Will Metroid Other M be the Metroid to sell to mainstream gamers?

[Voltaire]

jarrod said:

Voltaire said:

jarrod said:
I think it's going to do substantially better than the recent Retroids for 2 reasons...

1) the Japanese will actually buy it
2) Nintendo will actually advertise it


...2m+ worldwide is a lock imo. Might even pass 3m depending on the quality of the game.

Japan never got into Super Metroid either though. Sure itll sell better because its sourced is Team Ninja, and it isnt in first person, but will it be a substancial difference? I doubt it.

Super Metroid sold over 600k in Japan, the same as Twilight Princess.  

Im sorry, im not sure what i was thinking. Super MEtroid sold just over 710k in JPN. Metroid Fusion, on the other hand, sold less than 13k. And that could be a more accurate representation of the sentiment on the Metroid series in Japan. Its much more recent after all. 

 http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=3781&region=All