Five things Metroid Dread needs to be the best 2D Metroid Fusion on Game Boy Advance, a new 2D Metroid game is on the way! Metroid Dread hits Nintendo Switch on October 8, and we couldn’t be more hyped. 20 years of waiting and the evolution of the thriving Metroidvania genre have sent our hopes sky-high. Can Dread live up to the quality of its predecessor while innovating with its own new ideas? If it draws from the best ideas in past games, I believe it can! Here are five ways MercurySteam and Sakamoto can make that happen. A truly open game world