Well, guess what? It's real.
The announcement of a new Metroid game had my interest already. The appearance of "Metroid 5" got me intrigued. Then the title dropped... and it all came back. All the anticipation across the '00s and '10s, and here we are, standing at the brink of its release. It's incredible, unexpected, and I am beyond excited for this. I loved Samus Returns and I'm eager to dive into a sequel that fine-tunes that gameplay. And I am eager to see how, in Sakamoto's words, this supposedly concludes the story arc of Samus and the Metroids.
Here's an additional video, from Sakamoto himself, detailing in brief the history of the game's development:
And just for fun, here's a link to the Metroid Dread page on the Metroid Wiki, detailing the rumors and reports from far in the past: https://metroid.fand...ead#Development
"Metroid project "Dread" is nearing the final stages of completion," indeed.