To whom it may concern:
As a fan of Metroid (NES), Metroid II (original GB), Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, and Metroid Prime 3, and Metroid Prime Pinball, I will admit that, no, I am not a fan of Metroid.
Metroid games are like glyphs that represent what I am actually a fan of.
If a Metroid game no longer represents the things I am actually a fan of, I am not a fan of that game.
I am not a fan of the Metroid series. I am not a fan of the Metroid brand-name.
I am a fan of what Metroid games usually represent.

This is something corporations and corporate shills seem not to understand. Hence Disney scratching their heads when people like me stopped being a fan of things with the Star Wars name attached, or when the same thing happened with Microsoft and Halo.