fordy on 05 September 2016
It probably stems from the roots of the original game. Metroid was developed by Gunpei Yokoi's development team, unlike Mario and Zelda, developed by Shigeru Miyamoto's team. I'm not sure how the advertising for Metroid was like, but I seriously doubt that it was being pushed as much as Nintendo's larger two flagship titles. I mean, Mario and Zelda had cartoon shows! I'm also not sure if this was Nintendo sticking to safer bets with Miyamoto, or not.
That being said, it's a real shame that Super Metroid sold so little, despite it being a SNES masterpiece.
