2012-12-08, 09:04 PM
Lozmaster Wrote:Now that I think about it, it's not even true.
Every metroid game from home consoles was already available on Wii (Metroid, Super Metroid, Prime trilogy). They then made a point to push out almost every other game onto the eshop for 3DS ambassadors within the year, with Fusion and Metroid 1 for ambassadors, as well as the gameboy metroid game soon after. If you have a 3DS and Wii(Or Wii u) as a result, its possible after 2011 to play EVERY metroid game except Metroid:Zero mission in existence on the two.
Only Zelda & metroid got such a quick push out on eShop titles.
What else could they have done... Republished the prime trilogy again? Other M? (Yeah, the people who would be interested in the anniversary were all dying for more Other M)
Nintendo just didn't highlight it for metroid.
Metroid and Super Metroid have been in the eShop since 2007. Metroid II and Fusion being released in the 3DS eShop 2011...well, Metroid and Super Metroid were released at the same time in the Wii eShop in 2007. To say that they planned to do it as an anniversary thing and it wasn't just coincidence is impossible to tell.
Is it possible? Yes. So I guess no, I cannot completely say that they did absolutely nothing...but just compare Metroid's anniversary to Zelda's. Even saying that Metroid got the 3DS eShop releases because of it's anniversary...that makes 2 (3 if you want to count a re-re-release of Metroid) games. Zelda got a full-fledged remake of OoT, as well as the Zelda timeline, as well a remake of Four Swords, as well as a goddaamn orchestra. Add in anything I missed, because I'm sure I missed at least a few smaller things. In comparison, they did nothing for Metroid. Re-releasing two games is nothing in comparison to that. They didn't even do that much for Mario.
What makes this entire ordeal more annoying than anything else, is that for Mario's anniversary, they said flat out, "We don't do big anniversaries," (Source eludes me, or I'd link it).
What could Nintendo have done for Metroid? Remake Metroid 2. It's one of the few games that has not received a remake that could make amazing use of the concept. That game was an amazing GB game, but it would be an even more amazing DS or 3DS game. Or better yet...I don't know...make a new 2D Metroid in general? It's been 9 years (10 now). But instead, they acted like it didn't exist.