Nintendo Developer Hints at Metroid Wii U

[Stefan.De.Machtige]

gumby_trucker said:

Stefan.De.Machtige said:

I loved other M. But face it the fundamentals aren't popular. I like them a lot too. But the bigger audience doesn't. Prime sold the most because people thaught it was a shooter - that's why the sequel to prime sold less then half of Prime's numbers. 

With other M, Nintendo tried to tone it down and make the game more straight forward in story as gameplay. And still the sales dropped...

Metroid is facing the worst what can happen to any form of entertainment. Irrelevance!

Since Other M failed in its clear goal off building up Metroid, Nintendo will have to go a another step further. Either 2D like roll said or total reboot...

I understand your legitimate concern with sales, but without all those extra elements Metroid is just another Sci-fi FPS...Meanwhile there are games like shadow complex which AFAIK are doing well in the marketplace. If that means Metroid should become a downloadable game in order to remain relevant, I'd prefer that to it turning into just another big name shooter.

In the end, Nintendo is about making money. Metroid, the brand, is still good - you can still build on it. It's just not selling.

Reboot/Rebranding is most likely the best outcome. Even a downloadable Metroid for a small audience still requires a decent set of resources. I don't see Nintendo putting that up for it. There are many Nintendo Ip's that sold less then Other M and were more of less forgotten.