Metroid Dread brings Nintendo’s classic back as a 2D sequel on October 8

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  Samus Aran is back in a 2D adventure. [credit: Nintendo ]

This year, Nintendo’s long-running Metroid series is getting an entirely new sequel—and not the previously announced Metroid Prime 4 first-person shooter.

Instead, we’re getting Metroid Dread, apparently dubbed Metroid 5 in its debut trailer, launching October 8 exclusively for Nintendo Switch. The funky game title has been hinted to in prior 2D games, and years later, Nintendo itself confirmed it was the name of an in-development 2D game that was eventually canceled. Thus, Dread‘s return today as an official game name makes it a particularly juicy Easter egg for anyone who’s been following the lore of space bounty hunter Samus Aran in her journey to eradicate the Metroid scourge.

As a fully 2D Metroid game, Metroid Dread resembles 2017’s Metroid: Samus Returns, a modern 2D remake of the Game Boy classic Return of Samus. Not just in perspective or aesthetics, either: This year’s new Metroid sequel includes that 2017 game’s melee-swipe ability—and in kind, Nintendo has confirmed that the 2017 game’s developers at MercurySteam are involved this time, as well. Unsurprisingly, as a Metroid series sequel, it also includes new and trippy abilities like a cloak shield—and a few entirely new alien foes.