Topic: Why aren't Metroid or Starfox having more love than Zelda or Mario?

If that's the attitude that Nintendo has that I kind of hope these series come back, despite liking digital games as a whole. Nintendo is probably the one company that makes me wish they were #1 in the market or going out of bussiness all at the same time. But I guess this is the company that think's selling $15 for a rom hack is okay.

Rom hack? Wut?

I too am scratching my head over this...

Well the game in question is pretty much a rom hack ala Super Mario Crossover where the Game code is tweaked to do things you couldn't do in the original game. Now the term ROM hack might be alittle too harsh since everything about the game is updated, but I don't think its worth the $15 Nintendo is charging.

I dunno, I prefer that to them expecting me to pay 60 bucks to play New Super Mario Bros Wii again.

The game seems fine, and while I wouldn't get it over...a lot of indie titles or anything, the price seems fine, even if 10 would be ideal.

10 is my hot point for the price. My main problem is that Nintendo for all its wanting to embarace the digital future barley hosts sales for its own digital content.

I think $15 is a fair price for the amount of content it has.

Starfox turning into an overhead scrolling shooter would be a huge step backward.

I wouldn't be upset to get a Starfox 64 style game with new levels only on the eShop.

I imagine Retro Studios is working on a new Metroid Prime styled Metroid game for the Wii U right now, utilizing all the new staff they recently acquired from id, naughty dog and vigil.

Ok then here's a question I have now. 3D world right now isn't selling well on the Wii U yet so does this mean that Nintendo will slowly abandon Mario like Samus or Fox McCloud?

If Mario continued to not sell well after serveral games, yes. Not after 1 game didn't do as well as hoped.

Ohhh that sets me on a path of wishful thinking.

But! Having 'Mario' in the title, is more a blessing than a curse 9 out of 10 times. Usually what happens is Nintendo puts out a game early in the life of a console, then sits back and reaps the benefits for years to come. So I think it's more a case of wait and see, as more consoles are distributed I expect sales will improve. It might be a gradual thing, but the alluring graphics and effervescent joy can only grow on the masses (my opinion).

No, because he just had a title released last year that sold over 2 million copies and MK8 is coming which is (and was always) going to sell more than SM3DW.

Maybe Nintendo should let Namco Bandai do another Starfox, but get the Ace Combat team to do it.

STARFOX X ACE COMBAT, I'M CALLING IT!