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Walmart cuts $10 from Metroid Ravenous physical preorder ahead of January launch

9/16/2026

Walmart is selling physical preorder copies of Metroid Ravenous, Nintendo's upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 side-scroller and the franchise's first 2D entry since Metroid Dread in 2021, at $59.88, down from the $69.99 standard retail price.

The discounted price puts the physical edition at roughly the same level as the digital version. The game launches January 28th, 2027.

The offer has no stated end date, and Walmart preorder prices have been known to fluctuate before a title ships. Nintendo first showed Ravenous at its September 2026 Direct.

The reveal trailer was frantic in tempo, cutting between cinematic sequences and gameplay of protagonist Samus Aran dashing and rolling across a variety of environments, engaging enemies and bosses in battle.

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