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....Huh.

I'm quite surprised to hear that Super Metroid in particular didnt sell as well. It's considered such a classic and was of such great quality... that's just baffling to me. Granted, if I recall correctly there was a LONG time between Metroid 2 and Super Metroid's release (er... I think) but still, I'm surprised that people would lose interest in it so much like that.

^yeah, same. i expected to be on the very top and nearing zelda 1 numbers.

there was only about a 3 year gap between the release of those two games.

probably because everything is in the same 4 shades of pea green and black. color does a lot to make places in a game recognizable.

did the switch to prime prevent the development of 2D games?



yep. whether nintendo intended for she SA X to be as scary as it was or not, fusion did the survival horror thing pretty well.

another metroid in that same vein would be interesting.

It would explain why it was in the bargain bins back in the day, and why it's so expensive today.

The game did launch in 1994 globally.
Sega Saturn was getting press coverage along with Nintendo 64 and PS1 who were all supposed to launch in 1995 in the West.

Many of the SNES games from 1994 and up (last Nintendo made game launched in Japan in 1999), quickly died at market with everyone ready to move on to the next gen.
SNES games did get a slight sales bump, when Nintendo 64 was delayed until 1996.

Super Metroid, like Earthbound and many other Nintendo made SNES games wound up in bargain bins due to low sales.
Literally at one point Super Metroid was as low as $5 as was Earthbound a few months after launch, just so retailers could clear out the stock.

These game were never restocked due to low demand.

I want to play Earthbound and Super Metroid on my 3DS. I have neither a WII U nor a NEW 3DS.

Far Cry 4

As much as I want to enjoy this game, I am finding it rather dull to play. At the moment, I merely complete one mission and then switch my PS4 off. When I consider its popularity amongst gaming fans, I am beginning to think that maybe playing video games isn't an interest of mine.

Super Metroid being a poor seller is news to me. I actually own a "Player's Choice" cartridge of it. It looks something like this:


I bought mine second hand at a game store in Edmonton back in 2008 for $35. This is right around the time the "retro bubble" started.

Truth be told, I've never even come close to beating the game. It's a classic for sure, and definitely one of my top SNES titles, but the farthest I've gotten is somewhere around Norfair, maybe past it.

The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth

I actually beat Super Metroid, and Norfair is rather close to 70-80% of the story, not that there's much of a story to it.
If I were to judge what your percentage was, I would say you currently have collected about 57% of the items in the game. Good job!

Well, none of the EarthBound games are on 3DS yet, so you're not missing out
Super Metroid, I'm not sure.

pretty sure it's on the virtual console for the new 3ds.

^Oh. ##^!(#*$&! [Symbol swearing is fun!]
Darn it, Nintendo.

I guess I must have missed that one, I think I only saw the first batch of SNES games.

They've released numerous SNES titles since then.

Yeah, I haven't been paying attention because I already own most of them on SNES, and there's no cross-buy.

Although I know that each EarthBound purchase puts Nintendo one step closer to releasing Mother 3...

^Is Mother 3 a bad game to play if you are often overly emotional?

Well, let's see, I managed to get the super missiles, super bombs, high jump upgrade, charge beam, and I think the Varia Suit as well. I might have also gotten the freeze beam and the grapple beam, but I don't remember. I can't really check either since my SNES and all my games for it are in storage a few hours away.