John Cena, former WWE champion, is allegedly a huge fan of the Metroid franchise and asked Nintendo for a new 2D Metroid game in 2017.
As spotted by VGC, Giant Bomb’s Dan Ryckert, who formerly worked for World Wrestling Entertainment, claimed on Twitter that the wrestler turned actor repeatedly asked Nintendo reps for a new game in the Metroid franchise at a 2017 photo shoot promoting the upcoming release of the Nintendo Switch.
Ryckert wrote “During this photo shoot in 2017, Cena repeatedly told the Nintendo reps how much he wanted a new 2D Metroid.” Cena’s wish came true in 2021 when Nintendo released Metroid Dread, a game which was previously canceled sometime in the late 2000s.
