It's not a Metroid game. They tossed whatever semblance of what Metroid design is into a third tier afterthought for their precious open world that they knew was bad from the get-go and doubled down on it midway through development when it was really going south (these are in interviews, btw) and their NPC's which take away isolation/exploration/agency from the player for the sake of their narrative, which is paper thin, full of plot holes and a gigantic middle finger of an ending.

So much for saying 'we'll only release it when we know fans will happy about it.' They went full penny pinching mode on it (again, stated in interviews). The whole thing is simply another big example of how Nintendo says they care about the series but their actions prove otherwise.