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curl-6 on 06 May 2018
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Nautilus said:
curl-6 said:

We don't know how long MP4 was in production though, they could have only started it last year and it might not arrive til 2020. They might have known Switch was a hit by the time production began in earnest.

Uncharted 4 is another example, it didn't really change the formula drastically or alienate core fans, yet it smashed the sales ceiling for the franchise.

It didnt start last year, we all know it.It probably isnt in late development, but its not far from it.If I were to guess, it must have started development along with Samus Returns.Nintendo might have announced this early in an attempt to drum up hype for the Switch(remember that they still needed to solidify the console success), but they wouldnt pull a Square and announce a game with 6 months of production.No scratch that.It would probably be in pre production if that were the case.

And Uncharted was always a very successful franchise, since the start.Its simply doing better now because it is in a better selling console.And you know, it is better regarded than Metroid, for better or worse.Metroid on the other hand, never sold more than 2.5 million units, and that only happened once with the first Prime on Gamecube.

This MIGHT be Metroid big breakout, but lets not put the cart before the horses.Nintendo wont put a huge buckload of money behind it if its not a garanteed success as Mario, Zelda and Animal Crossing, to name a few examples.Hell, they didnt do it for XC 2, and that franchise is farring better than Metroid in recent years, so lets not expect too much.

I'm not expecting too much; like I said a few pages back, I expect that Nintendo will cheap out on this game and that as a result it fall far short of its potential. I am quite pessimistic about MP4's prospects on the whole.