{"id":411,"date":"2026-07-02T12:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=411"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:04:10","slug":"metroid-ravenous-listing-sparks-speculation-about-nintendos-next-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimoneylab.ai\/?p=411","title":{"rendered":"Metroid Ravenous Listing Sparks Speculation About Nintendo\u2019s Next Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What&#8217;s next for the Metroid franchise? Following last year&#8217;s release of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, it looks like Nintendo has more plans for the franchise, and thanks to a Brazilian ratings board leak that has since been removed, it looks like we know what the title of the next game is: Metroid Ravenous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posted by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice and Public Security (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/necrolipe\/status\/2072371837707735433\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/necrolipe\/status\/2072371837707735433\">Necrolipe <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/famiboards.com\/threads\/brazilian-ratings-board-leaks-brand-new-nintendo-first-party-game.17963\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Famiboards gaming forum<\/a>), the listing mentions a production start date of 2026 in the US for the title. Other details include &#8220;violence&#8211;weapons, blood, death&#8211;and light sexual content&#8221; for the in-development game. It has been rumored that this could be a sequel to MercurySteam&#8217;s 2021 Metroid game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/metroid-dread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metroid Dread<\/a>, a 2.5D adventure that modernized the classic NES and SNES Metroid experience for Switch and received positive reviews.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Metroid Dread Review\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mYFZwzo7qlQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selling over 3 million units, Metroid Dread was a hit game for Nintendo, and MercurySteam announced in 2023 that it had two projects in development. The first of these, a fantasy game called\u00a0Blades of Fire, hit shelves last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After <em>many <\/em>years in development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/reviews\/metroid-prime-4-beyond-review-prime-but-not-quite-prime-prime\/1900-6418446\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metroid Prime 4: Beyond<\/a> also launched last year, but its reception was frostier in comparison to Dread. The game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/amid-fan-concerns-about-metroid-prime-4s-sales-nintendo-provides-some-clarity\/1100-6537932\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has sold over 1 million units<\/a>\u00a0as of February 2026, but that milestone was only reached when you\u00a0combine its performance across Switch and Switch 2. It&#8217;s worth noting that Metroid has historically underperformed next to other IPs. For example, the Switch 2 Edition of Pokemon Legends: Z-A reached 3.89 million units sold, while Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/mario-kart-8-deluxe-has-somehow-sold-another-2-3-million-copies-in-the-past-nine-months\/1100-6537861\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continues to be a sales juggernaut<\/a> years after launch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Nintendo has yet to officially confirm what&#8211;or if&#8211;the next Metroid game is, the company did reveal during a recent Direct livestream that its tentpole game for the holiday season will be a remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time, alongside a few more surprises in 2026.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-gamespot-blocks-embed-gallery\">\n<div class=\"image-gallery-collection\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"The Best Nintendo Switch And Switch 2 Exclusives Of 2025 Image Gallery\">\n<h2 class=\"image-gallery-heading has-m-font-size\">The Best Nintendo Switch And Switch 2 Exclusives Of 2025<\/h2>\n<div class=\"image-gallery__main count-7\">\n<figure class=\"image-gallery__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/original\/1179\/11799911\/4619789-bestswitchlarge.jpeg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"4619789-bestswitchlarge.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image-gallery__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/original\/1179\/11799911\/4619897-7369703955-46183.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"4619897-7369703955-46183.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image-gallery__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/original\/1179\/11799911\/4619898-1254103285-450937.jpeg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"4619898-1254103285-450937.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image-gallery__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/original\/1179\/11799911\/4619899-7298170904-894e31aea85a473dab1ae289d03382f437289f5f3d5c51d43578dbe7014687b4.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"4619899-7298170904-894e31aea85a473dab1ae289d03382f437289f5f3d5c51d43578dbe7014687b4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image-gallery__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/original\/1179\/11799911\/4619900-screenshot2025-12-09at2.51.44%E2%80%AFpm.png?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"4619900-screenshot2025-12-09at2.51.44\u202fpm.png\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image-gallery__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/original\/1179\/11799911\/4620485-3822834240-45325.png?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"4620485-3822834240-45325.png\" loading=\"lazy\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<div class=\"image-gallery__item image-gallery__item--show-more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/gallery\/the-best-nintendo-switch-and-switch-2-exclusives-of-2025\/2900-7323\/\" class=\"js-click-tag\" data-click-tag=\"image gallery|see more\" aria-label=\"View full The Best Nintendo Switch And Switch 2 Exclusives Of 2025 gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Images\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s next for the Metroid franchise? Following last year&#8217;s release of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, it looks like Nintendo has more plans for the franchise, and thanks to a Brazilian ratings board leak that has since been removed, it looks like we know what the title of the next game is: Metroid Ravenous. 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