I like Zhuge a lot and he provides great data, but this is hardly threadworthy. It's just the opinion of a random person. We don't create threads for when others make statements based on potential successes or failure.

Paper Mario is the opposite problem. It keeps selling 1-2 million+ steadily regardless of how they change it. So they view that as positive reinforcement that it's okay to do this non-RPG crap with no story and no unique characters or partners or incentive to battle and gain experience/level up. I kind of WISH Sticker Star had flopped, so maybe they'd reevaluate Miyamoto's meddling advice to keep it in the Mushroom Kingdom where only Toads can be your friend. 

Controls for SF64 where perfect.

SFZ flopped because of it's controls, it's okay if you liked them, but the game would have sold way more if it had traditional controls.

They won't axe it, but they'll put it on the backburner like F-Zero, Metroid and Advance Wars and think to themselves "We're Nintendo, the greatest game developer of all time, I guess it didn't sell because no one wants it".

I hope not, since I would really like to see another Star Fox game. But Zero just isn't a good game. Hopefully Nintendo understands that it isn't that people don't want a Star Fox game. They just don't want a half assed Star Fox game.

It's just nostalgia talking. SFZ refined the controls, playing SF64 again make me realized how it is limited the aim locked in the flight direction. People are just too stubborn to realize this. Giroaiming is the natural evolution for the franchise: precise and fast. The game evolved around this. How you would shoot a drone in SFZ with SF64 controls? Flying sky high then noise diving in the target direction? I could go on and show more examples, but I don't feel like doing a long post.

So about the sales, let me start with this:

is on rail shooter popular nowadays?

When was released the last the SF game? Did it pass 1M sales?

How about the Wii U? the console that is in the end of its days, that will reach not even 15M?

A SFZ with traditional controls would even make a difference?

The end of the STAR FOX series? No.

But this game selling less-than-stellar should send the message to Ninetndo that STAR FOX games should be made with traditional controls, not forced controls.

They should have had insomnia games make Starfox Zero, cause it still didn't come out impressive, and still didn't look like a complete game. Didn't even look like the finished development on it.

Oh god! Can you all please be less obvious? I get it, You don't want to try this game, you hope this game fails to send a stupid message, because you don't like motion controls.

Is there any actual Star Fox fan here? Or it is just the motion control hating band wagon?

Fuck it, I'm out

i'd like to play it since star 64 was so fun but im not paying 80 bucks for it. I'll buy it on discount used on kjijijiji