{"id":858751,"date":"2026-09-24T08:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/858751\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T08:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:44:12","slug":"metroid-ravenous-announcement-sees-demand-for-physical-copies-of-metroid-dread-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/858751\/","title":{"rendered":"Metroid Ravenous Announcement Sees Demand For Physical Copies Of Metroid Dread Spike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Metroid<\/a> Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n

Samus’ side-scrolling adventures are set to continue in 2027 with the Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive Metroid Ravenous<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the anticipated return of the legendary bounty hunter, there’s reportedly been an increase in Metroid Dread<\/a> sales. This has not only led to the 2021 Switch title trending on the eShop charts<\/a> in recent weeks, but it’s now also boosted physical sales of the “out-of-print” title.<\/p>\n

As reported by GamesRadar+<\/a>, US online listings for new (and sealed) copies of this title have supposedly gone “well above” the retail price, surpassing the $100 mark on sites like eBay. And the special edition of the title is apparently going for “even more than that”.<\/p>\n

“Recent sold eBay listings for Metroid Dread have been creeping higher and higher in price. A few lucky buyers have managed to pick the game up for ‘only’ its original retail price, but other listings \u2013 especially for new, sealed US copies \u2013 have landed well above $100. A handful have gone for as much as $170. And if you’re looking to pick up the Special Edition these days, you can expect to pay even more than that.”<\/p>\n

Although Metroid Dread surpassed three million sales and was officially crowned the best-selling game<\/a> in the entire Metroid<\/a> series, as the source notes, it’s not exactly like other Nintendo titles that received a seemingly endless print run, so supply is limited.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, if you are eager to check out this previous (and outstanding<\/a>) adventure from developer MercurySteam before the next Metroid game arrives, you can always download the eShop version. Now, how about a Switch 2 upgrade for Dread, Nintendo?<\/p>\n

Has the announcement of Metroid Ravenous on Switch 2 encouraged you to replay or pick up Metroid Dread for the first time? Are you excited about this next chapter in the Metroid series? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source gamesradar.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer on Nintendo Life. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo Samus’ side-scrolling adventures are set to continue in 2027 with the Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive Metroid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[138432,5177,75,74],"class_list":["post-858751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-metroid","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}