Nintendo Announces Metroid Ravenous, New 2D Entry Launching January 28, 2027 on Switch 2

In the long arc of gaming history, certain franchises carry the weight of a generation's memory — and Nintendo's announcement of Metroid Ravenous for Switch 2 is a deliberate reach back toward that foundational feeling. Samus Aran returns to the side-scrolling form that first defined her legend, arriving January 28, 2027, as one of the earliest marquee exclusives for Nintendo's next-generation hardware. The choice to revisit 2D roots, rather than extend the first-person path of recent entries, signals something intentional: that Nintendo believes the oldest shapes of a story can still carry ne