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    Metroid Prime 4 Receives Steep Discount At Japanese Retailers 3 Months After Release, Unusual For A Nintendo Game



    Metroid Prime 4 Receives Steep Discount At Japanese Retailers 3 Months After Release, Unusual For A Nintendo Game

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    1. gintegra on

      I’m not overly surprised, it was unfortunately a very disappointing game. Too much hand holding, the hub map failed miserably, and no sense of discovery or exploration, whole game is on rails.

    2. Lyrick_ on

      A Metroid Prime title underperforming in Japan?

      This isn’t even mildly interesting, this is the status quo for a Metroid Prime title in that region.

    4. drjenkstah on

      Doesn’t help that it’s not the Metroid fans were waiting for. Sure it was fun but having to fight the final boss and babysit was not what I had in mind for Metroid. 

    5. Nimble_Natu177 on

      Fuck man, that really sucks to see (in the context of the future of the series).

      That being said, its important to remember that Metroid has always been less popular in Japan, and Prime 4 being a heavy mashup of different western genre designs, it didn’t have much hope in Japan to begin with.

    8. Resident_Durian_478 on

      It’s a shame they messed up with prime 4. Back into hiatus with the series

    9. The_Arpie on

      It’s been 50% off in the UK since boxing day, Japan is slow to shift dead stock it seems.

    10. DoodleBuggering on

      Makes sense, the budget for MP4 must be one of their bigger ones considering they restarted development from scratch. Just taking guesses but I assume the biggest budget ever is probably smash bros but those obviously sell 10x what any Metroid game ever will.

    11. The-Choo-Choo-Shoe on

      Same in Sweden, it’s currently being sold for 36ish euro (399kr) at a few retailers.

      I’m quite disappointed the game was as “meh” as it is, I preordered this game when the original Switch released.

    14. t-bonkers on

      No surpirse, Metroid never sold well in Japan and it’s also just an aggressively mid game at best. First “big” Nintendo game in years I did not feel compelled enough to finish. They really fumbled this game, by the time I was at the third dungeon I completely ran out steam.

      I reeeally hope Retro gets another crack at making one though, because the art direction was absolutely phenomenal and all of the fundamental issues I have with it are reportedly a result of the long and convoluted dev cycle with switching studios halfway through and Nintendo project-lead nudging them heavily towards player freedom because of BotW’s success. Which in and of itself could’ve been really cool, don’t ge me wrong, I think it would absolutely be possible to design a more open Metroid game that’s still Metroid at it’s core, but they took all of the wong lessons from BotW. As if the only good thing about that game was the empty space and not the actual player freedom and agency.

    18. Forward-Trade3449 on

      I’d probably rate it a 7/10. Had an okay time, wouldnt play it again. Definitely worth trying out if you can get it for cheaper though

    20. Juggernaut900 on

      Apparently it sold over a million in a month. That makes it a sucess for Metroid. Never did well in Japan

    21. PokeSalad on

      I couldn’t even come close to finishing this game. Bored to tears within the first few hours, and I absolutely LOVED Metroid prime / remastered

    22. CaptainParadigm42 on

      I liked Prime 4 but I get the gripes people have with it. It felt like a Prime game but had the added annoyance of an overworked acting as a hub. Not very Metroid.

    24. asouthamerican on

      One of my biggest gaming letdowns. Purchased day 1 expecting the usual Metroid magic and got a boring mess of a game. Couldn’t even bring myself to finish it. I don’t think it’s worth it at a discount price either.

    26. Alasdair91 on

      Same in the UK. It’s £33 now. Matroid has a cult following, it isn’t mass appeal.

    28. xtoc1981 on

      Unusual For A Nintendo Game => No its not. Resellers always drop the price of games. Look at other nintendo games, most are permanently discounted.