Metroid: Other M sales predictions thread

[jarrod]

darthdevidem01 said:

jarrod said:

mhsillen said:

I hope Nintendo suits really understand why MoM sales are way below expectations 

A lot of fans hate the direction Samus and Metriod are going. I hope they don't live in a bubble like Washington politicians.

If Reggie's comments are anything to go by, they got the message.  They did the same with Zelda previously (TWW to TP), so I bet Sakamoto's next Metroid will be very much a more traditional throwback design and narrative wise.

But The Wind Waker was loved critically and most fans loved it.

TWW was pretty split critically, though it did get high-ish scores.  It's pretty divisive among the fanbase too, unlike OOT or even TP comparably, and it was a definite sales disappointment.  

A lot of that was attributed to it's aesthetic (which I loved personally) and it's ocean faring overworld design (which I hated), so it's no surprise both things were dropped for the next Zelda.  I think we'll see the same for the next Metroid (ie: less intrusive voice/CG/cutscenes, more open world design/progression on an actual planet, etc).