If you’re craving a Metroid game on the Switch, try these new indie games instead
With the release of Metroid: Samus Returns, Nintendo reinvigorated the long-dormant sci-fi franchise. It wasn’t just a new Metroid: it was an old-school, side-scrolling Metroid, which we haven’t seen in nearly a decade. But while many were excited about the prospect of finally being able to explore the planet SR388 once again, others were disappointed that the game was coming to the aging 3DS instead of the much newer Switch. Sure, there’s Metroid Prime 4 in the works for the Switch, but it’s not clear when exactly that game will release, or how much it will feel like a typical Metroid.
Thankfully, as is so often the case, indie developers have risen up to fill in that big Samus Aran-shaped hole. Over the past few weeks, two excellent…