One Year Later, Metroid Samus Returns Still Not Sold Over 500k

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TruckOSaurus said:
Metroid has always been given more importance on forums than it actually has. The games are fantastic (well except Other M) but for some reason it doesn't appeal to that many gamers. Yet the series is often mentioned along side Zelda and Mario as Nintendo's top three franchises when in reality it's topped sales-wise by most of Nintendo's IPs.

So expecting over a million copies sold for a remake released on the dying 3DS was setting the bar really high.

Yup this line right here. Dying platform that people have moved on from, wasn't the way to go and had less of a chance to succeed