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postofficebuddy said:

 and the series was never big in Japan to begin with

Not true, the original Metroid on FDS was a million seller and even Super Metroid sold over 600k.  The problem with Metroid in Japan is that it took a decade off, then came back as a western developed FPS.  Other M is (partially) a response to that, though at this point I think the damage may just be done.