For the last couple of years I have been not so secretly obsessed with a little game called Metroid Dread. The mysterious, unconfirmed Metroid game was rumored to be a brand new 2D adventure for the Nintendo DS in the vein of last week’s BEST WEEK EVER Virtual Console release Super Metroid.
Sadly, though, not only did Nintendo never acknowledge its existence, there has been no word about the potential classic in more than a year. All hope for Metroid Dread to make any kind of appearance seemed lost … until now, that is.
According to the keen eyes over at IGN, when scanning a certain panel in the upcoming Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii (releasing tomorrow), the following message appears:
Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion
While this could have easily been added just to poke fun at obsessive hopefuls like me, something about its inclusion makes my Ridley-senses tingle. Is this really a clever hint of things to come? Will Dread finally see the light of day? Am I overly excited and totally reading way too much into things?
Let's just put it this way: I am either going to be ridiculously happy once Metroid Dread is officially announced or completely furious at Retro Studios for teasing me with something this big. And trust me, Retro, you don’t want to see an angry Chad ... *preparing frown face laden e-mail*
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6:18 PM on 08.27.2007 | 
"PLEASE GOD LET IT BE TRUE"
do want...
I'd love to see one on the ds.
You know Retro doesn't want the wrath of Chad Concelmo, it MUST be true!
*looks for a new pair of pants*
Well, to this day, every metroid prime had some interaction with the GBA, it wouldn't be surprising if it was already prepared for some connection with dread. Tomorrow we'll know.
Or not, as there was no hint of linkage in one of the gba titles, yet it occurred
Never really got into the metroid prime series.
there, I said it.
Besides for Phantom Hourglass, the DS is lacking titles (for core gamers anyways) for the holiday season. It would be a great time to release it, especially since many gamers will be Metroid-crazed after they complete Prime 3, the Metroids in the VC as well as play as Samus in Brawl.
Just imagining how they could use the touch screen makes me giddy.
Also, Chad needs to look at my blog banner. Go look at my blog banner, Chad. Our dolphin overlords demand it.
Toph, I see you're double-post daemon is back.
I really want a new 2D Metroid.
Um ... how do I put this regarding your blog banner ... AMAZING? :)