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I hate to say it but if this game doesn't sell well, and Metroid Prime 4 also doesn't sell well, I don't see any reason for Nintendo not to drop the franchise. I can't blame them anymore if that happened. The last few games all had pretty convenient excuses to sell poorly - and the fact that the series saw it's boom during the GBA/Gamecube era where Nintendo was putting the most effort into it, rather than the Wii/DS era where Nintendo was at their most popular (prior to the Switch), seemed to indicate some level of innovation and care that made Metroid more popular back then.

But there's literally no excuse now. Up till now I haven't even agreed with the "Metroid fans are lucky to have Nintendo because Nintendo treats Metroid a lot better than any other publisher would" argument (just such a ridiculous hypothetical that even if entertained I could poke a ton of holes in it). If the franchise dies on Switch though, so be it. It would be deserved with low sales of these two games.