Let me preface this by saying that I am not a fan of MercurySteam. I have never played a MercurySteam game that I have enjoyed or thought was a worthwhile addition to the series it is a part of. This isn’t saying much of course, because they have made very few games. But I slogged my way through Castlevania: Lords of Shadow by virtue of Sir Patrick Stewart’s narration between stages alone, and how I managed to endure the sequel and the 3DS spinoff remain a hazy mystery I am better off not trying to recall. But you would think, after the disaster that was those games, they wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the Metroid series.

Alas, Nintendo never have made much sense.