The Official Metroid Other M Thread

[LordTheNightKnight]

Khuutra said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

Mr Khan said:

The question then would be *what,* though, as I would like to cover all ground to make sure it doesn't slide into a "Malstrom Was Right" hate-fest of some sort.

This definitely wouldn't be the first time that a second installation of a franchise has under-performed on Wii, though it may be the first time its happened to Nintendo (maybe. Galaxy 2 might, but at the levels its pulling its not as significant). Similar factors may play in here that crippled No More Heroes 2, for instance.

Malstrom wouldn't be right about hating the game. It would be he was right in this not being the kind of Metroid game people like, no matter how good or bad it is.

That is exactly to what Mr Khan is referring, which is why I posited it's just nto as good as people wanted it to be (for whatever reason each person has)

This is what happens when someone forgets that people have a certain image of a product, and that you can't just radically change it. You can make minor changes as an option (which Cherry Coke is a success and New Coke wasn't), but expecting the customer to just think of your product in any way you present it is foolish.

So Sakamoto had a vision of Metroid, but didn't really see if it was the vision the audience shared (especially since he seems to be ignoring Prime).