@Anti-Matter You always make me smile when it comes to Bluey etc and your enthusiasm for the IPs you love

Metroid Prime 4 is still number 1 on the Switch 2 eShop chart here though

Number 11 on Switch 1 eShop

@WheresWaveRace Yes, but where's Wave Race?

@MirrorFate2 Really? Nintendo said it was fixed with a recent update.

Half of the top 10 are first party titles!! But but but Nintendo doesn’t sell in UK??!

Sad for MP4 but hopefully with it being out early in S2 life it will have some decent legs.

@JohnnyMind It is a problem, across everything, from silly things to political. The need to resort to name calling, other insults, that your opinion is worthless or feeling offended because a view point is different will lead to a very unhealthy society. The ability to take on someone else's views, understand them and express yourself at the same time is how we move forward, how we become better and most importantly, how we unite as a people. It is being lost and I truly hope we can all find our way back.

It wouldn't have sold well here regardless but still it's not a great game compared to the others. As a big Metroid fan I've played a few hours but not been compelled to finish it.

@JayJ Their reasoning has nothing to do with file sizes, the emulation for it just wasn't "ready" apparently.

I like Metroid Prime 4 so far but understand why it may not be that popular. It's a bit too similar to the old ones while also not being as good. I'll take a slightly flawed entry into a franchise I love over no entry at all.

....gawddamnit Wade

Oh my god, that Shadow one!!! It is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen (apologies to my wife, but she's in second place now).

The development hell left some noticable scars. I'm sure that many are waiting for a sale since games have gotten more and more expensive.

Ufff been playing it these days… the desert area is atrocious and way too big… and the bike just takes you out of the mood and gameplay. The elemental areas are just too linear… and the weapons feel quite uninspired. The creature log is too thin, the scans are too few. Boss designs are meh.
I miss the times when you were surprised by the new uses of the visors, beams and suits.
Definitely my least preferred prime game.
What a dissapointing way to end 8 years of waiting.

There’s just so much tampering with the working formula that it feels … weird and kind of awful. Just like TotK.

Hopefully it gets better in the latter half.

Architecture and music is flawless though.
It’s still a good and fun game… but not an excellent Metroid Prime game :/

Open empty worlds shouldn’t belong in a Metroid game at all tbh

That's unfortunate for MP4.
You could say it was Metroid, prime 4 disappointment.

I'll let myself out.

Mario Kart World at number 1 means a lot of Switch 2 consoles are getting sold.

Metroid Prime 4 will still be a sales success relative to the series' historic sales.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga having 0% sales on Switch is hard to believe.

First of all, thanks as always for the report.

But also, if I can bring this up, there's a mistake with Minecraft: PlayStation Edition's platform splits since it's not on Switch by default

@Itsashame Maybe if the price came down then people would stop complaining.

Hmm, I know Metroid isn't a system seller, or anything close to that, but I do hope it sells well enough to warrant a new entry sooner, rather than later. The 18 year wait was NOT good at all. Expectancy of the game itself is way too high and will seldom be met with the actual game. I think Metroid Prime 4 definitely suffered from that. The subreddit is a hellhole that's being torn apart in similar fashion as Star Wars Episode 8 did, or the entire sequel trilogy for that matter. It's never good...

I'll be (im)patiently waiting for a new 2D Metroid now!

Since when expensive keyboard makers have an allergy for numpads and function keys? Are you telling me gamers don't type numbers or use alt+f4?

BLUEY is on number 33. 😄

Kirby is selling very well in our town for Christmas. I myself went to get a copy after 2 weeks because they were sold out. The salesman told me that every kid wants to buy Kirby like a fighting zelda or metroid that they don't even know.

@Nintendo4Sonic Just like the original Kirby air ride on GameCube, I mean it's took 22 years just to make a sequel to a Kirby spin off not many have ever played.

@DennyCrane I wanted to reply to @JohnnyMind but you wrote everything that I already wanted to. And yes, this is also my only gaming console. I never read anything about PlayStation and Xbox on top of that as I don't own anything gaming related from them.

@Dang_69 I think I could be accused of many things, but toxic positivity is definitely not one of them. Still, this isn’t the first time I’ve seen you going around criticising people just because they don't share your negative view about this or that, completely unprompted.

Just as I dislike people pointing fingers at others for being negative, I also loathe those who do the same when it comes to positivity.

I’m glad you preferred the 360 edition. I’ve beaten the Steam version several times—even recently—and it is by far the most detailed version available. Yet, I still enjoyed this Switch edition.

Can it be improved? Absolutely, just like everything else. Can it be enjoyed? Yes, and I did enjoy it, so I see no reason to make such a fuss about it. They haven’t even released a physical version yet, so there isn’t even the excuse that it’s not being updated in time for release. Not to mention that the price is a bargain.

If you don’t like it, then don’t play it—but rest assured, that’s your problem.

@AnonyQ
So you must also buy blu ray movies, cds, and physical books too? No streaming services?

@krogp Yes and people who buy digitals, gaslighting physical buyers, mocking them and lowering standards.

This is a problem on consoles in general, not only Nintendo.

"The Switch build had to be submitted for production far in advance of the release date".

This is one of the reasons why so many developers refuse to release their games on any console brand.
It was revealed recently that over 70% of game developers release exclusively on PC.

As expected, but a shame anyway. Metroid is a really amazing game, I certainly hope it will sell good enough to at least secure another entry in this awesome series. I don't want to wait 18 years again...

@JohnnyMind Sadly Nintendo often get the extreme end of view points and it is only getting worse. Also, there are many people, me included, that only own a Nintendo product, so the practises of other companies are not as known, so as a result it is what you are used too. Honestly, regardless of system, it is something that absolutely be addressed to protect consumers in the future as companies are caring less and less about us. Healthy, nonaggressive debates such as what has happened here today are great for both parties to see each others viewpoints, perhaps have a deeper understanding why someone cares or doesn't care and thus, ideally, come to a common understanding and to move to a better future taking onboard all parties. Both digital and physical can co exist, but companies should and need to balance this and understand physical should be just that. Using this game, had they have had said we will release a physical version, but we can't meet the release date but will absolutely have available and complete when ready, those that would want the physical may have been disappointed they have to wait, but pleased with the knowledge that they will get the full and complete game. With any release, I would gladly wait if it's something I wanted in my hand, only those with fear of missing out will be over grumpy.

@ShadLink
Its guys like you that give a damn that are responsible for such behavior of companys. Be proud of not giving a *****. Your the problem.

@ShadLink I'd say you're evading the argument as you know you're wrong.

Considering getting Monster Hunter Stories and Resident Evil 4, now that there's been a compatiblity patch for the latter. And Monster Hunter Stories is a better version of Pokémon to me. I loved 2!

Well, that's certainly unfortunate, but at the same time, you rarely get a physical edition that will be 100% the final version on the cart anyway. But I do blame tight deadlines for this, which is never a good thing.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 110

Japan: 108

North America: 128

Australia and New Zealand: 1

@Hank_Scorpio Well, at least some people like you understand what's this all about.

I’m a digital only guy so don’t have a dog in this race, with patches and updates and such the idea of everything you’ll need forever being on the cart/disc are long gone.

BUT! This feels sneaky, whatever your thoughts on physical v digital - the merchant should always be upfront and honest about what you’re paying for and I don’t think they were in this case.

@ShadLink Oh I get that, but you still can play it, you can still enjoy the content. I Imagine that was more an anti-piracy thing that was to aggressive as the industry was beginning to have to deal with these things

@ShadLink Then give me an example how otherwise they can revoke a license of my physical copy. With digital version it's easy. What about physical one?

Yes you did

"They can, they have and they will. There have been multiple instances of publishers revoking access to even physical forms of media. From CDs, DVDs, BluRay discs (try to watch one when the signing key is revoked you'll see), games on floppy, games on discs, games on cartridges."

@DennyCrane Yes, and that is exactly my point. THEY controlled how I could listen to the music I "owned". The DRM CDs have a small lead in data track that blocks a PC from detecting the audio.

@Pat_trick I'd say the answer is only a short google search away.

@KociolekDoSyta I never said they would come to your house. I have said that they can revoke a digital license. No matter if that license is contained in a download or a physical game. Even the first WiiWare games I purchased can STILL be redownloaded, even after Nintendo shut down the Wii Shop channel. Same for DSi, Wii U and 3DS games.

@ShadLink You're completely out of it. Confusing DRM with revoking a license and using example of a music CD that had DRM and not an example of something that had its license revoked. I dare them to come to my house and steal a physical copy of my game. I dare them to connect to my Switch and revoke the license somehow thru firmware when my Switch is 100% offline.

It's funny reading comments how people that are buying digital versions want to set even lower standards for physical buyers. You're happy with your deigital version? Good, then shut it. People want what was promised on their carts.

In the case of this release it's obvious what's going on. There is no excuse for even not telling people until the physical copy was getting into hands of customers. Some people here like @ArcadeSixties for example will probably agree to anything that they'll get in their lives, will pay for everything, so I would just avoid him and others who are simply gaslighting physical buyers. Why are Nintendo customers complaining about it and not Sony or Microsoft ones? Maybe because they're the only ones that don't get the whole package? Some people need to read before they write anything.

@Yalloo This is intentional, the Atari 50 collection is not. The Atari 50 collection was actually more well handle and all the DLCs included are games that were not purposely held back whereas the MK Legacy Kollection those games are held back, people were asking for those and they aren't getting them whereas nobody knew what would be included in the Atari 50 collection. Every DLC included in the Atari 50 collection are a surprise, if this MK Legacy Kollection even will have DLCs then it won't be a surprise cause those are games that we should had gotten to begin with hence not really a surprise, it's more a "well it's about time" situation. The only few things that were a surprise with the MK Legacy Kollection is the WaveNet version of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and maybe the Sega 32X version of Mortal Kombat II and that's it. That's still not good enough though.