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[Jobbs]

I never got the worthy successor to Super Metroid I always wanted. We have two okay-ish half throated offerings in the GBA games, and we have the Prime games which are a constant disappointment to me because of being FPS'. It not only works against classic Metroid gameplay (platforming, screw attacking, and having a sense of context around the character) it ironically makes me feel less connected to Samus. This is one of the many reasons I don't like FPS games in general, (difficulty connecting with the character) and in the case of Metroid it severs that core connection of looking at Samus in a lonely environment.. The game just being it and her.

I couldn't care less about Federation Force. I would be content to just ignore it as a silly spinoff I have no interest in, but when it's released in the absence of any mainline offering in many years it demonstrates a certain tone deafness on Nintendo's part that is baffling.

 

[Hale-XF11]

I never got the worthy successor to Super Metroid I always wanted. We have two okay-ish half throated offerings in the GBA games, and we have the Prime games which are a constant disappointment to me because of being FPS'.

If it wasn't for all the hand holding, Metroid Fusion would have been my all-time favorite Metroid game and a great successor to SM. But yeah, nothing has dethroned SM in my mind as of yet.

Nspace did a great thankless job with the CoD games, it kept the lights on and the products are really good.
there was clearly a market that only bean counters at ATVI saw, which is all kinds of stupid when you consider the opportunities there.

I totally forgot about nspace. They were hot stuff back in the DS days. I couldn't believe how much output they had. Their dedication to the platform was pretty astounding and they had clear passion for it. I wish more devs could be like them.

 

[Ooccoo]

Maybe this and AM2R will be the wake up call Nintendo needed to put ressources into the franchise

Spoiler

or let it die a slow death like f-zero

 

[Tillbo]

Really want to pick this up now as I've heard some positive things about it.

However due to poor sales I really was expecting the price to come down (at least a little) but that hasn't been the case at all. In many cases the price seems to have gone up Amazon/Game etc. which seems odd and suggests there may be little stock out there.

I bought Code Name S.T.E.A.M for full price at launch, the game was a bit of a flop and dropped to less than £10 very quickly - don't want to buy now and have that happen again!

 

[Starwolf_UK]

UK week 2...So those anecdotal stories about stock shortages affecting chart position:

LW	 	TW	 	 	Title	Developer	Label	Publisher
1		1	 	 	NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. 2	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
7		2	 	 	POKEMON OMEGA RUBY	GAME FREAK	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
2		3	 	 	TOMODACHI LIFE	NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
4		4	 	 	POKEMON ALPHA SAPPHIRE	GAME FREAK	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
6		5	 	 	POKEMON X	GAME FREAK	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
5		6	 	 	POKEMON Y	GAME FREAK	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
8		7	 	 	THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME 3D	GREZZO	NINTENDO SELECTS	NINTENDO
12		8	 	 	MARIO KART 7	RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
3		9	 	 	YO-KAI WATCH	LEVEL 5	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
10		10	 	 	MONSTER HUNTER GENERATIONS	CAPCOM	CAPCOM	CAPCOM
11		11	 	 	POKEMON SUPER MYSTERY DUNGEON	SPIKE CHUNSOFT	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
16		12	 	 	MARIO PARTY: ISLAND TOUR	ND CUBE	NINTENDO SELECTS	NINTENDO
14		13	 	 	MARIO & SONIC: RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES	SEGA	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
15		14	 	 	METROID PRIME: FEDERATION FORCE	NEXT LEVEL GAMES	NINTENDO	NINTENDO
13		15	 	 	LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS	TRAVELLER'S TALES	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE	WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE

Who knows, unlikely to have sold much more or less than the week before.

Other countries don't really give out much info these days. We know it wasn't in the 3DS top 3 in France last week and that's it really.