Did The Announement of Metroid Prime Federation Force Deserve The Backlash It Received?

FGE - Since the release of Metroid Other M in 2010 the series, which helped form one half of the genre ‘metroidvania’, has laid dormant. Many fans of Metroid, including myself, have spent the last few years wondering what was next for the series; were Retro Studios going to return to make another Prime game after the critical success of the original Metroid Prime trilogy, or would Nintendo give us the first 2D Metroid since the release of Metroid Zero Mission on the Game Boy Advance in 2004?

[TheZeroReview]

...yes

[LordMaim]

Ditto.

[Abash]

I have seen at least three articles trying to defend this game. Metroid fans have been begging for a new Metroid game, especially another Prime game, and this is what Nintendo chooses to give

It's an insult and trying to justify this game is only saying to Nintendo "Hey you can do this with all your other series too, we'll give you our money either way"

[ShinMaster]

The problem is that it's been years since Metroid Prime and Nintendo didn't really announce anything else to make up for it.

Some of my most anticipated Nintendo games had already been announced before.

[Lionalliance]

Yes.

[SteamPowered]

The backlash wouldnt be so strong if there was an actual Metroid game on the horizon. Right now gamers would rather wait for another full-on Metroid rather than these spin-offs. I would anyways.

[SmokingMonkey]

Drop "Metroid Prime" from the title.

do it..do it....

[chrisx]

It totally deserved the backlash.I can't understand nintendo these days. Just make a full metroid game,fans will be allover it like hotcakes

[LazerShark]

Of course it was. They are trying to give this game a boost by wrapping it around a beloved franchise.

Call it something else and I may even buy it (if it doesn't suck). What's next, Halo Mario?

[mydyingparadiselost]

Or maybe Halo Wars

[Ark_]

In the context of E3 - where exspectation are skyhigh - the backlash was warranted. Not delivering a fullfletched Metroid game, but announcing this instead was just a bummer.

Nevertheless, the game itself doesn't deserve the negative attitude imo.

[KryptoniteTail]

Definitely. I am not even a huge Metroid fan but I know this was basically an insult to the fanbase. Nintendo often does this in certain ways like how they mock and taunt Mother 3 fans or switch genres entirely just because they can. They ruined Paper Mario already. We need to tell Nintendo what we do and do not want, that is our job as customers and fans. As long as people remain respectful then there's no issue.

[Horofil]

Of course not. The game is still in development, but everyone is already whining in every comment section about how bad it is.

[MPScrimshaw]

Its not so much a matter of the game being "bad" from what I understand, but more so that it isn't an actual Metroid title, which is what everybody actually wants.

[mydyingparadiselost]

No, not at all. The people petitioning to have the game cancelled are the worst bunch of babies I've seen in a while. Apparently "Never judge a book by its cover" is lost on the vast majority of people now.

[Kamikaze135]

If Nintendo had announced it alongside a proper Metroid game, it would have not gotten so much backlash.The fact that it's been so long since we got a proper Metroid game, that game feel like an insult to fans. Hell, even if Nintendo said "we're working on a Metroid game, but aren't ready to show it off. However, we have a team working on releasing a spin-off of the Metroid series" then went to show the trailer, that would have been good, too.

So maybe the problem here is the way Nintendo went about announcing it, rather than the actual game itself.

[FallenAngel1984]

After Other M, Nintendo wanted to put the series I hiatus until the next title could return the legendary franchise to its golden heights. To see such a mockery of the brand is utterly disgraceful not only go fans of Metroid but also its legacy.

[WizzroSupreme]

Trouble is, Nintendo doesn't ever respond to backlash. Ever, it seems.

[TheColbertinator]

First Other M and now this?

Poorly played Nintendo

[MetroidFREAK21]

Yes of course that was needed... That game doesn't deserve to carry the Metroid Prime name sake...