Nintendo announced at "Nintendo Direct 2022.2.10" that two new modes have been added to the Nintendo Switch's exploration action game "Metroid Dread" as a free update. Also, the distribution of the new version of the trial version that was distributed has begun. The newly added modes are "Rookie Mode" and "Dread Mode". Until now, you could choose between the normal "Normal Mode" and the "Hard Mode", which is unlocked once you clear it, but the difficulty level has been added one by one.
First of all, "Dread Mode" is the ultimate difficulty level where the game will be over with one hit no matter what attack hits.
The previous Metroid series shared the RPG-like growth element of “exploring labyrinths, collecting items that increase physical strength, and becoming more resistant to being hit”, but one-shot death always puts you in a desperate situation. . Even in hard mode, the enemy's attack power (the amount of damage taken by the main character Samus) was doubled compared to normal, but it seems that you can enjoy a more tense exploration than that.
However, "Rookie Mode" is a difficulty level that makes it easier for people who are not good at action to play while maintaining the same feeling of exploration. Boss attack power is lower than normal, and there is a lot of recovery energy that comes out when defeating an enemy.
The difficulty level of this work is quite severe, and it was difficult to clear unless you learned "Match the melee counter to the enemy's attack" (Melee is a special action. Doing this will make the enemy flinch and you can get recovery energy). However, even for those who are not good at difficult operations, the hurdle may be lowered considerably.
However, in order to collect all the items, it is necessary to master the special movement technique "Shine Spark", which has acceleration > crouching motion > 8-direction input, and it seems that the difficulty level has not decreased. increase. The result screen when clearing the game has also been expanded. In addition to the previous "CLEAR TIME", the map display and retry time are also measured. will be
The Metroid series is popular for RTA (competing for real time from game start to clear), but with this result expansion, it will be possible to "clear without opening the map even once" However, it seems that binding play such as
In addition, in April 2022, the addition of "Boss Rush" has been announced as the second free update. It is planned to be a mode where you can compete for clear time by defeating bosses one after another, so it seems to be a long-awaited update for this work where challenging boss battles are very fun.
There's also an updated demo available for those who haven't played Metroid Dread yet. "Rookie Mode" has also been added here, and you can now enjoy the battle with the boss "Corpius" in the early stages. Why not use this as an opportunity to jump into an unknown experience? Source: Nintendo
