That's pretty stupid.

I'm sorry, but Metroid fans are definitely now in my list of top 5 worst fanboys.

Think about how many games have spinoffs. I have never seen a freakout like this before.

Why are people freaking out so much over a side story? People did not freak out with the Halo developers when Halo 3: ODST featured the spartans and not Master Chief.

Hyrule Warriors - a Zelda spinoff. Did people freak out? No, not really. Link's Crossbow training? Nope.

This game is set within the Metroid universe, expanding the story. Also it has four player co-op and online play. Something a lot of people like to see in games is online co-op.

It has become obvious that Metroid fans fear any spinoff, or any change whatsoever. Samus' portrayal did not meet the imaginations of what people perceived to be in Other M, so they freaked out then too.

If people do not want the game, they should just avoid it like the plague. A petition is simply petty.

Oh and the Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze boycott/outcry by Metroid fans. Retro is allowed to make other games you know. Just because Retro is working on a game, does not mean they are working on, or should be working on Metroid. Why not have another studio work on Metroid? Why not have a spinoff? This whole scenario is simply baffling.

I don't see why it's difficult to understand that you don't revive a series with a spinoff that abandons the protagonist the series has basically revolved around. Other M flopped for good reason, but even then, that came out in 2010. Five years is a significant amount of time in the gaming world to hear nothing. Even then, they announced it like it was a Metroid Prime title. It has to be understood that the Metroid Prime series, not just Metroid, but Metroid Prime, is Samus focused. They are games where you go through great 3D adventures with Samus. You don't throw the words "Metroid Prime" up, and then show off a fairly generic looking space shooter. That's like saying "we've listened to our fans....and have decided to troll them lololol".

Let them do it! But not buy this game pleeease!

It's not just metroid fans, its nintendo fans in general. You wanna make spinoffs, sure go ahead, but after (or at least during) you make one in the main series.

Having only played metroid prime, I don't really consider myself a huge metroid fan, but even I can relate to what is going on.

The last metroid game by Nintendo was 2007. To say metroid is coming back before e3 got many people very excited. And then instead of making a metroid game to compete with the other high quality exclusives of the other companies, Nintendo opted for a tiny budget game as a quick cash grab.

It's not just Nintendo, so please stop generalizing fans of a game. Had Bethesda announced fallout shelter (the ios game revealed at their e3) and said nope we are actually not working on fallout 4 even though we led you to believe that, people would have gone bat shit crazy for an apology from them too.

Again, people avoiding a game does not really present a good message given how there are many reasons why a game might fail. People avoiding this game may just make Nintendo think that nobody wants a metroid game

I'm sorry some people actually take action for what they want instead of simply letting Nintendo do whatever they please. Clearly they are just babies making a petty fuss as you claim.

To me it's more so upsetting about the amount of time since a Metroid release.
I will most likely buy this if it looks fun closer to the release and hopefully will enjoy it, so I'm not the most upset about the title.

I just wish they would show us that a console Metroid is being developed, or a 2D one for the 3DS or something.

I'm a huge Metroid fan, but fuck these mental cases. Who the hell signs a petition to have a game cancelled. Bunch of idiots. I'm sorry if some of you have signed this, but what the fuck are you thinking?

I'm more so just watching the drama unfold at this point.

I doubt Nintendo would ever make a public acknowledgment of this or anything else from E3 really.

I'm not following. I only read the OP and posted, haven't read the rest of the thread.

An acknowledgement of the petition? I agree, and they shouldn't. It's a ridiculous sentiment.

Just wasting their time if they honestly think there's any chance the game will be canceled. Just don't buy it and move on.