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It's not what they're advertising, it's how they're doing it. See >>725651329

A big open world area is normalfag bait and worth advertising, I agree. The problem is everything's been revealed in anemic, breadcrumby ways. Where's the big blowout trailer to get people hyped and generate buzz? Despite being one of (if not THE) most expensive AAA projects Nintendo has ever made, the game is out in 3 weeks and nobody besides Metroid autists are talking about it. There's zero buzz.

Obviously Metroid is a smaller series than 3D Mario or 3D Zelda. But the buzz shouldn't be this dead. Even Dread had more marketing/hype. Prime is a prestigious series, it's one of the few Nintendo franchises that can crack 90+ Metacritic scores and get into GOTY talks. Prime 1R just got a 94 MC with a 20 year old formula, so critics still love it.

This minimal marketing is baffling for such a prestigious, long awaited, and expensive project.