i hope so, but........

not another prime, please. I want to see something similar to super metroid. 2D, Reggie!!!!!

I concur with people saying that it looks more like it will be the year of Yoshi. Two full games, Sonic Lost World dlc, and an almost-certain confirmation in Smash Bros are enough to convince me that's where the promotion will go. Still, I do want that Metroid pin on Reggie's suit to mean something. . .

I doubt Nintendo will declare a year of another character in the Mushroom Kingdom. I would imagine they will try to draw attention to other franchises. Let's be honest, anything with Yoshi in it is automatically going to sell. Kids love that little egg spitting monster, parents love him, all us old school gamers love him. They could release that game with no marketing and it would still sell well.

Metroid and Starfox aren't the same story. Looking at sales of those games, they aren't high like Mushroom kingdom based games. They are really great sales but not crazy great. It's been a while since  Metroid game came out (or one in that universe) so there is market igorance of that product. There is even greater market ignorance of Starfox (other than the 3d remake that came out like a year ago for 3ds). Declaring it the year of one of these two would bring more consumer attention (and therefore sales) to those products that especially need the attention.

It's not going to happen. Yoshi is getting his year, which I'm not super pumped for.

Super Metroid 2 for 3DS and Prime 4 Wii U would just be...choice.

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Metroid is REALLY overrated on this site.

I enjoy the 2d metroid games (the Prime games weren't exactly my cup of tea but I think that's because that type of game simply isn't my thing) but I don't obsess over any of the metroid games. I do agree with your statement though and I think it's because Metroid is the only Nintendo game that is consistently geared towards the so called "hardcore" gamers. Zelda often is too, but also often has a more kid friendly story/art style; whereas Metroid is always a violent, sometimes really scary game series. 

I hope so. I need my Metroid fix soon. But then I also need my star fox and fzero games asap!!

they should stop with all this "tis the year of ....." nonsense

just release a mix of new and existing IPs every year that cater to all crowds

They already hinted that 2014 would be the Year of Yoshi, with a new Yoshi's Island coming for 3DS, and Yarn Yoshi coming to Wii U. But hey, anything GOOD would be nice.