunter closes directly to the events of the 2002 Game Boy Advance Title Metroid Fusion. The open action platformer brings the five-piece saga around Bounty Hunter Samus and the metroids to graduate, which took its beginning in Metroid for NES. Nintendo leads out:

Metroid Dread is the conclusion of the action sheet linking the destinies of Samus and the metroids. Long-standing fans of the series started in 1986 and newcomers: inside will be equally pleased with this adventure. (…) From 5 November will be published in addition Two new Amiibo figures showing Samus in their power suite from Metroid Dread and an Emmi robot.

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