Rumour: Has Nintendo Accidentally Leaked Metroid: Samus Returns For Switch?

Could be possible since prime 4 needs some buildup and new fans to buy it with all the money they're dumping into it. They should really release more than just this though. I'd say a prime trilogy release would do better than this.

man I hope so! This I would support!

is that the original image? damn, thats a poor editing job, not just for the screen but also the skin itself

Whether real or not, that Super Metroid skin does look good.

I'd buy that game for Switch in a heartbeat. Or any Metroid game

Cool if true, but I have a feeling that if they did do this, they would make it full price with no meaningful improvements over the 3DS version, potentially killing sales of a game that may already struggle.

@Bustacap Yeah, it's the original one. The page is not working for some reason, but in the Google cache's source code you can find the image link: https://assets.nintendo.com/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/ncom/en_US/products/accessories/nintendo-switch/screen-protectors-and-skins/controller-gear/super-metroid/B07H4SWQ91.PT06?v=2020110404

EDIT: It works, my browser is stupid, you can find it there.

Bleh. Can we get AM2R instead?

Samus Returns unfortunately just wasn't very good, never been a fan of MercurySteams works.

I only have one Metroid game on 3DS as i am not a fan of Metroid games but this Metroid game was the only exception.
The game is Metroid Prime Federation Force.

I think people are reading into this a little too much.

@Munchlax This is the (Nintendo) way

But in fairness, the game is quite recent already and don't need much more than a 1080p render (maybe a few HQ assets)

I haven't even touched Samus Returns yet, so, this would be very welcome indeed.

It's cool if it's true. Still a prime trilogy port would be better.

@Munchlax Hopefully with some updated textures/better resolution at least, but yeah, probably nothing meaningfully new. Guess now that Wii U ports are drying up soon, Nintendo feels the need to port the 3DS library.

@Anti-Matter ... Sometimes i feel like you go against the grain just for the attention. Are you serious that THAT is the only Metroid game you like?

@Munchlax well at least they should put the harder difficulty not behind amibo...

I dont mind 3ds ports at all but dont stick a 60 dollar price tag on them

I really didn't like that they force you to use the Conter on EVERY Enemy, it is annoying.
Would be a much better Game withoud this "Feature" forced so much.

For me it comes a bit too late as I recently played the 3ds version but it would be great as it did not sell well and is absolutely FANTASTIC

Samus Returns was a great game, so this would be a great (enhanced?) port for people who never tried it.

Bring all the 3DS games over!

Would love the remakes of N64 Zelda games and StarFox64 getting the Hi Res treatment and released on Switch nevermind the likes Mario 3D Land, Link Between Worlds and Samus Returns.

I dont see why 3ds games that can be changed to work well on switch shouldn't be.
As long as not priced same as a full switch game

You can see why Metroid doesn’t sell well with some of the comments in here already. I would jump at the chance to play this on switch

Man. I hope so. I'd happily grab this on switch.

Just checked those skins out they look pretty cool but it sent me to the US site so I’m guessing these are not available in the UK

@Anti-Matter Corner. Right now. You need to think about the consequences to your actions.

So a publicly available screenshot was included in some badly photoshopped marketing from a third-party? No, that's not a leak.

@MS7000 I think we will see more Wii ports too. We just got No More Heroes and also Galaxy and Xenoblade this year.

I think the 3ds is harder cause people design for the tiny screen size

Not gonna double dip, but congratulations to all people who doesn't already have it. If it turns out true, of course.

Price it fairly and I'll I'll pre-order it!
Great game on the 3DS, one of my favorite franchises. It deserves all love and support

@Zuljaras i don’t think the game is necessarily bad, even though I do, I just don’t understand how someone can’t see how outclassed it is by a variety of other Metroid games.

Well, I'd be definitely interested in it as long as it is priced reasonably. The game released when I was pretty much done with my 3DS unfortunately

I wouldn't be surprised

@Silly_G
Why? So you can buy it for Switch and not touch it there as well. Work the backlog!

Hopefully it's part of a trend, including the two GBA games, as well as a Metroid Prime Trilogy re-release.
Then again, I suspected we'd have seen WWHD and TPHD ported to Switch by now but that hasn't happened.

Next year does mark the 35th anniversary for the original Metroid so maybe, just maybe Nintendo will acknowledge and hook us up with some re-releases and maybe if were lucky MP4 release by end of year

@aznable
Yes, why not ?
I'm interested by the Chibi looking and Armored Core style gameplay from Metroid Prime Federation Force.
You know i am completely different gamer here.
I play certain games what peoples don't.
And here is my Metroid Prime Federation Force i bought last year.

Would I buy this even though I already own it on 3DS? Probably. It's that good.

@Jacob1092
It just only a game.
Spin off.
Most peoples over there and here hate Federation Force but i have quite interest by Federation Force somehow.

Would be easy money if they released a HD version or something on the Switch. But this is Nintendo we're talking about and they play by their own rules when it comes to making money. The kicker is their strategy usually works in their favor.

I'd be up for it but i doubt it. Would be a nice way to keep us busy until Prime 4 if that ever in fact comes to switch. Either that or oh i don't know an HD prime trilogy. Hint Hint!

That reminds me I gotta finish it on the 3ds

Sure hope so ,would be an instant buy for me

Considering how next year is the 35th anniversary of not only Zelda, but also Metroid, I have a feeling this game is a realistic possibility. Metroid is bound to make a huge comeback and it'll work well if they hype it up.

Please be true! I sold my 3DS not long before Samus Returns released, so never got the chance to play it. Heard good things though!

Of course the Wii U cow is going dry so they have to milk elsewhere 😂

This is fascinating cause I just bought that protector set and was trying to figure out what game they were showing in it.

I'd be in, but not if they charge a full $60 for it, which we all know they totally will. This does make me wonder what happened to that potential Fusion remake, though. Is that still happening, or did they seem it not worth producing?

The Dock looks great, shame its just stickers, would really consider it it was an actual dock.

(If you go to the order page on Amazon) The Zelda stickers look pretty cool too.

Never got this on 3DS so day one for me 🤞🏻

They’d need to pack in Fusion and Zero Mission to make this worth it for me

Give us some Metroid - does not get enough love

I have it on 3DS but actually never properly sat through it cause the smaller screen of the OG 3DS was something I could not bear anymore. Had been waiting to get a better PC to emulate this in HD and play on a larger screen but if this comes to Switch then I'll surely double dip. Can't have enough Metroid in my collection... Of course this is assuming that it would get a physical release.

Since the rumours of a new 2D game from earlier in 2020, I have always assumed that a Metroid Fusion remake will be the the next game to appear - perhaps even developed by MercurySteam. (Does anyone know of any new games they have been working on since 2017?)

I feel like I am alone in this supposition. Perhaps someone knowledgable can disabuse me of this if anyone knows better?

I’ll happily double dip on this. I want to lay it again but after so much time on Switch my 3ds cramps my hands

@Expa0 I'd love to get AM2R on the Switch too (or even the original Metroid II would be nice).

While Samus Returns on the 3DS had some good points, I found the combat tedious, constantly waiting for minor enemies to perform that one move that can be countered got really boring after a while. I seem to recall enemies needed silly amounts of button mashing to finish off too.

@BigLarry : My backlog is more of an encyclopaedia at this point.

Don’t get too excited, it’s not a great game. I got bored and stopped playing about 3/4s of the way through and haven’t gone back to it since. Never did that with Super Metroid or the GBA Metroid games.

Hell yeah let it be true please!

I rather prefer Metroid Prime Trilogy

I swear someone could draw stick figures, draw little hats on them with M and L logos, scotch tape that picture to a Switch and this site would be all over it: "Has Nintendo leaked new Paper Mario Stick Figure Edition?!?!?!?!"

This one went from rumour to obvious photoshop pretty quick. Maybe don't be so quick to pull the trigger on the rumours.

@GravyThief To each their own, I loved every minute of it. Best it multiple times.

@Jjop14 Why not both?

Almost any Metroid relatad game I would buy in day one. Any previously launched game (except Federation Forces that I never bought and never will and Prime Pinball that I bought in a sale but wouldn't buy again), MP4, Metroid 5...

I wouldn't mind this, but it would honestly be kind of disappointing to me. I would much rather that they go straight into a new 2D Metroid. If they have to port/remake something, I'd much rather see Zero Mission or Fusion.

I just want a new remake for Samus Returns... play the 3DS version with analog controlls is really a pain u.u'

It's probably a generic stock image. The skin itself isn't even related to Samus Returns whatsoever

I finished it on 3DS. Some of the best 3D I have seen on the 3DS!

Fine for people who haven’t played it, but I wouldn’t buy it again.

And it was at the right price on the 3DS, unlike another GB remake that was made for Switch.

As much as I like Samus Returns, it wouldn't be my first choice for a Metroid game to be ported to the Switch. I'm still waiting for my Metroid Prime Trilogy HD, Nintendo.

@IronMan30
Metroid fans are oozing desperate, after having their favourite franchise so horribly mismanaged by Nintendo.

I wouldn't mind the best version of Metroid 2 on switch, if it was reasonably priced that is.

Its been on Amazon for a while.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Controller-Gear-Officially-Licensed-Protector/dp/B07H4SWQ91/ref=mp_s_a_1_46?dchild=1&keywords=Metroid+sticker&qid=1605106940&sr=8-46

I want to read the comments of people that bought on this, and then realized it was photoshoped by a third party company trying to sell stickers for the Switch hahahaha

I played the game for probably a solid 15-20 hours and quit cause I got lost.

Would love to play this game again on Switch. I complete it on New 3DS but more than once I feel pain in my hands. With the Pro Controller I don't have to worry about that.

I played Metroid 1 and Super Metroid on the Switch, I would easily get this as I can't play Metroid 2 on it.

With the 3DS on its way out, Nintendo would be wise to do a quick cash grab on their lineup. Though I'd be more pumped for Kid Icarus Uprising in HD

Actually i would prefer a new 2D Metroid game that continues the Metroid Fusion history, but since Nintendo don't care about this, we have to resort to play old Metroid games until Metroid Prime 4 release.

This makes no sense. We already have this game on our 3DSs. We're Nintendo fans, for God's sake!

Just ordered my skin

@Ocaz they probably saving prime trilogy till prime 4 gets its release date then release prime trilogy to tie us over till prime 4 comes out.

I want NEW GAMES

I just bought a hard copy of the original gameboy version off eBay to pair nicely with my backlit-modded Gameboy Advance. Wait, I can play it on 3DS? Yeah I know. I have it and beat it there. But there’s nothing like playing it on OG hardware though.

Would have preferred to hear some concrete news about a Metroid Prime Trilogy remaster or a better 2D Metroid than that one with the forced melee counter thing.

Update the article title

@Anti-Matter Federation Force is a good game, just not a very good METROID game, let alone what hyped-up Metroid fans want to hear about I suppose, so it is perfectly reasonable that someone doesn't like Metroid but does like this one. I enjoy both, and liked the unpopular Wii game as well, and maybe don't even love the trilogy THAT incredibly much. Trilogy is still one of the best packages and some of the best content in video game history nonetheless, but when people wouldn't have been hyped up and have too high expectations, Federation Force would have definitely received more love.

@ChromaticDracula I'd love to see gameboy games on switch, or a remake of super mario land 2, gameboy was first nintendo device I ever had and playing switch in handheld sometimes evokes nostalgia for me even if it is a lot different to a gameboy

Such a great game, it doesn't deserve to be just a late arriving 3DS title without its full fanfair.

Nintendo has yet to port any 3DS games to Switch, so I don't see why they would start now.

I would not be surprised at all if they have this port done and have simply sat on it for a year or two. This and the rumoured Metroid Prime Trilogy would be a good build up to Metroid Prime 4. The delay to MP4 has also delayed the hype building Metroid titles.

I honestly can't think of any other logical reason for the Switch to still not have any Metroid content (outside of NES/SNES).

I’d like a remastered Hunters and be able to play online against people again. I wouldn’t mind seeing stuff like Samus Returns and Federation Force on Switch. FF and Hunters would be much more enjoyable on the TV with both sticks and motion aiming. I still have all these games. Special Edition Samus Returns... soundtrack was a joke and the amiibo were used once and put away. :/ Great game nonetheless.

@Doktor-Mandrake me too! I would hope Nintendo does a Gameboy series release like they did SNES and NES for NSO. But I would want them to do GBC, GB, and GBA release all in the same series, not just gameboy... or just Gameboy advance...

I too remember being in grade school and there was one or two kids with a Gameboy and I remember passing back and forth to play Kirby and Tetris. My friend had one with Kid Icarus, Metroid 2, Mario and Mario 6 Golden Coins, to name a few. I had another friend with a yellow Gameboy with Link’s Awakening and Donkey Kong Land. I borrowed it one year over Christmas and til this day, I still play Link’s Awakening over the holidays. Really gets me in the spirit like nothing else.
Eventually I got my own Gameboy but it was a Gameboy Color and Pokémon Red, Mission Impossible (remember the TV tuner function that used the IR transmitter on the Gameboy?), and a few others.
Something about slapping in one of those cartridges and getting lost in black and white (or shades of green ) really gives me the good feels.

This skin scenario has absolutely nothing to do with it as I've seen them for sale everywhere for years. However, this game absolutely should be on the Switch.

I'd buy this finally if we did get it on Switch. I just find it so hard to go back to 3DS right now. It's too recent to feel nostalgic yet.

It'll get there, in a few more years.

Yes please. This should have been a Switch release in the first place.

looks more like planet zebes (super metroid)

I would play it but I would much prefer a proper prime trilogy release as a lead up to Prime 4. Really hoping prime 4 will be a total top shelf release for the Switch . Totally fine with them taking their time and even delaying to get it right .

The Switch will get its own 2D Metroid game anyways - no need for a 3DS port (which Nintendo will never fund in the first place).

@Azuris you weren't forced to use it tho....

@Dualmask it wasn't really forced tho...

I think Metroid: Samus Returns is the most unsatisfying game in the Metroid Series, due mainly to enemy interaction, but most fans seem to like the game and so it could make sense for the game to come to Switch. Personally, if it's not the Prime Trilogy, I think the most potential would come from either Metroid Prime Hunters or Federation Force coming to Switch. I could be wrong, but I don't think any other Metroid games would take full advantage of what the Switch has to offer.

@Shadowthrone True, it's hardly surprising knowing Nintendolife though. They release articles under the pretense of news like rapidfire. I feel bad for the people that have to always come up with something to write.

most likely trilogy ports

Can we stop having Metroid rumours that turn out to be false. You keep getting my hopes up for nothing

Nintendo tends to do something like that. Like throwing out Wind Waker HD to please the audience after the next Zelda game would take years to come.
And I would buy it. Only played the Gameboy game for a short while (wasn't brave enough at that time)

I'd be happy if this and other 3DS games get a HD remake.

I remember earlier this year NL put up an article saying someone predicted a 2D Metroid game to tide over till Prime 4......oh...boy..😕
When the WiiU well runs dry, the 3DS is next.

As long as they don't try to sell a 3DS game for 79.99CAD I will be happy, full price would be a travesty for such a short game.

@Jokerwolf "As long as they don't try to sell a 3DS game for 79.99CAD"

Get ready for disappoint...

@Muddy_4_Ever Then they won't get my money for that game. There is a possibility it is a collection of all the 2D Metroid games though which I would be down for. Next year is the 25th anniversary of the original games release.

Great game with some of the best 3D I've seen. Unlike many players seems, I never had much use for the melee counter and beat the game using it quite sparingly. It did look cool though, even if it wasn't essential.

@Expa0 hack it

@Bustacap I agree man it looks like someone just slapped in an image in photoshop

Yeah, sure, and they'll port F-Zero GX, too, while they're at it!