Metroid Dread

sligeach

Metroid Dread


Join intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran in her first new 2D Metroid™ story in 19 years
Samus’ story continues after the events of the Metroid™ Fusion game when she descends upon planet ZDR to investigate a mysterious transmission sent to the Galactic Federation. The remote planet has become overrun by vicious alien lifeforms and chilling mechanical menaces. Samus is more agile and capable than ever, but can she overcome the inhuman threat stalking the depths of ZDR?

Face off against unrelenting E.M.M.I. robots

Once DNA-extracting research machines, the imposing E.M.M.I. are now hunting Samus down. Tensions are high as you evade these E.M.M.I. to avoid a cruel death while finding a way to take them down. Find out what turned these robotic wonders into the scourge of ZDR and escape with your life.

Feel Samus’ power grow as you gain maneuvers and abilities

Acquire new and familiar abilities as you traverse the many environments of this dangerous world. Parkour over obstacles, slide through tight spaces, counter enemies, and battle your way through the planet. Return to areas and use your new abilities to find upgrades, alternate paths, and a way forward. Explore the sprawling map, evade and destroy E.M.M.I. robots, and overcome the dread plaguing ZDR.

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/metroid-dread-switch/

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1404835690827948038

sligeach

Metroid Dread – Coming October 8th! (Nintendo Switch)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYCAh2RxtcI

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vYCAh2RxtcI

sligeach

Metroid Dread Report Vol. 1: A closer look at the reveal trailer

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2021/June/Metroid-Dread-Report-Vol-1-A-closer-look-at-the-reveal-trailer-1987652.html

It has far more information than the reveal trailer.

https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1404854325130809350

https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1404844811220303874

Metroid Dread - Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys_GegPKDvk

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ys_GegPKDvk

CastorTroy

Will be watching Smyths for this
https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1404844657507540999

Star Lord

CastorTroy wrote: »

Will be watching Smyths for this
https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1404844657507540999

*insert Waynes World 'It will be mine' gif*

CastorTroy

Not showing up on smyths or amazon yet.
Gamestop has a listing for Dread but not the collector's edition. €69.99

sligeach

It's listed as €60 on Nintendo's game page. I think the Collector's Edition will be pricey. I paid €90(or maybe €85), pretty sure for Samus Returns Collector's Edition on 3DS. That was a nicer collector's item than this though.

sligeach

https://twitter.com/mercurysteam/status/1404853476492984320

visual style is quite reminiscent of Shadow Complex imo

sligeach

The above Treehouse Live video is part 1. Nintendo have renamed it as they had a second Metroid Dread section during Treehouse Live.

Metroid Dread - Nintendo Treehouse: Live | E3 2021 - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSybAYyVpPY

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nSybAYyVpPY

xckjoo

Looking forward to this. Don't usually like those "chase" type games but I think they'll pull it off and it looks like it's only when you go into certain areas

Star Lord

Looks like Nintendo have published more info on the game here:

Metroid Dread Report Vol. 1: A closer look at the reveal trailer

It indicates that the

X Parasite still exists, and is why the EMMI machines are there, and most likely why they attack Samus... or why they've been corrupted and attack her.

Also, has anyone else noticed the presence of a certain thing in the trailer?

A living Chozo?

pixelburp

As someone who loves Metroidvanias, and is my default go-to genre, I'm excited to play a "traditional" one from the very progenitor. Rare enough these days those sort of games actually take the 2.5D approach - Bloodstained did but the art-style was absolute a$$.

glasso

glasso wrote: »

visual style is quite reminiscent of Shadow Complex imo

I quite liked this game actually.

It wasn't overly long or overly difficult.

On pc and the non-Nintendo consoles.

Turtwig

Really enjoyed Mercury Steam remake of Samus Returns. Particularly loved the final boss battle even if canon wise it was questionable.
Very much looking forward to this.

fugyvuhgvhbjb

Will smyths have the special edition? And why is their site down today of fall days lol

CastorTroy

Something must have happened as it went down last night at about 11, so unlikely to be planned.
I'm waiting to see about the special edition.

Their twitter is very vague about it

Hi there! Our website is currently undergoing maintenance! We expect it to be back up and running soon Please keep an eye out there for updates, apologies for any inconvenience caused by this!

Maybe preparing for the Pro launch.

blockfighter

I've never played a Metroid game. Looking forward to trying this one out.

Mr E

If you are paying for the Online service on Switch, play Super Metroid on the SNES.
Then play Metroid on the NES!

pixelburp

Fair be warned though, Super Metroid wasn't immune to "old games bullshít" IIRC; where the only way you'd know how to proceed was by crossing your fingers, turning three times on a Tuesday, and buying Nintendo Power.

blockfighter

Good tip. Will do.

Fysh

I can't get on with the original metroid, but Super Metroid is excellent. Personally the one I don't get on with is OG Metroid - drawing my own map is one of those "nope, not doing it" things for me in games.

edit: having said that, I can see that this announcement is going to have me revisiting at least Return of Samus, Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. Don't have a 3DS so that's out, but I do have the Prime Trilogy on Wii... (We don't speak about Other M)

CastorTroy

Yeah I tried replaying the NES metroid a while ago and everything just looks so samey.
The Zero Mission remake would be the best way to experience it. Of course, that's not too helpful since the only way to play it is on GBA I believe

Fysh

I have played Zero Mission at some point, and yeah it's pretty good. Man, I wish Nintendo would add GB and GBA games to NSO.

Turtwig

Zero mission is excellent. Especially for high level sequence breaks the devs actually intended.

Original Metroid for NES you need a guide for and even then some of the walls and stuff you have to know to do is random

Super Metroid requires no guide imo. There's some trial and error but all possible routes available to you at any time are quite short. There is one iffy moment where you are required to blow a tunnel. There's visual clues to tell you this but they are so easily missed.
There's also one wall you can run through and no visual hints to tell you this. It's for an optional power up iirc

sligeach

"Scan the Samus amiibo for an extra energy tank to increase your health by 100, additionally the Samus amiibo can be tapped again to receive health once per day. The E.M.M.I. amiibo grants Samus a Missile Plus tank, increasing her missile capacity by 10, additionally the E.M.M.I. amiibo can be tapped again to replenish some missiles once per day."

https://www.nintendo.com/amiibo/detail/samus-and-emmi-amiibo-2-pack-set-metroid-series/

Not the worst. It's a far better situation than the bad blood/publicity around Skyward Sword and its amiibo functionality.

CiDeRmAn

Turtwig wrote: »

Zero mission is excellent. Especially for high level sequence breaks the devs actually intended.

Original Metroid for NES you need a guide for and even then some of the walls and stuff you have to know to do is random

Super Metroid requires no guide imo. There's some trial and error but all possible routes available to you at any time are quite short. There is one iffy moment where you are required to blow a tunnel. There's visual clues to tell you this but they are so easily missed.
There's also one wall you can run through and no visual hints to tell you this. It's for an optional power up iirc

The hint for the tunnel is in the manual!
The giant manual the game came with!
I'm not sure, does the Nintendo Online version of the game make that manual available?

CastorTroy

Smyths site is back up. 59.99 for the game. No sign of the special edition.
I also had a look at gamestop and Game. Not there

https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en_gb/metroid-dread-special-edition-P00069.html
£80 is a lot. Basically £30 for the extra stuff. Out of stock anyway

Turtwig

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The hint for the tunnel is in the manual!
The giant manual the game came with!
I'm not sure, does the Nintendo Online version of the game make that manual available?

That "manual" was only available in certain regions. I remember as a kid being annoyed, almost angry, at it. It was ruining the game and my older sibling loved ruining stuff.

Avoid that monstrosity of a manual at all costs!

sligeach

If Smyth's do get the Collector's Edition, it could be €95, at least. £80 on the Nintendo UK store is over €93 converted, plus then there's shipping from the UK. You could be looking at around €100. I don't think the extras are worth it, no way. As I've said, it's nowhere near as nice as the Samus Returns Collector's Edition.

Mr.Saturn

CastorTroy wrote: »

Yeah I tried replaying the NES metroid a while ago and everything just looks so samey.
The Zero Mission remake would be the best way to experience it. Of course, that's not too helpful since the only way to play it is on GBA I believe

It’s still up on the Wii U VC, which is how I experienced it for the first time. You get OG Metroid as an unlockable, if you want to measure to the exact degree the ship-shape job they did remaking it.

sligeach

It will be interesting to see what the story is in this game and how they end the story arc involving Metroids. Watching the trailer, I think this might be Mother Brain or some combination with a Metroid, in mechanical form. I know she was destroyed, but maybe she was backed up to a computer. She was originally a super computer that became self aware. Why not again? And Mother Brain is needed to control the Metroids.

In a clip further on, this looks like possibly a Metroid inside the machine, infected with Phazon. And is Samus absorbing it?

The E.M.M.I remind me of Mother Brain at times as well with the one eye and the laser.

What role are the Chozo playing? Are they controlling the E.M.M.I?

Maybe. It seems like it's looking at a camera lens of an E.M.M.I. There's 7 E.M.M.I on the boxart cover. There's 7 dots on the top right hand corner. 2 are filled in, that might leave the 5 on the main screen. But then below, there's 6 bars, 2 red(the dead ones), the 7th may be the camera in focus on the screen. The Chozo are good and peaceful but some of them went rogue. They could be trying to make a new bioweapon, with Metroids, Mother Brain and Samus is the missing piece.

SK1979

Been a long long time since I played zero mission but was that the game with the hard as nails epilogue?

That was tough from memory.

Fingers crossed this is great though.

Star Lord

The extra bit at the end of the game was more tricky than particularly hard, where you were hopelessly underpowered and could only stun rather than kill, and mostly had to just run and try to avoid getting seen as much as possible.

Turtwig

Ya I wouldn't say it was hard as nails. It was just very different. Normally Metroid is a bit of a power fantasy. You start off relatively weak with little moves and weapons available and end up a very mobile and powerful hunter capable of mass destruction. Zero mission turned that on its head. The final sequence is basically one of stealth and survival. It's not a typical Metroid sequence and a lot of people have difficulty adapting their play styles so radically.

Star Lord

Those space pirates hit hard when you're in the zero suit as well!

maddymcmaddser

Collector's edition up on Amazon UK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B097C44XPT?psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

Turtwig

Star Lord wrote: »

Those space pirates hit hard when you're in the zero suit as well!

It did make it all the more satisfying when (zero mission spoiler)

you get your powers back and can pulverise them again!

UhOh

CastorTroy wrote: »

Smyths site is back up. 59.99 for the game. No sign of the special edition.
I also had a look at gamestop and Game. Not there

I emailed Smyths about the Special Edition last week, they said they won’t be stocking it.
I got lucky enough to get one of the Amazon.co.uk pre orders earlier today

CastorTroy

I decided it's not worth it. I'm a fan but I'll pass.

sligeach

I said no to the Special Edition on Amazon UK as well. I hear they're shipping to the US as well which wouldn't have helped some people here get it. Shopto had it over the weekend briefly for €76. I'm hoping some retailers sell the game and the steel book at a good price closer to launch. I don't care for the other fluff.

sligeach

Metroid Dread Report Vol. 2: Researching the E.M.M.I.

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2021/June/Metroid-Dread-Report-Vol-2-Researching-the-E-M-M-I--1997672.html

Metroid Dread (Switch) - Footage (Report Vol. 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5pl1k4fvUY

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_5pl1k4fvUY

pixelburp

Right, the robots are at least partially destructible then, so I guess you can slow or stall them; I was wondering if they might be part of some "one hit you're dead" segments - which are just the tool of the devil & my biggest negative takeaway from the promos so far

sligeach

pixelburp wrote: »

Right, the robots are at least partially destructible then, so I guess you can slow or stall them; I was wondering if they might be part of some "one hit you're dead" segments - which are just the tool of the devil & my biggest negative takeaway from the promos so far

You can destroy the E.M.M.I with the Omega Cannon, a weapon accessible only by absorbing "energy from the Central Units – the mother computers managing each E.M.M.I. Zone". "The Omega Cannon will revert to Samus' regular Arm Cannon once the E.M.M.I. is defeated."

Turtwig

pixelburp wrote: »

Right, the robots are at least partially destructible then, so I guess you can slow or stall them; I was wondering if they might be part of some "one hit you're dead" segments - which are just the tool of the devil & my biggest negative takeaway from the promos so far

I'd imagine it's like fusion where you had to constantly run and hide from the villain - until it was its turn to run. Mwahaha!

sligeach

Metroid Dread Report Vol. 3: Seven points that define the 2D saga

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2021/July/Metroid-Dread-Report-Vol-3-Seven-points-that-define-the-2D-saga-2007780.html

sligeach

Sakamoto on why it’s taken so long for Metroid Dread, Samus’ character, SA-X’s influence, more

https://nintendoeverything.com/sakamoto-on-why-its-taken-so-long-for-metroid-dread-samus-character-sa-xs-influence-more/

CiDeRmAn

I had both Metroid Fusion and Zero Mission, but I think I gave one of them away....

Silly Ciderman....

UhOh

Special edition is available to pre order on the Symths website

Tom1991

Yeah i see on smyths the special edition is up for 90 but an awful lot to ask for a steelbook and artbook imo

CiDeRmAn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117661791#Comment_117661791

It's the kind of thing they typically give away with a pre-order anyway.

I mean, my Skyward Sword preorder came with the steelbook, keychain and poster.