Splatoon 1 or 2?
Cause 2 could reach 12-13 million when it´s all said and done.
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If Metroid Prime 4 doesn’t do well do you expect the series to go into deep sleep like F-Zero?
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Cause 2 could reach 12-13 million when it´s all said and done.
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Saving it for Switch Pro launch, along with Bayo 3 and BotW 2.
I mean, do they? Switch has a genuine shot of becoming the best-selling console of all time without a single entry in the biggest FPS franchise in history, and the general lack of FPSs on the platform hasn't been doing much to slow their stride in any appreciable way. Prime 4 in no way would do anything to move the needle on that trajectory.
Even if it bombs they will still try again at some point. There's a whole genre named after it, Metroid isn't going anywhere.
I don't think it's gonna hit that without some sort of multiplayer component
Hasn´t Retro been hiring people from Activision and Battlefield?
Prime 4 not hitting 5 million really wouldn't come down to the lack of a multiplayer component, as you have to get folks interested in playing the single player portion to begin with. They really need a completely different mindset for how they approach narratives in the series, since that's the thing driving a lot of folks away right now if they continue on with Samus being little more than an arm cannon and pitting her against yet another evil version of herself.
Yeah seriously, I haven't seen a Metroid since the prime trilogy came out on Wii U
It will do well
I can't think of any reason it won't be the most successful MP game unless it's a flat out bad game
I can't think of any reason it won't be the most successful MP game unless it's a flat out bad game
Hell, 9 million isn't that far off from what the entire series has sold up until now.
I'm hoping somebody at Nintendo plays Returnal and it makes them reevaluate their whole 3D Metroid approach, tbh.
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Nah, there's still a nonzero chance Mercury Steam is working on another Metroid game as we speak and Metroid as an IP is a lot more flexible and adaptable than a one-trick pony like F-Zero. Generally I think people overestimate the importance of sales history and underestimate the importance of just having strong concepts
If so it's a LOT of money left on the table. I still think it's coming this year in Q3 in order to reintroduce the series to new fans.
But yeah if Prime 4 bombs it's the end of 3D Metroid because it's probably going to be the third most expensive Nintendo game ever made behind the two BotW games.
we should have learned from Tropical Freeze that doesn't mean much. before its reveal, we learned retro hired folks from Naughty Dog and Virgil games
yea, Tanabe has been pushing to grow the world of Metroid, which I feel it needs.
NST on Hunters mode, Next Level on co-op, and Retro on single player. a dream metroid game
Retro Studios making a Metroid Prime game in 2021+ on modern hardware with no impetus to design the mechanics and game world with a substantial casual gaming audience in mind
That shits gonna drop, score high ratings, and sell like no other Metroid game before it on Switch. Or more accurately, like the three before it combined. I ain't worried
That shits gonna drop, score high ratings, and sell like no other Metroid game before it on Switch. Or more accurately, like the three before it combined. I ain't worried
It's true and you should say it.
I don't want these games just to be about silently exploring caves by my lonesome anymore. Super Metroid and Metroid Prime are Very Good, but A. they're just two games and B. they're already the perfection expression of that particular kind of Metroid experience. We don't need a repeat.
I've pretty much accepted that this is the new metroid. It's at least Sony's version of the game.
I just want more Metroid and F-Zero games. Put dating sim stuff in it if you have to. Whatever it takes.
IDK man, highly rated first party games on Switch have been doing absurdly well in general IIRC, and even if Metroid isn't traditionally a high seller... It'll be a (presumably) critically acclaimed game on Switch, a 60fps shooter with dope visuals, unique asthetic, with Nintendo brand power behind it... I mean I know I'm getting ahead of myself but I think MP4 might have the potential to redefine Metroid's sales expectations moving forward
I could see it doing about as well as Luigis Mansion 3 and I know that's lot but a man can dream
Returnal is giving you Metroid vibes? I should prolly check it out
I think it's got the potential to be the best selling Metroid game ever. Not only it'll get a "switch boost", it'll also be the first time since the original Prime that the game will put the focus back on being a game and not have to chase the Halo or Wii crowds.
If Retro and Nintendo play their cards right, this could even be Metroid's BotW.
But I sure hope they release some sort of trailer sooner or later.
If Retro and Nintendo play their cards right, this could even be Metroid's BotW.
But I sure hope they release some sort of trailer sooner or later.
Same. It almost feels like this was a Metroid pitch before it became what it is, because it's so damn Metroid once you strip away the roguelike elements.
It IS Metroid with a randomizer. Once you play it you can easily imagine cutting and pasting Samus, her powerups, the Space Pirates, Chozos, and other Zebes shit into the game.
Probably the end of Prime. I could see them moving towards a more traditional FPS game to try to bring Metroid back.
Otherwise I can see them doing smaller 2D titles.
Otherwise I can see them doing smaller 2D titles.
F-Zero had 6 games total, with 3 being on the GBA. Metroid has had 14 games, not counting Prime 4, with two of those games being remakes, and the last one literally just a few years ago. F-Zero hasn't had a new game in close to two decades.
Not even remotely the same. Especially when Metroid Prime 4 is a huge budget game and has been in development for years. We wouldn't consider F-Zero asleep if it had a game like MP4 being made.
If rumors are to be believed there are multiple Metroids in development, both prime 4 and and a new 2d entry plus the heavily rumored Prime Trilogy switch version. F zero never had that much support going on at once every
I'd certainly put it closer to the lower end, but I think it'll do well if they market it well enough, and it's as good as the other Prime games.
If they're only expecting it to do like 500k to 2 million again, I'm not really sure why they're putting so much into it over so long. At that point why not just port Trilogy and then make a DKC with K.Rool back in?
Nintendo seems to like covering the majority of game genres from their first party it seems so they don't need to rely on third parties, compared to Sony and Microsoft first party's I think Nintendo does cover the most genres
If there's one they haven't yet I'm sure in time they will either have a new IP or Mario and characters with that genre title
You're right that they don't need to, but seeing their choices I can see they want to keep Metroid just to cover the shooter side
I imagine even if it bombs we'll get another one eventually. Metroid is pretty easy to try new things with and is really unique in their wheelhouse. F-Zero likely died because it didn't sell well enough to justify having both it and Mario Kart. I'd say the same thing happened with Advance Wars v Fire Emblem but I think Wars might have died before Awakening hit it big.
On Metroid: There is a proven market and proven demand for a sprawling singleplayer sci-fi action/adventure game. I suspect Nintendo will continue to try and make Metroid games at least once per generation. The (presumed) success of Starfield stands to re-ignite interest in this genre in a way that will interest Nintendo.
On F-Zero: Racing games are dead. Sci-fi racing games are deader than dead. There's no point in trying to make new titles in this series. Maybe it could work if they made it very casual-friendly like Mario Kart......but why make a sci-fi Mario Kart when you already are publishing normal Mario Kart?
Given how different the two franchises are in terms of marketability, I don't think Metroid will ever die out in the same way that F-Zero has.
On F-Zero: Racing games are dead. Sci-fi racing games are deader than dead. There's no point in trying to make new titles in this series. Maybe it could work if they made it very casual-friendly like Mario Kart......but why make a sci-fi Mario Kart when you already are publishing normal Mario Kart?
Given how different the two franchises are in terms of marketability, I don't think Metroid will ever die out in the same way that F-Zero has.
It could be, however it has an adventage over series like F-Zero:
F-Zero has nobody inside Nintendo championing it and nobody outside Nintendo pitches anything for it, with Metroid that doesn't happen.
F-Zero has nobody inside Nintendo championing it and nobody outside Nintendo pitches anything for it, with Metroid that doesn't happen.
It's a weird hypothetical that's kind of hard to imagine. If the game truly bombs - e.g. 1-2 million sold after all these years of development, that'd be pretty awful
1. The investment into Retro Studios would be over, or at least they wouldn't be able to function with any level of autonomy. We're already at 6-7 years without a new release, and several more years to go.
2. Metroid games might still be developed because the IP is pretty unique among Nintendo titles, but we may just see 'safe', less ambitious 2D releases for a while.
That said, I just don't think there's a real chance of the above. I cannot see them cancelling the first version, pushing it to Retro, and still putting out a bad game.
1. The investment into Retro Studios would be over, or at least they wouldn't be able to function with any level of autonomy. We're already at 6-7 years without a new release, and several more years to go.
2. Metroid games might still be developed because the IP is pretty unique among Nintendo titles, but we may just see 'safe', less ambitious 2D releases for a while.
That said, I just don't think there's a real chance of the above. I cannot see them cancelling the first version, pushing it to Retro, and still putting out a bad game.
