dickroach
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Pretty late GBA title, also little to no marketing from what I remember.
sounds about right.
I remember loving Fusion, and then I didn't hear about Zero Mission till months and months after it came out and I already had a DS
Pretty late GBA title, also little to no marketing from what I remember.
That's not true at all. Batman AA was Metroid lite (the sequels even more so) and TR was Metroid ultra-lite. They're also full of cinematic bullshit. Exactly what people complained about in Other M.This is fundamentally untrue. Batman Arkham Asylum and Tomb Raider 2013 are both Metroid style AAA games that were hugely successful. Arkham Asylum sold over 2 million copies in 3 weeks and Tomb Raider 2013 had sold around 4 million copies during its first 6 months after release.
This was despite both games having darker tones then a typical Metroid game that would limit their audience.
You guys don't remember the tv commercial?sounds about right.
I remember loving Fusion, and then I didn't hear about Zero Mission till months and months after it came out and I already had a DS
sounds about right.
I remember loving Fusion, and then I didn't hear about Zero Mission till months and months after it came out and I already had a DS
While I'd say the GBA and GCN games had poor marketing. I felt the Wii games were well marketed. Especially Other M, it probably had the more commercials aired than the entire franchise combined had received.It should be noted that with many Metroid games they got very little marketing or terrible marketing. That probably also contributed to the decline in sales as the first Metroid Prime carried a lot of hype just because of the radical shift and it being an early console game for the gamecube. Something Metroid Prime 2 didn't have.
For Prime 3 I saw it had it's own app to market the game with little videos and such. But beyond that I'm not sure they did a good job with marketing it.
I'm not familiar with how it went down with Zero mission, but probably a similar fate.
Yeah Prime 2 doubled down on certain elements that made things more inaccessible. The dark world being the biggest one. I'd also argue that sales fell in half in large part due to not being that interested in the game. Metroid's appeal takes time to understand and fully explain. It's also not one of those games that are particularly exciting for most people to watch over your shoulder and play. Which is why it is harder to market. Also Nintendo has tried experimenting with the series which has only backfired. Metroid Prime Hunters was an interesting idea that deserved a full budget Wii game. That type of game was not suited for the DS but the product and reception would've likely been much better on Wii. Other M should've been a DS title.prime 2 is less accessible. it is wayyyy harder
Metroid is not that popular of a series. There's not much more to it. Even when Nintendo pushed the fuck out of Prime and Fusion they topped out a couple mil.
I can imagine certain people owning Halo 1 or even Halo 2 and that was it for them. You can also include late adapters. They bought it used at some pawn shop or got it somewhere online.
Fusion is better
I wish we knew what the budget for Prime games were.Yikes. I never knew how low-selling Metroid games were. No wonder Nintendo have seemed so reluctant to continue the series. It's kind of a miracle that we're getting Prime 4.
It was awful which is why I skipped it.
People complained about the BAD cinematic bullshit in Other M. Cinematic isn't inherently bad. In fact most of the best games of the last few years have been cinematic and benefitted from it. Games like Zelda are the exception.That's not true at all. Batman AA was Metroid lite (the sequels even more so) and TR was Metroid ultra-lite. They're also full of cinematic bullshit. Exactly what people complained about in Other M.
Hopefully the 3DS game becomes the "FE Awakening" of the series in that it finally finds its mainstream appeal and becomes an anchor franchise for Nintendo.
This is fundamentally untrue. Batman Arkham Asylum and Tomb Raider 2013 are both Metroid style AAA games that were hugely successful. Arkham Asylum sold over 2 million copies in 3 weeks and Tomb Raider 2013 had sold around 4 million copies during its first 6 months after release.
This was despite both games having darker tones then a typical Metroid game that would limit their audience.
Metroid is a niche franchise
It was awful which is why I skipped it.
In any case here's hoping that we don't get another 7-9 year sleep for the series after Samus Returns and MP4 come out...
Perhaps bc it was at the end of GBA's legs, launching in the spring of the launch year of the DS? (2004)
it had great reviews, a decent sales at launch, but maybe lost its legs with E3 focus on DS and the holiday launch?
2D Castlevanias were never that popular to begin with, sadly.The handheld Castlevanias were in a similar decline, weren't they? Genre exhaustion?
I saw Other M at Walmart today. Still $50!$49.88
I'd be up for a Metroid movie to spice up interest.
Dunno if I'd trust Hollywood with it though