Metroid

I think they're giving it about as much marketing as they plan to right now.

Nintendo doesn't actually handle Pokemon's marketing. TPCi is doing that by themselves.

So now that Zero Mission is on the eshop I finally have access to every Metroid game. Took them long enough.

How Samus communicates.

Also Star Wars.

Again: Why is it so easy to make Samus adorable.

*Distressed squawks*

edited 18th Jan '16 6:56:52 AM by ultimatepheer

oh no

oh noooooooooo

So many people on sites like Reddit feel that the series is basically dead right now, or that Nintendo doesn't care about the series. Their reasoning being that Federation Force is most likely not gonna do well in terms of sales, which will only convince the people at Nintendo that the gaming audience doesn't want another Metroid game, regardless of the actual thoughts of the fanbase.

Do you think they've given up on the series?

I really hope not but I can't ignore the possibility.

I don't see the point in doomsaying to be honest.

You'll earn brownie points from VICTOR VON

I'm sorry, but do you do anything on this site EXCEPT come into threads to doomsay?

Seriously, we've been through this before. No one gives a rat's ass what "people on sites like Reddit" think.

If you have to ask, you know the answer.

I fully expect Federation Force to be the last Metroid game we see in a while.

Nintendo truly doesn't seem like it has ever had a firm grasp on what to do with the franchise, given the only systems with more than one game are the Gamecube and Wii.

Of which, 3 of the 4 of those were made by an american company. And were a More Popular Spin Off.

What about the Gameboy Advance? It had Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Zero Mission.

DS had Hunters and Pinball as well.

I think two years after Federation Force is a reasonable amount of time to declare things like "series dead" or "Nintendo doesn't care anymore". They're making a game, if they don't act for two years afterwards, then we can consider it dormant.

I wouldn't say Metroid's dead, though part of the problem with it is that its story is kind of complete. Samus has already defeated Mother Brain, the Metroids, and the Space Pirates, there really isn't anywhere else to go.

Having said that, I'm sure they can come up with new ideas.

Super still killed the series harder than Other M.

I'm fairly confident a proper Metroid is in development. Otherwise it seems odd that they would resurrect the series with a spin-off without it ultimately being some sort of tease for the next game.

Fusion ended with Samus as an outlaw and on the run from the Galactic Federation. The Space Pirates still exist and are still a threat. They could easily come up with a new evil for Samus to fight. They can even go back and give Samus a right and proper backstory somehow. There are a lot of options for this series.

I do suspect that IAT is correct in that Nintendo isn't really sure what to do with the franchise at the moment.

I mean, remove the context of Metroid being an iconic franchise and just think about the premise of the game: It's about an Alien-inspired adventure/shooter hybrid about a mercenary with a Dark and Troubled Past in space who explores decimated civilizations in a rather System Shock-like manner. On paper it doesn't sound like something Nintendo would make.

Oh, really? I thought they were extinct. That's good to hear.

As for Federation Force, I'm actually pretty optimistic. Though I'm not really a fan of its art style.

edited 16th Feb '16 8:44:41 PM by Protagonist506

Super didn't quite kill the franchise, but 2... Quite hardcore to drive the titular species to extinction in the second game...

Prime was set between 1 and 2, and that is the golden spot of the Metroid universe. Samus has went through Zebes, but the Metroids are alive, the Space Pirates remain operational, Ridley remains operational... You can mix old and new things in that environment.

And, sometimes, the narrative can hinder a good game, or make a bad one worse.

I don't know what IAT can mean but me and the revelation that Nintendo doesn't know what to do with Metroid would not surprise me, but it was ultimatepheer who pushed that opinion, not me. The point I had tried to make was that I figured Nintendo may have gotten discouraged with the series after no game after Prime sold as well as it and I've been intimately corrected for suggesting that already.

Why are some folks here arguing that Super Metroid of all games killed the series??? Super is, like, far from being a Franchise Killer!

Time between Super and Fusion/Prime: 8 years.

Time between Other M and Fed Force: 6 years.

People argue that OM killed the series because we haven't gotten a new game since. By that logic Super killed the series harder, even though that's obviously ridiculous. Thus, OM did not kill the franchise. Just lowered the quality bar to a difficult limbo competition.