A Metroid game might actually make great use of the gamepad (although I'd prefer to retain the wiimote controls) and WiiU's HD graphics.

Otherwise, it wouldn't change anything.

Everyone knows Zelda is the first party IP they need on the Wii U. A Metroid reboot that isn't horrible *cough* Other M *cough* will be a great filler-title, but it won't sell that much hardware.

It is perplexing, though, that Nintendo would market the Wii U toward hardcore gamers, and then deliver Mario and Smash Bros. There's nothing wrong with these games, of course, but they don't particularly appeal to hardcore gamers, either. Among Nintendo's IP, only Zelda and Metroid have a "hardcore" fanbase niche, but Metroid is much weaker than Zelda, particularly in Japan.

All in all, Nintendo just needs some time to think about what they want to do with Metroid after Other M, and with a 10-year console cycle they've got plenty.

Some editors simply don´t know what they´re talking about.
While Metroid games on GC and Wii were great, any of them surpassed the sales of Mario, Mario Kart, Wii Fit and/or Donkey Kong Country Returns. Nintendo right now needs games that have the potential to sell millions. Metroid would please older fans but won´t drive sales.

We can rest about that, because in the future they´ll surely launch a new Metroid and probably a new Star Fox. As for F-zero we can´t be sure, because the only F-zero game that sold well was the first one back in 1990.

Actually. Disregard my last comment saying no. Even though Metroid and Kirby sell the least of all Nintendo properties they probably push more systems than a Mario game would. As I've said before, Mario games don't really sell consoles. People buy them because they're on the system.

Metroid, Kirby, and Zelda titles rarely come along and while not selling a lot, these games are actually system sellers. These games would push fans of the series to atleast buy the console. Even if they don't sell much, they get those die hard fans to buy the games. That gets more consoles which gets Mario to make more random sales here and there.

Do you honestly think that if the Wii U released with a Metroid game instead of New Super Mario Bros. U, it would have had better sales?

You are kidding right? 

A game from a series that sells about 2 Million on a good day isn't going to push more systems than a game that sells 6 Million on a bad day. It just isn't happening. I don't believe in the term "system seller" as no single game ever really sells a crap load of systems. That is why when people say NSMBU failed to push systems like NSMBW I don't know what to say...games sell systems together. It takes a combination of games. Of course, a 10 Million seller is going to sway more people than a 2 Million will.

The Baby isn't!

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But don't you want it to officially become another Casual Nintendo Franchise?

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BRB, gotta make a pitch to a porn studio and become an overnight billionaire.

GameInformer is dominated by Metroid fans (the editor-in-chief is a huge one), so no surprise. Ben Reeves, the writer of this article, is one of them.

Maybe.  I know there are a lot of Metroid fans who would have bought the Wii U just for a new Metroid game.  

How about this, I'll wait until Super Mario 3D World is released.  If the Wii U sells a lot more once that's released, I'll agree that Mario sells systems and NSMBU didn't sell more systems because it was the only title at the time that people wanted.  If it's just a small sales spike and SM3DW sales are high, I'll continue to think that people just buy Mario games because they're on the system and they already have it. 

Metroid has never been a system seller.

HOWEVER,

If they made a great solo-experience (building from Super Metroid) as required for said series and then add a FPS style multiplayer with big maps, holes to roll through, various limited upgrades, 24v24 (as min) sized battles and all the many player options that are seen in other shooters... it could be a new hit.

Playable characters as various samus types, other bounty hunters with similar skills, space pirates with special flying capabilities to offset no ball usage, etc... I think it would be awesome.