Metroid Dread

Metroid Dread is a rumored adventure game being developed by Intelligent Systems which will be published by Nintendo. The game is set to be released for the Nintendo DS. The game is believed to have been cancelled, though reports from IGN and Nintendo of Europe contradict this.

2005/2006
Metroid Dread was first announced in the June 2005 issue of Game Informer, and further details emerged on the magazine's online forums. According to the forum moderators, the game was a 2D side-scroller being developed for the Nintendo DS, with its plot following the events of Metroid Fusion.

On September 19, 2005, IGN reported that Metroid Dread is being developed, but will not be formally announced for some time. Nintendo had neither confirmed nor denied its existence.

On February 17, 2006, the British Official Nintendo Magazine included Metroid Dread in their "Official Release Dates", listed under November 2006 as 'to be confirmed'. However, on March 16, 2006, in the second issue of the magazine, the game was marked with a vague 2006 release date, although ONM highlighted the ambiguity surrounding the game, and suggested to wait until E3 2006 for concrete information.

On October 7, 2005, the Nintendo-Next website reported that the game was cancelled though did not give its sources. However, on March 23, 2006, the website N-Sider reported that IGN editor Craig Harris was asked about Metroid Dread, and his response was that it was too early to show at E3 in 2005, but that it could be shown later that year. This shows a possibility that Metroid Dread has not been cancelled, and the cancellation could have been reported falsely by Nintendo-Next.

The game failed to make an appearance at E3 2006 and no information was released on the status of the game for the rest of the year and into 2007.

2007
Metroid Dread once again failed to make an appearance at E3 2007. However, on August 27, 2007, IGN found a message in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption using Samus Aran's Scan Visor on an object. The message states, "Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion." It is unknown if this message is a joke from Retro Studios or if it's a real status report on the game. [ 1 ] On September 6 2007 Nintendo denied the existence of Metroid Dread and said "Nintendo is not making the 2D Metroid at this point in time." [ 1 ]