Look at the sales of metroid. Nintendo had excellent sales for Zelda and mario this generation, but none for metroid. It needs to expand its audience. Just look.
| 1 |
|
1.98 |
0.12 |
0.73 |
2.83 |
| 2 |
|
1.35 |
1.04 |
0.34 |
2.73 |
| 3 |
|
0.86 |
0.56 |
0.34 |
1.76 |
| 4 |
|
0.89 |
0.07 |
0.60 |
1.56 |
| 5 |
|
1.08 |
0.18 |
0.29 |
1.55 |
| 6 |
|
0.58 |
0.71 |
0.13 |
1.42 |
| 7 |
|
0.84 |
0.07 |
0.38 |
1.29 |
| 8 |
|
0.58 |
0.11 |
0.00 |
0.69 |
| 9 |
|
0.41 |
0.00 |
0.11 |
0.52 |
| 10 |
|
0.21 |
0.02 |
0.00 |
0.23 |
| 11 |
|
0.00 |
0.07 |
0.00 |
0.07 |
If Other M fails, Samus could be shelved for a while - maybe a gen - or go handheld only. It went with more action and linearity for a reason. The scanning and backtracking in the last metroid felt like too much work - at least for me. It needs to sell. This game seems more open, straight forward, then the last. I think it has a good chance of having succes it. Two million would be really nice.
For any butthurt hoping the game will fail, be wary... it might be a long time before you see Samus again.
