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Nintendo has done everything in its power to make Metroid successful. The (morph) ball is in the market's court now

SiG said:
There was talk about if Nintendo should just go ahead and buy MercurySteam given the quality of Metroid Dread. I'd say I'm all for it, but that also begs the question what will Next Level Games be handling from now on? More Luigi's Mansion games?
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Another Mario Strikers? Or... Federation Force Deluxe?
 
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Timefire said:
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I would happily refer to FPS games as "Wolfendooms" from here forward. Or maybe "Doomensteins"?
TonyBaduy said:
Another Mario Strikers? Or... Federation Force Deluxe?
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Yeah, Next Level + the Metroid IP is just asking for Metroid fans to abandon all hope.
But indeed, they are capable of doing more than Luigi's Mansion. After all, you forgot the Punch-Out revival, as well.
 
Now, the question is what Nintendo can do to help push Metroid in the future.

The obvious answer is to revamp Samus' moveset in Smash to showcase how awesome everyone here already knows she is, especially with different abilities and mobility techniques she has amassed since 1999. Let her take an active part in Smash marketing.

I present as evidence of the foolproof nature of this plan that Smash Bros., after all, did wonders for Captain Falcon, right?

and now I just made myself sad. I'll be over in the corner playing GX through my tears
 
Supreme Overlord said:
Now, the question is what Nintendo can do to help push Metroid in the future.

The obvious answer is to revamp Samus' moveset in Smash to showcase how awesome everyone here already knows she is, especially with different abilities and mobility techniques she has amassed since 1999. Let her take an active part in Smash marketing.

I present as evidence of the foolproof nature of this plan that Smash Bros., after all, did wonders for Captain Falcon, right?

and now I just made myself sad. I'll be over in the corner playing GX through my tears
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I would love a smash ultimate DLC with a second version of old characters, Samus, Mario, Link, Ganondorf etc... with new movesets based on more recent games
 
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Supreme Overlord said:
Now, the question is what Nintendo can do to help push Metroid in the future.

The obvious answer is to revamp Samus' moveset in Smash to showcase how awesome everyone here already knows she is, especially with different abilities and mobility techniques she has amassed since 1999. Let her take an active part in Smash marketing.

I present as evidence of the foolproof nature of this plan that Smash Bros., after all, did wonders for Captain Falcon, right?

and now I just made myself sad. I'll be over in the corner playing GX through my tears
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Bring Samus character (one with suite and one without) and Metroid Cup to MK9.
 
SiG said:
There was talk about if Nintendo should just go ahead and buy MercurySteam given the quality of Metroid Dread. I'd say I'm all for it, but that also begs the question what will Next Level Games be handling from now on? More Luigi's Mansion games?
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Well, I think after Nintendo buying them they'll be able to handle more than one game at once. I think one those games will be of course Luigi's Mansion 4, just seeing how well 3 did. I think they started working on a sequel in the same engine, maybe changing the thematic, going for a more interconnected world, back to a big mansion, like people of the dedicated thread are speculating. I think that way it'll differentiate itself well enough from 3, so I thing it'll still come to the Switch, by 2023. Just like 3DS got 2 and a remake of 1(by other team tho).
The other game they might be producing tho is a wild card. Maybe they are given a try to make a Zelda spin off. After the tremendous success of BotW it's kinda odd the only spinn off of Zelda are HW and Cadence. I think a strategy game would work well. Maybe they make a Metroid spin off, that would be awesome to have too.
 
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Simba1 said:
Bring Samus character (one with suite and one without) and Metroid Cup to MK9.
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That's actually a must for me. Seriously I can't see a better cross over franchise to the next Mario Kart than Metroid, now that Zelda, Animal Crossing and Splatoon are in. I think that's actually very likely.
Samus appearing in Super Mario Odyssey 2 or the EPD Donkey Kong would be dope too...
 
Marce-chan said:
That's actually a must for me. Seriously I can't see a better cross over franchise to the next Mario Kart than Metroid, now that Zelda, Animal Crossing and Splatoon are in. I think that's actually very likely.
Samus appearing in Super Mario Odyssey 2 or the EPD Donkey Kong would be dope too...
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Pikmin in Mario Kart would also be great.
 
Phantom Thief said:
Don’t take another 10 year hiatus and capitalize on this success by maintaining momentum with frequent, high quality releases. Same as any other successful IP.
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I think they will actually have to be careful not to flood the market with Metroid games.

We got Dread in 2021, and will get Prime in 2022 and probably Prime 4 in 2023, so it's already going to be an annual franchise for a while. Then they might want to rerelease Prime 2 and 3 in some form, port Samus Returns to the Switch, and they need to slot Metroid 6 somewhere.
 
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Supreme Overlord said:
Now, the question is what Nintendo can do to help push Metroid in the future.

The obvious answer is to revamp Samus' moveset in Smash to showcase how awesome everyone here already knows she is, especially with different abilities and mobility techniques she has amassed since 1999. Let her take an active part in Smash marketing.

I present as evidence of the foolproof nature of this plan that Smash Bros., after all, did wonders for Captain Falcon, right?

and now I just made myself sad. I'll be over in the corner playing GX through my tears
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Hey, at least F-ZERO X will be on NSO! :)
 
The next Metroid game will be called Metroid: Stars. You get a Metroid Garden and based on animals you free during levels you can give them to your Metroid. Depending on which animal you give they either become Angelic Metroid or Devil Metroid. Also you can trade Metroid and crawl with them.
 
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Supreme Overlord said:
Now, the question is what Nintendo can do to help push Metroid in the future.

The obvious answer is to revamp Samus' moveset in Smash to showcase how awesome everyone here already knows she is, especially with different abilities and mobility techniques she has amassed since 1999. Let her take an active part in Smash marketing.

I present as evidence of the foolproof nature of this plan that Smash Bros., after all, did wonders for Captain Falcon, right?

and now I just made myself sad. I'll be over in the corner playing GX through my tears
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Live action movie featuring Scarlett Johansson as Samus and a realistic looking CGI metroid hanging with her in a family friendly road trip adventure through the USA
 
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As you can see, best known first week debut. Now tomorrow will show the real number, the shipment amount as it gives us what Nintendo was expecting.
 
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Phantom Thief said:
No it’s nearing two years since they last did one of those. Even Animal Crossing didn’t get one.
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Yeah Nintendo isn't that prone to issue press releases even for major sellers anymore. With that said, I assume Animal Crossing: New Horizons' explosive start would've represented an exception in normal circumstances, but as theorised by others before me it's possible they felt it would've been in bad taste to celebrate AC's massive start during the beginning of the pandemic.
 
WestEgg said:
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That number, without digital, is nearly half of Metroid Fusion's LTD numbers (which are 180,000 according to Wikipedia) in Japan. What remains to be seen is whether or not it can maintain interest better than other entries in the series, but it's within reach for Dread to be the best-selling Metroid in Japan since Super at least.
It's not gonna reach for the moon and eclipse the original (which allegedly sold something close to 1mil in Japan), but still... wow.
 
Terrell said:
That number, without digital, is nearly half of Metroid Fusion's LTD numbers (which are 180,000 according to Wikipedia) in Japan. What remains to be seen is whether or not it can maintain interest better than other entries in the series, but it's within reach for Dread to be the best-selling Metroid in Japan since Super at least.
It's not gonna reach for the moon and eclipse the original (which allegedly sold something close to 1mil in Japan), but still... wow.
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Someone posted that in a sales archive Fusion only got up to about 150,000. So not sure what to believe? If that lower number is true, Dread is probably only 20-30k away from Fusion in Japan when including digital, lol.
 
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Cantaim said:
After beating Dread I will say it does feel like Mercury Steam and Nintendo do have a vision for the future of the series and how to lean on it's strengths. Not gonna get into any specific details since you said you haven't played it. But when I beat Dread the main feeling I got was that this was a game built by a team that loved the Metroid games that came before it. And wanted to add another classic entry into the series.

Also when you get your Switch I hope you enjoy Dread!
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That's definitely promising. Everything I've heard has sounded really good, and I'm glad to have further confirmation on that. I do think a team that loves and understands the series is definitely very helpful.

Oh, I'm sure I will, and I greatly look forward to it. Thanks!
Simba1 said:
Bring Samus character (one with suite and one without) and Metroid Cup to MK9.
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I'm not big into the whole Nintendo Kart thing, but allow me to throw some contenders into the ring who exude cuteness and character, as one might expect from the Mario Kart series:
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These all seem like they would fit the aesthetic perfectly and represent Metroid very well.
Hidden04 said:
Calling it now: Metroid Dread will become the Persona 5 of the series.
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Dread is the Persona of Metroid
Carl Jung: streichelt sein Kinn, während er über diese verwirrende Wendung der Ereignisse nachdenkt
 
I think we just need more of these games. There has been a huge metroidvania surge in the past 5-10 years, and the name of the series is in the damn name of the genre. Compared to all the indie metroidvania darlings (of which I have played and loved many), Dread really shines because the production value is so high. It's so polished, controls so well, and looks great.

Nintendo basically invented the genre. It's a very popular genre now, especially on Switch. There is no reason Nintendo shouldn't be pacing the market and producing high quality Metroid games that stand above all the indie copycats (no insult intended). It would be awesome if Nintendo just bought MercurySteam and got them cranking out 2D Metroid games every 2-3 years. You don't even need to reinvent the engine each time. I think this would do wonders for the series and it would be harder for people to ignore if there was a catalogue of modern 2D Metroid games that were widely accepted as some of the best metroidvania games on the market.
 
Kreese said:
Dread is going to do great in NA.

5 million lifetime ww imo.

Prime 4 is going to do gangbusters.
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I mean it did 87k without digital, estimates are about 140k. In Japan. During its first 3 days. I can only imagine it did something like 1m in the same time frame in US lol.
It's kind of a lock it did like 1.2m in its first 3 days, that's just extrapolating Japan sales as 10% of worldwide sales, as that's what happened to series waaaaay more popular there than Metroid.
If it did that... That's what MK8 did on Wii U. And I know I'm comparing Wii U to Switch. But I'm also comparing Mario Kart to Metroid. Now, THAT'S INSANE. Metroid Dread is doing incredibly well. I predict 5m lifetime. And I also predict about 3m just this quarter.
 
Big opening in Japan bodes well for the rest of the world too. It looks great so I'm hoping it finally gives the series a breakout hit like FE got.
 
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Yeah. It was a really good opening in Japan (as far as I know, I'm not a sales expert lol), a market Metroid traditionally doesn't do well in. If it's doing well there, it's doing WAY better in America and Europe, guaranteed.

Now I'm imagining Metroid becomes a franchise that gets regular releases again, and sniff, it's beautiful!
 
The rest of the industry whether from unreasonable uncertainty, or flat out poor execution can’t make female protagonists.
Nintendo has a big opportunity on their hands with Metroid as they have the only serious and established female protagonist in the industry. Dread’ success is hopefully the beginning of a push for Samus to takeover. Plus Nintendo has a huge percentage of the gamers that are women. I just feel that the stars are aligned for it especially since they’re transitioning their IP for movies as well.
 
GoGoDezmo said:
Now I'm imagining Metroid becomes a franchise that gets regular releases again, and sniff, it's beautiful!
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Yeah, I think one of the major problems with Metroid (as well as other franchises in Nintendo's stable, like DK and StarFox), was that the reason the series was prone to take such a long break was for lack of a "home base" developer to shepherd the series. It finally looks like Samus is in good hands between Modern!Retro for Prime and the continued collab between Sakamoto's team and MercurySteam for 2D Metroid. Ditto DK and this "younger EAD team" leading the charge on that front.

I can only hope Fox is next on that front (...Next Level, pls!).
 
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