Spanish studio MercurySteam – the developer of Metroid Dread – appears to be the studio behind yesterday’s Nintendo Direct showcase stopper, Metroid Ravenous.
Questions had been raised after the Direct showcase as a result of, regardless of the apparent visible similarities between Metroid Dread and Ravenous, MercurySteam’s identify didn’t seem within the Ravenous trailer or on any related press gumpf. MercurySteam’s social accounts had been additionally quiet following the occasion.
I sought clarification from Nintendo and from MercurySteam this morning due to this, however heard nothing again – although this silence is just not uncommon for Nintendo, which regularly does not disclose builders till near a recreation’s launch.
Nonetheless, MercurySteam seems to have ended hypothesis at present by retweeting yesterday’s Metroid Ravenous trailer with a ninja emoji and a coronary heart emoji, presumably signalling some type of stealth improvement state of affairs. The same trailer was shared on LinkedIn by the corporate moments in the past as properly.
Metroid Ravenous appears to carefully comply with the Metroid Dread template, providing a side-on Metroid journey, albeit one which performs with perspective loads. Ravenous seems extra vibrant and fewer oppressive than Dread, and its montage of energetic gameplay lit-up Nintendo’s Direct yesterday afternoon.
2021’s Metroid Dread scored a golden Essential badge in Eurogamer’s review, with Martin Robinson calling it “a trendy, visually luxurious return for 2D Metroid, and an journey that proudly sits alongside the sequence’ finest”.
Since then, MercurySteam – identified for the Castlevania Lords of Shadow video games – labored on an authentic recreation concept referred to as Blades of Fire, which reviewed pretty well, however in the end “underperformed”, placing monetary strain on the corporate that forced restructuring and layoffs a couple of months ago. It is good to see the studio again in motion once more.
Metroid Ravenous is being launched solely for Switch 2 on twenty eighth January 2027.