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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - One Year Later, Metroid Samus Returns Still Not Sold Over 500k

 

Played Samus Returns?

Yes 45 46.88%
 
Nope 51 53.13%
 
Total:96
Kai_Mao on 01 October 2018
Pemalite said:
RolStoppable said:

Both groups are wrong because they are missing the most crucial point: Samus Returns isn't a good Metroid game, let alone a great one.

That's your opinion anyway.

RaptorChrist said:
So weird because I love my 3DS, and it doesn't really feel that old to me. Or at least it most certainly didn't last March when people began telling Nintendo to move on.

I still have a few big 3DS games that I need to play through.

I just don't seem to be able to bring myself to be able to play mine, mostly because of the low resolution screens.
Mostly just got the 3DS for the Nintendo 64 ports and sold off my Nintendo 64.

Jumpin said:

I’m still awaiting the Switch port. I liked the original Metroid 2 back in the day. I’m one of the weird ones who enjoyed the first two Metroids, but not the later ones.

That said: Metroid Prime 4 - I have no plans to get that one, not unless someone like Monolithsoft does the game and transforms it into more of an RPG instead of an FPS dungeon crawler.

I enjoyed AM2R on the PC.
But Super Metroid has a soft spot for me.

I wouldn't mind both games getting an "Enhanced" port over to the Switch.

If you think Nintendo will suddenly changed their mind about fans using their IPs to release fan games like AM2R on their system, then recheck that.

In regards to getting "enhanced" ports over to Switch, who knows. Monster Hunter Ultimate Generations proved that it can work, but I don't know if Nintendo is willing to do that. Sure, Sushi Striker and Captain Toad also got Switch/3DS ports, but Captain Toad already originated as a Wii U game so porting it over to Switch couldn't have been that extensive of work even with the new Odyssey levels and Sushi Striker does not really use the usual type of gaming graphics that we usually associate games with.

It probably won't take that long to transport and create "HD" assets for Metroid Samus Returns, but will it be worth the cost of production, even if it does not cost too much? It's up to the higher ups at Nintendo, the R&D guys, and Sakamoto.



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Paperboy_J on 01 October 2018

This is pretty sad, I mean after all that negative backlash Nintendo received for Federation Force?? They finally give fans what they've been begging for, and they still don't buy.

And all because... "I don't use that system anymore."

 

LOL, no wonder Nintendo doesn't make a lot of Metroid games.  If you're that easily put off, maybe you're not the fan you claim to be.

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curl-6 on 01 October 2018
Paperboy_J said:

This is pretty sad, I mean after all that negative backlash Nintendo received for Federation Force?? They finally give fans what they've been begging for, and they still don't buy.

Fans weren't begging for a 3DS Metroid.

GoOnKid said:

 If you are a fan of Metroid and have a 3DS laying around somewhere, you have no excuse not to buy it.

I have an interest in the series and I own a 3DS.

But buying SR would've been voting with my wallet in support of Nintendo gimping such games by putting them on 3DS instead of Switch, something I refuse to endorse.



zorg1000 on 01 October 2018
Paperboy_J said:

This is pretty sad, I mean after all that negative backlash Nintendo received for Federation Force?? They finally give fans what they've been begging for, and they still don't buy.

And all because... "I don't use that system anymore."

 

LOL, no wonder Nintendo doesn't make a lot of Metroid games.  If you're that easily put off, maybe you're not the fan you claim to be.

It's not that I no longer used my 3DS, its that I no longer owned a 3DS.

When Switch pre-orders went up there was nothing announced for 3DS that i was interested in and Gamestop was giving an extra $50 if you traded a 3DS in for Switch so I went with that deal.

A few months later they announced Samus Returns but it was too late, I no longer owned the system it was released on. If it released anytime from 2011-2016 I would have bought it day 1 or even if they announced it before I traded my 3DS i would have kept it a bit longer.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

GoOnKid on 01 October 2018
RolStoppable said:
GoOnKid said:

Ths thread is a classic example of two groups talking not with each other, but next to each other - and both are right.

Group A says the Metroid fanbase should have been buying it by pointing to any individual customer. If you are a fan of Metroid and have a 3DS laying around somewhere, you have no excuse not to buy it.

Group B talks about the entire customer base as a whole, which has indeed walked away from the 3DS to some extent.

Both groups are wrong because they are missing the most crucial point: Samus Returns isn't a good Metroid game, let alone a great one.

Wel, at least it's better than it's source material.

curl-6 said:
Paperboy_J said:

This is pretty sad, I mean after all that negative backlash Nintendo received for Federation Force?? They finally give fans what they've been begging for, and they still don't buy.

Fans weren't begging for a 3DS Metroid.

GoOnKid said:

 If you are a fan of Metroid and have a 3DS laying around somewhere, you have no excuse not to buy it.

I have an interest in the series and I own a 3DS.

But buying SR would've been voting with my wallet in support of Nintendo gimping such games by putting them on 3DS instead of Switch, something I refuse to endorse.

Help me out on this one. I thought SR was announced at a Tree House and they also announced MP4 just the next day or even the same day. So there is no downside in buying SR as Nintendo had already been settled to make a game for the Switch. I don't understand you.



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curl-6 on 01 October 2018
GoOnKid said:
RolStoppable said:

Both groups are wrong because they are missing the most crucial point: Samus Returns isn't a good Metroid game, let alone a great one.

Wel, at least it's better than it's source material.

curl-6 said:

Fans weren't begging for a 3DS Metroid.

I have an interest in the series and I own a 3DS.

But buying SR would've been voting with my wallet in support of Nintendo gimping such games by putting them on 3DS instead of Switch, something I refuse to endorse.

Help me out on this one. I thought SR was announced at a Tree House and they also announced MP4 just the next day or even the same day. So there is no downside in buying SR as Nintendo had already been settled to make a game for the Switch. I don't understand you.

I didn't want to give Nintendo any money for 3DS games as I didn't want to encourage them gimping future games (not just Metroid) by putting them on 3DS instead of Switch.



GoOnKid on 01 October 2018
curl-6 said:
GoOnKid said:

Wel, at least it's better than it's source material.

Help me out on this one. I thought SR was announced at a Tree House and they also announced MP4 just the next day or even the same day. So there is no downside in buying SR as Nintendo had already been settled to make a game for the Switch. I don't understand you.

I didn't want to give Nintendo any money for 3DS games as I didn't want to encourage them gimping future games (not just Metroid) by putting them on 3DS instead of Switch.

So you have an issue with the system and not with the game. Ok, that helps.



ARamdomGamer on 01 October 2018

Now I want another Metroid on 3DS.



superchunk on 02 October 2018

Metroid should be on the primary home console. I would have bought it on WiiU or Switch. Its launch date should have put it on Switch. Hopefully it can be tweaked to be a digital game for switch for minimal effort around the time MP4 launches.



theRepublic on 02 October 2018

For context, here are the sales of 3DS games in 2017 according to NPD:

Nintendo 3DS

  1. Pokemon: Ultra Sun
  2. Pokemon: Ultra Moon
  3. Pokemon: Sun
  4. Pokemon: Moon
  5. Super Mario Maker
  6. Metroid: Samus Returns
  7. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia
  8. Super Smash Bros.
  9. Mario Kart 7
  10. Poochy and Yoshi's Wolly World
Considering it was only beat by Pokemon and Super Mario Maker, that is pretty good.


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