Put it on the Switch!

I would have played Samus Returns if it would have been released for a TV console. I love Super Metroid on SNES.

I think the Metroid IP is important for the Nintendo catalogue, even though it's not selling that much like Mario or Zelda. It's more like the Ueda games on PS4 (Shadow of the Colossus / The Last Guardian). It fills a niche, but it's important to exist for the versatility.

Well if Prime 4 sells, then those of us who waited will have nothing to worry about will we?

It will also show Nintendo that we want these games on Switch, which was his entire point.

If they made an HD port on switch it would sell so much more. All these ports from Wii U are selling like crazy, with barely any better visuals. A port of a 3ds game with a new engine would be amazing. I didn't buy it because I didn't want to look at my tiny new 3ds xl screen anymore with having my switch one.

Yup this line right here. Dying platform that people have moved on from, wasn't the way to go and had less of a chance to succeed 

Yes because by your logic: If Prime 4 releases in the final years of Switch nobody should buy it because Nintendo should've released it on their next platform and it's Nintendo's fault for the game underperforming. Honestly out of all the excuses this is the worst one yet.

That's the kind of attitude you can expect from the Metroid fanbase, they ALWAYS have a legitimate excuse as to why Metroid doesn't sell well. Much like PwerlvlAmy's response it's always arguments that make next to no sense at all.

- It's not Super

- It's not Prime

- It's not AM2R

- It's not for Switch < It's not for Wii U, PC nor PS4 either still for a system that has a 60m+ userbase below 1m sales is just abysmall

- It's low budget < It's still Metroid

- It's a remake < A remake of a game no one remembers let alone played, in fact, this game is basically an entirely new game and it's a great at that . God, this one annoys me so much. 

Just like the rest, I used to think Nintendo hated Metroid but i've came to realize that Nintendo is the pretty much the only reason Metroid is still around and not because of the fans. Had this been any other Nintendo series it would have been canned a long time ago and nobody at Nintendo would have cared for it but since Metroid has been so influential Nintendo tries to capitalize off it but it fails with every entry. All fans do online it bitch and whine and bash their own favorite series instead of supporting it. Nintendo has never been the problem when it comes to Metroid.

Nintendo gave us Metroid on NES which sold well, in return we got Super which underperformed. 

They gave us Prime which sold well, in return they gave us 2 sequels (3 if you count Hunters) and Prime Trilogy, guess what all of them underperformed.

I honestly hope Nintendo makes Metroid reach a wider and more casual audience much like Zelda and Fire Emblem because Metroid is really not going anywhere especially not when it's worst enemy is it's own fanbase.

Once a system's successor is out, you shouldn't release any more major titles on it. NIntendo was stupid to release the game on an obsolete system instead of its booming successor, it's as simple as that.

We all said the 3DS was dying years ago yet it's still getting new titles.

Switch is successor of WiiU not 3DS.

3DS has a larger install base than Switch.

While you're at it explain why Prime Trilogy sold below 1m on the Wii and Hunters on DS.

Yeah, its pretty straight forward logic. Nintendo is only to blame at the end of the day, No one else really.

How many 3DS games besides Pokemon have sold a million since the Switch came out? A bigger install base means nothing when the vast majority of that base have moved on and are done buying games for it. The PS2 has a bigger install base than the PS4, but do you think if they did a PS2 version of FIFA 19, it would sell more than PS4?

Switch is the successor to both 3DS and Wii U.

Prime Trilogy was a limited, short-printed release, and Hunters was a spinoff nobody asked for.