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Metroid Ravenous

Metroid Ravenous launches on Jan 28, 2027Date announced, hour not: Nintendo has given no launch hour as of Nov 8, 2026, so this counts to the start of the day in UTC. Nintendo's US store data also says 00:00 UTC.

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Metroid (1986)Metroid is the first game in the series, released on the Famicom Disk System in Japan on Aug 6, 1986 and on the NES in North America in 1987, in which bounty hunter Samus Aran enters planet Zebes to destroy Mother Brain and the Metroids. Its ending revealed that Samus is a woman.
Metroid DreadMetroid Dread is the 2D Metroid that MercurySteam and Nintendo released on Nintendo Switch on Oct 8, 2021, in which Samus is hunted by the E.M.M.I. robots on planet ZDR. It holds an 87 on OpenCritic, won Best Action/Adventure Game at The Game Awards 2021 and is the best-selling Metroid game, with 2.90 million copies by Mar 31, 2022.
Metroid Dread Bosses and E.M.M.I.Metroid Dread has seven named bosses (Corpius, Kraid, Drogyga, Escue, Experiment No. Z-57, Golzuna and Raven Beak, with Raven Beak X after him), several Chozo Soldier fights, and seven E.M.M.I. robots, each destroyed with a single-use Omega Cannon taken from its zone's Central Unit. This page lists them in the order BeardBear's recorded runs meet them.
Metroid Dread Ending ExplainedAt the end of Metroid Dread, Raven Beak, the Mawkin Chozo leader who lured Samus to ZDR, awakens her Metroid DNA to make her his weapon; she turns it on him, an X carrying Quiet Robe's form gives itself up to return her to human form, and she escapes as ZDR explodes. The Metroid powers she keeps are what Metroid Ravenous is built on.
Metroid FusionMetroid Fusion is Nintendo's 2002 Game Boy Advance game, released in North America on Nov 17, 2002, in which Samus survives the X parasite thanks to a vaccine made from Metroid cells and is hunted by the SA-X aboard the B.S.L. research station. It has been on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack since March 2023, and no remake has been announced as of Nov 8, 2026.
Metroid II and Samus ReturnsMetroid II: Return of Samus (Game Boy, 1991) sends Samus to SR388, the Metroids' home planet, to wipe them out, and ends with the baby Metroid that leads into Super Metroid. MercurySteam remade it as Metroid: Samus Returns for Nintendo 3DS on Sep 15, 2017, adding the melee counter, Free Aim and Aeion abilities that Metroid Dread and Metroid Ravenous build on.
Metroid Prime 2: EchoesMetroid Prime 2 Echoes is Retro Studios' GameCube sequel to Metroid Prime, released in North America on Nov 15, 2004, in which Samus crosses between Light and Dark Aether, fights Dark Samus for the first time and wins back stolen upgrades. It is playable today only on GameCube or in the 2009 Metroid Prime Trilogy.
Metroid Prime 3: CorruptionMetroid Prime 3 Corruption is Retro Studios' Wii game, released in North America on Aug 27, 2007, that ends the Prime trilogy with Samus corrupted by Phazon, fighting fellow bounty hunters and Dark Samus with Wii Remote aiming and Hypermode. Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii, Aug 24, 2009) bundles it with the first two Prime games.
Metroid Prime 4: BeyondMetroid Prime 4: Beyond is Retro Studios' first-person Metroid for Switch and Switch 2, released on Dec 4, 2025 after being announced as a logo in 2017 and restarted in 2019. Samus is stranded on the planet Viewros with new Psychic Abilities, a bike called Vi-O-La and the rival hunter Sylux; it holds an OpenCritic average of 80 and sold over a million copies in its first month.
Metroid Prime RemasteredMetroid Prime Remastered is Retro Studios' Switch remake of Metroid Prime, the 2002 GameCube game, announced and released on the same day, Feb 8, 2023, with new graphics and modern dual-stick controls. It holds an OpenCritic average of 94, and it is the easiest way to play the first Prime today.
Metroid Prime Spin-offs: Hunters, Pinball and Federation ForceThe Metroid Prime series has three handheld spin-offs, Metroid Prime Pinball (DS, Oct 24, 2005), Metroid Prime Hunters (DS, Mar 20, 2006) and Metroid Prime Federation Force (3DS, Aug 19, 2016). Hunters introduced Sylux, the villain of Metroid Prime 4, and Federation Force's ending sets him up.
Metroid: Other MMetroid Other M is the 2010 Wii game Nintendo made with Team Ninja, released in North America on Aug 31, 2010, that tells Samus Aran's past in her own voice between Super Metroid and Metroid Fusion. It scored 79 on Metacritic and divided fans over its story, and it was the last game in which Samus spoke before the Metroid Ravenous trailer.
Metroid: Zero MissionMetroid: Zero Mission is Nintendo's 2004 Game Boy Advance remake of the first Metroid, released in North America on Feb 9, 2004, which retells Samus Aran's mission on Zebes and adds a new final act in the Zero Suit. It joined Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack on Jun 18, 2024.
Super MetroidSuper Metroid is the third Metroid game, released for the Super NES in North America on Apr 18, 1994, in which Samus Aran returns to planet Zebes to rescue the last Metroid from Ridley and Mother Brain. It is playable today on Nintendo Switch Online.