Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@Magician And there was a massive backlash that overshadowed the Switch release, similar thing happened with Pikmin 3 Deluxe. 3D World didn't get backlash because it came with Bowser's Fury and Nintendo didn't try to remove the game from the Wii U eshop.

It's why I think there may be a double pack of Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD instead of 1 individually.

If by "massive" you mean "mild" and "overshadowed" you mean "was a relevant discussion for Nintendo fans for a very brief moment", sure.

I'm not saying this downplay it, because I'm annoyed people weren't more annoyed. Even ignoring the price drop, it cost more on Switch than it did day 1 on Wii U. That's complete nonsense.

If there is a Switch 2 (and there probably is) that can display in 4K (and it probably can) then if Nintendo have a Metroid Prime redux in the pipeline (and they probably do) it would make a great showpiece game for that console (alongside normal Switch of course.) It's one of the best games ever made.

@Grumblevolcano That's easy to justify if Prime is a full remaster like Xenoblade Definitive Edition, which is what is rumored.

@GrailUK so a Metroid Prime remake/remaster to showcase the Switch sucessor graphical power?

Prime Trilogy has been on the verge of coming out since this time in 2019. It was fake all along, and considering how badly Dread sold it's doubtful they're in a hurry to rehash it at this point.

@Euler Metroid Dread sold well by the franchise standard

@Giancarlothomaz That's not a very high bar. It was supposed to hit it out of the park and move the franchise from niche "internet popular" status to the mainstream.

@Euler "It was supposed to hit it out of the park and move the franchise from niche "internet popular" status to the mainstream."

When did Nintendo ever say this?

@Euler 2.74 million in sales is "bad"? They've continued series for less than that. Heck, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 only sold 1.92 million and we're still getting XC3.

2.74 million is also only the first two months of sales. Dread is on track to sell ~3.5 million lifetime (and that's a conservative estimate), especially with another update coming out to again tick interest. Possibly more if we get a Nintendo selects line and it's in it. If that happens, 4 mil isn't out of the question. That puts it on par with most 2D Zeldas, and above most entries in more mainstream series like Mario Sports or Mario Party, so I don't think Nintendo will view the best selling game in the series as something to avoid following up on. Such a weird take.

@Giancarlothomaz Or at least it's improved fidelity (if it's more a pro revision than a next gen.)

I definitely don't think April's Boss Rush update is the end of Metroid Dread updates. Typically Nintendo games are supported for a year so to be honest I could see something like a randomizer mode or story DLC come in summer/fall.

@Grumblevolcano They generally only do constant updates for multiplayer games, so they can milk them. I feel like April’s update will probably be the last Dread update, given it’s singleplayer, and all they could add are modes.

So you're saying that a port that has been rumoured from various sources since 2019 (note, some of these just said "Metroid" so were possibly about Dread itself) is not happening because last year they released a 2D version of a game in that series at full retail which is the best selling game in the series and its sales were "bad"......

Of all the bad takes I've seen on this forum this is definitely one of them. Think about it. If there is a remaster/port of the Prime Trilogy in the works to some degree for the last couple of years? They're not going to work on a game for that long and decide whether or not to release it based on the sales of some other game. The money goes into development, not distribution. If they have been working on it for a good year or so and they aren't releasing it? It'll be because they don't like the quality of it OR they want to time its release better

But also.... in what universe are the sales of Metroid Dread bad?

@Euler Metroid Dread is the second best selling game of the franchise, now Metroid Dread must have surpassed Metroid Prime/Metroid 1 as the best selling game of the franchise.

@VoidofLight I dunno if nodes are all they can do. Given that it's likely there was a whole area of the game that was scrapped due to time constraints, it's not like they couldn't finalize that as a post-game area, a la the Pirate Ship in Zero Mission.

Of course I'd expect that to be paid DLC over an update, but it's a thing that could be done.

@Euler

Considering Dread will eventually become the best selling entry in the Metroid series I'm not sure how that translates to as having sold poorly?

@skywake They only narrowly edged out the best-selling game in the series (which was on the Gamecube). Contrast that with Luigi's Mansion or Animal Crossing (which blew previous instalments out of the water). It would make sense to release Trilogy if it was actually in development, but it clearly isn't (even though they had a lot of dead time in 2020-2021). And claiming that the Switch will have a Metroid game is a bit like predicting there will be a thunderstorm sometime in July (not guaranteed if they've canned the series, but a pretty good bet).

Metroid Dread will very comfortably become the best-selling game in the series when all said and done (unless Prime 4 outsells it, which in that case, it will comfortably become the 2nd best-selling game in the series). Games don't stop selling after 3 months.

If Metroid Dread sales are bad, then many other Nintendo games/franchises (Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, Kirby, Yoshi, WarioWare, Mario Golf/Tennis, etc) are all in deep, deep trouble.