Talk:Metroid Ravenous

Confirmation of MercurySteam as developer?

Has there been an actual source that confirmed this yet? It's pretty clear the game uses the same engine as the MS titles, but since they were co-developed by Nintendo, and MS recently laid off huge numbers of staff, it's possible Nintendo split with them at some point. MS having a really poor reputation for worker abuse and mismanagement, which was confirmed to affect Dread, also points to the possibility of them being less involved here. ~2026-47922-10 (talk) 18:34, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

That's a good point. I thought we had a source (Polygon) saying MercurySteam is the dev but looking at it it actually only says "Given how Ravenous looks incredibly similar to Dread's aesthetics and gameplay, it is safe to assume MercurySteam is the team behind the new title". Looking around today, there is news that MercurySteam "appears to confirm" it is the developer (Eurogamer) but that's also not exactly watertight... Popcornfud (talk) 02:21, 11 September 2026 (UTC)

Delineation between "Main" and "Prime" series games.

I'm seeing a few pages have some contention on how/if to delineate the 2D and Prime titles when referring to "Metroid ___ is the Xth title in the Metroid series". An official interview on Nintendo's website with the series's creative lead Yoshio Sakamoto includes a note about the matter:

"The series is broadly split into two: the Metroid series, made up of side-scrolling action games, and the Metroid Prime series, made up of first-person adventure games." https://www.nintendo.com/ph/interview/a7lq/index.html

A number of other official Nintendo sources refer to the "Metroid Prime series" and "Metroid series" as distinct entities. While these games are confirmed to take place in the same universe, they have significantly different design philosophies, creative leads, and goals. With that in mind, I think it would make the most sense to refer to this title as the "sixth title in the Metroid series" or "2D Metroid series". ~2026-47922-10 (talk) 20:40, 16 September 2026 (UTC)

The problem with this kind of thing is that it gets into diminishing returns. When you have a video game series that runs for years, with various sequels and spin-offs, it gets more and more complicated to explain to the reader that this is the Xth instalment, or the Yth instalment in the Z sub-series, etc etc. It clutters up the prose.

You also end up with conflicting sources, with one source describing X game as one thing and another source as another. Bear in mind also that Wikipedia prefers secondary sources over primary sources, so it's not as simple as pointing to the Nintendo source and saying that one beats all the others. Popcornfud (talk) 04:21, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

I can see the logic in simply omitting the line entirely. Might be more of a "Main Metroid Article" problem. Just feel it's clearly a matter with enough confusion surrounding it to be worth breaking down somewhere. ~2026-47922-10 (talk) 22:02, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

If you can find a reliable secondary source (eg something like IGN or GameSpot) that clearly explains it, we could use it. Nintendo.com is a primary source so not ideal. Popcornfud (talk) 01:22, 18 September 2026 (UTC)