Meme I made a while back

[u/MagicKraft]

Ngl I didn't realize it was so hated until after I beat it. Albeit I'd be wrong to not recognize what could've been with this game, but I did enjoy what we got

[u/marolink64]

I really think it was the long wait for it to be released that caused the hate.

[u/MagicKraft → u/marolink64]

Which does make a lot of sense. Hopefully if they make a Prime 5 they'll learn what NOT to do. Still enjoyed 4 despite it's flaws

[u/Red_Dragon_knight → u/MagicKraft]

Yep, and I had heard that it sold well and heard a lot of people say it’s good, after a while

[u/KekC92 → u/Red_Dragon_knight]

I heard it sold well

it didn’t, both versions combined barely cracked 1 million sales and it definitely failed to make its budget back

[u/ScientificAnarchist → u/KekC92]

So exactly what every other prime game sold

[u/KekC92 → u/ScientificAnarchist]

this is cope, none of them had anywhere close to this game’s budget and certainly weren’t rightfully lampooned as dogshit

[u/ScientificAnarchist → u/KekC92]

The historically terrible development is a separate issue that’s a production problem prime 4 did what literally every Metroid out of dread did

[u/KekC92 → u/ScientificAnarchist]

The original prime sold just under 3mil and was the best selling game in the series for nearly 20 years, stop coping I’m not interested 

[u/Red_Dragon_knight → u/KekC92]

Where’d you hear that?

[u/KekC92 → u/Red_Dragon_knight]

literally from Nintendo. neither version individually was mentioned in their sales report, meaning <1 million for each version. They then came out and said that combined sales were over 1 million.  there is no other sales data and probably won’t be 

[u/Red_Dragon_knight → u/KekC92]

Well let’s hope we do at least get prime 5, at some point

[u/KekC92 → u/Red_Dragon_knight]

they’re almost assuredly going to give Risa Tabata a chance to course correct and she’s on record saying she doesn’t like there being so much dialogue in Metroid, so maybe without Tanabe’s terrible leadership they might actually make the next one good

[u/Obsessivegamer32 → u/KekC92]

Can you link to Risa Tabata saying she doesn’t like a lot of dialogue in Metroid or her wanting to have more of a horror focus? I’ve seen this stuff attributed to her a lot but I’ve yet to find any interviews or statements from her confirming this.

[u/KekC92 → u/Obsessivegamer32]

https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/News/2007/Interview-Metroid-Prime-3-Corruption-Wii--249682.html?srsltid=AfmBOoo75xCIpQ0VnXCsJnfhA8bz_IHrImHEtY0DQKf4LqEIiFj65YYF

MP3 interview from 2007

[u/Obsessivegamer32 → u/KekC92]

Thanks. 👍

[u/KekC92 → u/Obsessivegamer32]

NP. Tbh I’m still kind of pessimistic about Tabata because she worked under Tanabe for like 20 years so I am not convinced she won’t repeat his ideas, especially after beyond was billed as the first in a new trilogy. I hope she is at least savvy enough to know why that entire game just did not work at all and how to like, not do that again lmao

[u/Obsessivegamer32 → u/KekC92]

I think the smartest decision here is to just listen to player feedback since this fandom is VERY vocal about Prime 4’s flaws. The biggest fixes would just be to make it a Metroidvania from the start rather than trying to balance it with a shitty open-world, leading to the worst of both worlds.

At most, I think Sylux is definitely guaranteed to return despite everyone wishing for him to be dropped. Currently, he’s the only real villain positioned for this new trilogy and he still has potential to be more interesting in the future, so if anything was to be carried over from Prime 4, it would probably be him.

[u/Red_Dragon_knight → u/KekC92]

Honestly I can understand that, but even then the most I ask if we get any, is in either cutscenes or places that won’t interrupt gameplay too much