Metroid Retrospective

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robjoh said:

ItsaMii said:
Don`t get me wrong but I think Metroid is kinda like Chrono Trigger in sales and popularity. Those who played the games know that words are not enough to describe the rich experience these games provide. Even so the sales usually do not go over 2 million, and they are both lacking hypewise (I know, I made a new word).

Most of Metroid good press come from players word of mouth. It is a shame that the quality of the game is not reflected on the sales.

QFT

 The 'non accessability' factor is thus.

Okami falls into this category, lots of games are 'fantastic' games but don't get played because they are in-accessable or don't appeal to people for the right reasons.

 

Give Samus a gun with bullets, be more action based and have a linear straight line shoot everyone in this room, move onto next, rinse repeat and it will sell much more.  It's not high accessable.  

 

I'm hoping the Wii controls are good enough to extend that this time, I think they will be but we'll see when it comes out.  If the game is good legs then I'd say it's control based word of mouth.