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Soundwave on 09 August 2017
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Ariakon said:
Soundwave said:

Metroid, as cool as it is, is grossly overblown on internet forums for its sales impact.

It's firmly on the lower rung on Nintendo's mid-tier franchises.

Fire Emblem and Luigi's Mansion are both bigger IP. Not freaking chance would Nintendo ever let Metroid be their "big" 2018 Switch title ... there will be at minimum 4-5 Nintendo games that have far larger market impact than a Metroid game.

As someone who views Metroid as my favorite Nintendo franchise, this is mostly true. I wouldn't say it's on the "lower" rung, but it is a mid-tier franchise when compared to Mario, Mario Kart, Zelda, Pokemon, or Smash Bros. (and Splatoon, at least in Japan). It will certainly sell much better than something such as Arms, but it isn't going to light up the charts like a nuclear bomb the way a new Pokemon will. 

I would even neccessarily be so sure of that. ARMS has already shipped 1.12 mill or so, Metroid Prime 2 didn't hit a million and Metroid Prime 3 only got to 1.3 million LTD and that was released when the Wii was absolutely red hot (fall 2007). Prime 4 probably tops off at about 1.5-2 mill LTD though it could be helped by the Switch have a more core-centric userbase.