Introduction
It’s been a whopping 19 years since we last got an original 2D Metroid game, with the side-scrolling series being shunted aside in favour of the more cinematic 3D Metroid Prime outings.
But with 2D Metroidvania games recently seeing a boom in popularity, thanks to the likes of Hollow Knight and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Nintendo is finally willing to allow Samus to return to her roots with the upcoming sequel, Metroid Dread.
Nintendo invited me to its UK HQ to play through the first two hours of Metroid Dread.
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