Nintendo's share price takes a -4% hit after MP4's announcement.

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AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Darwinianevolution said:

If this is true, investers once again don't know what they're doing. Since when has Metroid been a strong seller, much less a Smash level hit?

People mention that Metroid isn't a software seller a lot, but surely when compared to most 2-4 million sellers from Nintendo it probably sells a lot more hardware, right? Like .. I would find it a little odd if Kirby and Yoshi sell as much hardware as Metroid does. Kirby might beat Metroid in Japan but still.

Best Selling Mario: Super Mario Bros. (NES) ---- 40m

Best Selling Pokemon: Red/ Blue (GB) ---- 31m

Best Selling Smash: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) --- 12.91m

Best Selling Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NS + WiiU) --- 11m

Best Selling DK: Donkey Kong Country (SNES) ---- 9.30m

Best Selling Kirby: Kirby's Dream Land (GB) ---- 5.13m

Best Selling Yoshi: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES) ---- 4.12m

Best Selling Starfox: Star Fox 60 (N64) ----  4m

Best Selling F-Zero: F-Zero (SNES) ---- 2.85m

 

Best Selling Metroid: Metroid Prime (GC) ---- 2.82m

Best Selling Fire Emblem: Fire Emblem Awakening (3DS) ---- 2.1m

 

Looking at this numbers it's pretty clear the Metroid series is not the biggest by a wide margin. Hell, considering how much time and efford Metroid games can take to develop, Fire Emblem games are still probably more profitable, so they would have the priority for Nintendo.