Why don't the japanese like metroid anymore?

[RPGJock]

I was found that Metroid and Mega Man had a similar platform path or at least what I remembered of them in the NES/SNES days. But one went 3d platform and the other "action adventure" shooter.

It will be interesting to see which direction they take Kid Icarus, another game of the genre. I don't think the "action adventure" doesn't work for audience of the old NES games and Japanese audience, so I would be surprise to see it go that route.