Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

*CyberCubed* · 06-26-2024, 05:52 PM

Metroid has never sold as well as Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Animal Crossing, Kirby, Pokemon, etc...so that's why it doesn't get sequels as often.

We're lucky Nintendo keeps Metroid alive as it is, look what happened to Starfox and F-zero. Metroid is a niche because it's aimed at mostly sci-fi fans and older fans and there's less overlap with that and Nintendo's other franchises. Nintendo basically keeps it going for the hardcore audience.

Remember Metroid completely skipped the N64 generation. It also skipped the Wii-U gen as well. And now we got Metroid Dread and Prime 4 at the tail-end of the Switch's lifespan.

06-26-2024, 05:52 PM	#16
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,891	Metroid has never sold as well as Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Animal Crossing, Kirby, Pokemon, etc...so that's why it doesn't get sequels as often. We're lucky Nintendo keeps Metroid alive as it is, look what happened to Starfox and F-zero. Metroid is a niche because it's aimed at mostly sci-fi fans and older fans and there's less overlap with that and Nintendo's other franchises. Nintendo basically keeps it going for the hardcore audience. Remember Metroid completely skipped the N64 generation. It also skipped the Wii-U gen as well. And now we got Metroid Dread and Prime 4 at the tail-end of the Switch's lifespan.