next Metroid developer

[foxtail]

Khuutra said:

foxtail said:

Team Ninja should give it another go and sooner than later.  Just try to address what the major complaints were with with Other M and make changes where needed.   Remember the Gold standard Metroid game is not Fusion or even Prime, it's Super Metroid.

In terms of sales that isn't true. The gold standard is Prime - discounting that, the gold standard is the original Metroid.

And yes, sales are a valid metric here - Nintendo has said they want it to sell better, after all.

When I used the gold standard phrase I was thinking more in terms of it's common use, as in "an overall model of excellence in the Metroid series" and not just sales.  But when talking about sales you should also remember that Nintendo cares about how the well the games sell in Japan and Super Meroid is the only game where Japan > North America (the original Metroid came close to even too).  That said, I do enjoy the Prime series and have no doubt that Retro will revisit the series in the future but that shouldn't stop Nintendo from letting Team Ninja refine and evolve the Other M formula.