| Soundwave said: Yeah I'm not really sure if Metroid is ever gonna be a big thing, there's late blooming and then there's blooming in your 60s/70s, Metroid is a very old franchise by now. It kinda is what it is, the truth is I think the type of gameplay it has (solitary, low action, exploration based) just doesn't really lend itself to a big audience. Even the film franchise its inspired by (Alien) has always been a box office light weight compared to something like Star Wars, which is more of a crowd pleaser. |
Well the operative comparison was Metroid to Fire Emblem. Fire Emblem certainly isn't the Star Wars of the video game world.
Great buzz + great game basically doubled the Fire Emblem audience.
Great buzz + great game has Breath of the Wild gunning for the top spot in the Zelda franchise.
I could see something like this happening with Metroid. It'll never be Mario or Zelda, but it could outperform expectations.
