Paul

To say that you aren't worried is a bit of click bait. You even admit that you are concerned about the significance of his and other companions roles beyond the preview. You recognize the importance of the dread from isolation in a Metroid game. We can even surmise that Nintendo does, too, with the relatively recent addition of the superb Metroid Dread to the franchise. We can only hope that the inclusion of all these extra characters will actually be part of a twist that sees them all effectively removed entirely (captured/killed) for most of the game as a means of reinforcing the isolationism.