in some ways i think you have a point. in other ways i think you just want to agitate nintendo fans.


maybe next gen, if the "fusion" thing is real, nintendo will have the resources to do it all.

I can see it skipping Wii U. It's a great franchise, but it's really not one of Nintendo's biggest in terms of sales.

Then again, Wii U owners are for a large part Nintendo faithfull who want this game, and I can see Nintendo wanting to cater to their fans

They have many more investments in building space and hiring potential. They also own outright more studios. Not only that, when you look at their monetary assets (yen in the bank) their growth has outpaced inflation. They are a larger company, and it only makes sense considering their massive growth in capital during the Wii and DS era. 

Big three was never about sales. It was about the top of the line quality titles that Nintendo fans should expect. Metroid (at that point) didn't really have any bad games in its series, much like Zelda and Mario. It might even come from the NES era when Zelda was the vast open world game, Mario the 1D game (can only go in one direction), and Metroid the vast 2D large world game with platforming, action, and adenture mechanics. Then in the SNES era the top Nintendo games were Zelda, Mario, and Metroid again. Arguably, Donkey Kong should be added as well, but the GC era didn't really get a real Donkey Kong game so when the term "big three" was coined Donkey Kong wasn't on the radar. But yeah, big three was never (at least solely) about sales. 

Yep!!! Especially with hardly any third party support. 

If nintendo released a metroid wiiU tomorrow, I would go out and buy a brand new wiiU today.

Instead, I spent money on ps4.

Got a ps4, infamous, last of us, first light, killzone, PT, evil within, nhl15, alien isolation, an extra controller, and the camera.

Nintendo simply can't keep up with my spending habits. Third parties are mostly to blame, but the first party lineup is a bit weak. The only two games so far that I NEED are mario kart and super smash. First game I NEEDED on ps4 was PT. A goddamn demo. A demo to me was more important than those two nintendo games. Ninty needs to step it up, because right now, they cannot satisfy my gaming....I hate to say it, but I think even wii had a better lineup.
LKS, endless ocean, galaxy 1 and 2, muramasa, even a substandard metroid is better than no metroid.

(oh, I also forgot about bayonetta 2. And I'm also pretty sure that metroid U is in the works.)

2016 is the 30th anniversary of Metroid... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdEFCzMNPa0

This is just my opinion, but dropping Metroid would help to further cement Nintendo's image as a 'kiddie' company. Don't get me wrong, I love Nintendo IP's, but lets face it, there aren't any mature IP's that Nintendo really has. Devil's Third looks like a turd, pun intended. Now yes, Metroid isn't super mature and gritty, but it appeals to an older audience like myself. Other than Metroid and the new Devil's Third, all thats left in the mature department is Zelda, which Nintendo seems to flip-flop on. The upcoming Zelda game is mostly a mystery, all we really know is that its big, and there will be a lot to do. We have no idea if we're going to get another light-hearted romp through the land of Hyrule, or if a darker and more mature theme will be the focus. Based off graphics, I'm leaning towards the former.

Starfox they can totally drop. It's time has passed for sure. The orginal Starfox was, pretty much, a tech demo for the super fx chip. Sure the gameplay was fun and engaging and Nintendo built a neat world and populated it with lovable characters, but how relevant can a 3D space shooter be almost 20 years after its debut. I don't know many people who are into flight sims, not to say that there aren't people who are, but the games don't really make money or move hardware.

As far as new IP's showing growth, I'm kind of confused as to which you're talking about. Bayonetta is a 2nd party game, owned by Platinum. Same with Wonderful 101. Baten Kaitos and Xenoblade belong to Monolith. Smash belongs to HAL. Hyrule Warriors is a co-project with Koei Tecmo. So I mean what's left when it comes to new IP's? Captian Toad and Splatoon? One isn't out yet and neither are mature.  I'm not counting the 3DS here seeing as the topic is about the Wii U.

I also believe its time for Miyamoto to move on, Iwata as well along with most of the old guard. They did their job and had their time. They did amazing things in their time and built some of the most memorable gaming experiences that there ever will be. Hell an arugument could be made that Miyamoto single handedly saved the console gaming industry with Mario.  But it is time for them to move along and get some new blood to shake things up a bit.

New IP's are definitely needed, but giving up on too many of the old ones can really hurt your core audience, which generally comprise your early adoptors. They in turn help spread the news and show off their shiny new toy to their buddies and the cycle goes on. All I'm saying is that dropping Metroid would make a lot of people unhappy and really hurt the already lacking divirsity of titles on the Wii U.

Nobody wants Retro doing Metroid anymore. They lost any right to do when they abandoned it. I hope EAD takes again the challenge.

Lol, there are only 3 good EAD studios (the 3D Mario, Mario Kart and Zelda studio), the rest is mediocre.

And there's no chance in hell that any of those will make a Metroid. Everyone wants to see Retro do another Metroid game.

Anyway, Fire Emblem, a game who's best selling game is only at 1.5 million, will get at least 3 games this generation (Fire Emblem: Awakening, Fire Emblem If, Fire Emblem x Shin Megami Tensei). Pikmin got a new game even though the max sales of these games (bar the first one) correspond with the lowest Metroid sales. And they already confirmed they will make more Pikmin games in the future. We're getting a new Star Fox games even though the last 3 games bombed critically and commercially. We're getting 600 Kirby games per generation even though they never sell all that well. Etc.

If there's anyone that needs a break it's Kirby.