Nintendo Can Solve All Its Wii U Problems With Metroid

[MTZehvor]

Cold-Flipper said:

MTZehvor said:

Other M got 1.25 million and it was considered a failure in sales. A new Metroid, especially one with the tagline of "HD" and one that doesn't get bashed in reviews for a horrible story, would likely sell at least 2 million.

That depends on how much the Wii U sells and how big the install base is when Metroid U releases. I wouldn't say that it selling at least 2 Million is "likely". Nintendo fans and the Internet try to hype up Metroid but it really is near if not at the bottom of the Nintendo food-chain.

A new Metroid certainly won't be released until late 2015 at the earliest now, which would give the Wii U two and a half more years to have its install base grow (with titles like Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros, Mario 3D World Super, and Zelda to boost the size of the Wii U community). Combine that with HD graphics and the fact that the Wii U will hopefully be far more "hardcore" friendly than the Wii was (on which Metroid Prime 3 sold 1.7 million), and the fact that Metroid games typically do better after a hiatus of sorts, and 2 million is well within reach, if not the bare minimum. 

And Metroid is nowhere near the bottom of the Nintendo food chain. Certainly, titles such as Pokemon, Mario/Nintendo's plethora of 2D platformers, and Zelda all outsell it, but it's still far ahead of the majority of Nintendo IPs (Fire Emblem, Kid Icarus, Wario, Pikmin, recent Star Fox titles, F-Zero, Earthbound, etc.).