Have you heard of Metroid before?

[JRPGfan]

KLXVER said:

Jumpin said:

You might be unfamiliar with how low the sales numbers of Metroid games are compared to Nintendo's other franchises. Only two Metroid games have ever sold above 2 million, and none have sold above 3 million.Nintendo has had 36 games that have sold above 10 million, 80 games that have sold above 5 million, and 143 games that have sold above the highest selling Metroid game.

http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=&publisher=1167&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200

Its still not a small franchise. It has sold over 17 million...

Still look how many of those 17 million where in the US.

Metroid and Kirby are basically dead outsides the USA.