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Metroid Ravenous Announced for Switch 2

Metroid Ravenous Announced for Switch 2 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted 18 hours ago / 2,421 Views

Nintendo has officially announced side-scrolling Metroidvania game, Metroid Ravenous, for the Nintendo Switch 2. It will launch on January 28, 2027.

View the announcement trailer below:

Read details on the game below:

It’s eat or be eaten for Samus Aran in an all-new 2D adventure, coming to Nintendo Switch 2!

Plus, the Metroid Ravenous amiibo collection will release with individual Samus and Chozo Statue figures at launch. A third amiibo in the lineup, Samus (Metroid Suit), will be bundled with a Special Edition that includes the game and a steel game case.


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky.


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12 Comments
firebush03 (19 hours ago)

That’s my birthday weekend! How cool. Pumped to see more from this games, looks like Nintendo’s cooking something great.

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YurippeA (4 hours ago)

Can't wait for Metroid Ravenous. Metroid Dread was so good. Absolute day one.

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CaptainExplosion (9 hours ago)

Samus is now the scariest Nintendo protagonist.

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Otter (16 hours ago)

Technically loopks heavily like a Switch title so I was kinda expecting it to be cross gen but still a welcome surpirse

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G2ThaUNiT Otter (14 hours ago)

Outside of an obvious resolution bump, I saw a journalist post that Ravenous will have 120fps support. Would love it if Dread got an update to support that framerate. As well as a resolution bump as Dread peaked at 900p on Switch 1.

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Slownenberg (18 hours ago)

Wow, definitely didn't have a new Metroid game on my bingo card.

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darthv72 (18 hours ago)

At first i thought it was a NS2 edition of Dread... now i see its a followup to Dread (so to speak)

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2zosteven (19 hours ago)

looks fantastic, i want this after the prime 4 letdown

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Azzanation (19 hours ago)

Didnt ask for it, got it, not complaining about it.

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Manlytears (20 hours ago)

This is the second Nintendo Switch 2 game that realy grabs my interest. This one will be great.

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G2ThaUNiT Manlytears (14 hours ago)

What was the first?

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