What do you think Nintendo's 2018 killer app will be?

[Ariakon]

Soundwave said:

Ariakon said:

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. 

I get where you're coming from and you may be right, but that core-centric userbase is why I think Switch owners will be much more receptive to Metroid than Wii owners were.