While technically a sequel to the SNES launch title Super Mario World, 1995's Yoshi's Island stood out for its unique playroom aesthetic and whimsical music. RELATED: Fan Art Imagines Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury With Yoshi's Island Art Style
If the company is open to putting out a traditional, mainline Metroid game and a new entry in its popular first-person spin-off series on the same console, it may be up to doing something similar for Yoshi's Island even though Yoshi's Crafted World hit the hybrid console in 2019. Metroid Prime 4 is also in development for Switch, having restarted under Retro Studios a few years ago. One reason Metroid Dread excites fans is it shows Nintendo's willingness to release multiple games in the long-running but traditionally less active franchise within a short time frame.
It's also potentially good news for other Nintendo franchises like Pikmin, or perhaps Yoshi's Island. The upcoming 2D Metroid game developed by MercurySteam, known for Metroid: Samus Returns in 2017, was arguably the biggest surprise of the bunch given it serves as the official "Metroid 5" coming over 19 years after Fusion released. Nintendo had a big showing at E3 2021 with new entries in multiple first-party franchises including Metroid Dread, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, WarioWare: Get it Together!, and Mario Party Superstars.