Rip Fire Emblem and Xenoade

>>717829109 (OP)
Engage killed the franchise and Xenoblade ended.

They don't care about Wario that much.

fzero bros...

>>717829189
WTF?! I love engage now?!

>>717829109 (OP)
>pikmin
Industry plant (heh)/nepobaby of nintendo franchises

scrimblo bros we are so fucking back

>Pikmin more important than Fire Emblem
>Metroid more important than Xenoblade
I seriously doubt that

>>717829109 (OP)
If they don't consider FE important, why the fuck does it get like 6 different characters in smash

>>717829673
Pikmin is Miyamoto's Horizon, but Metroid is a namesake of platformers' most popular subgenre.

>>717829109 (OP)
>no starfox
it's over

good. fucking anime swordsmen can suck my ass.

>>717829109 (OP)
Nintendo hates weeb games, it's why they forced Pikmin in the tactics category instead of fire emblem and they refuse to help Xenoblade by saying "FROM THE HELPERS THAT CREATED BOTW WORLD "

>pikmin
>metroid
>important
???

>>717829935
Fox is in the squares in the pictures below, same as FE

>>717829673
>metroid more important than Xenoblade
Yes? Xenoblade is a borderline industry plant franchise, it keeps getting games despite them barely cracking a million while more popular franchises go years without a new entry

>>717829804
Sakurai bias.

>>717830134
that's a relief

>>717829673
Both Pikmin and Metroid have a higher sales ceiling than Xenoblade. Choke on it and leave your fucking bubble once in a while.

>>717830601
>XC2 sold 2.7m
>Metroid Dread sold 3m
congratulations I guess

>>717829804
Sakurai pinned the blame on Nintendo to cover up himself, he’s guilty

>>717829673
Pikmin broke free of its curse on the Switch. It's no longer associated with ill fated nintendo consoles.

>>717829109 (OP)
Stop promoting your shitty account here stealth you fucking faggot

>>717829109 (OP)
>>717829475
>>717829804
Nintendo does consider Wario(somehow) and FE important, they have official mini-sites in the main website alongside only a few other heavy hitters.

>>717830054
Metroid has been a critical darling which I think is what keeps saving it.

Pikmin is Shigi's baby and the brand equivalent of a nepobaby which is fine by me.

>>717830548
Krystal is a retired character

>>717829673
Metroid invented a whole genre within itself

Fire Emblem and Xenoblade are RPGs at their core with different flavors to them. One is a Turn Based Strategy RPG and the other is a sort of Offline MMO RPG.

Golden Sun and Earthbound are the traditional “Characters in Row” RPGs

>>717830858
Wario at least gets new games and has his own niche

>>717830996
Anon, you know damn well that if they made a Star Fox that picks up post-Assault with Krystal, the internet would have a field day.

>>717830804
Splatoon also survived the Wii U too and in fact it’s the only 2010s franchise on the list

>>717830601
Xenoblade’s combined series sales have easily eclipsed Pikmin and Metroid’s.

This is coming from someone who likes all three. The only reason why Xenoblade isn’t on this list is because it isn’t an EPD brain child. Same probably goes for Fire Emblem.

>>717829673
intelligent systems makes fire emblem, and they are not part of nintendo

No xenoshit game sold more than Octopath.

>>717830713
>cinematic offline MMO 100 hour epic story game
>versus indie game tier 2D game
>indie game still sold more despite coming out 4 years later
Lol, lmao even.

>>717829804
Dumb Luck I guess…

Smash is not an accurate representation of Nintendo or the industry. If you want an accurate depiction of Nintendo and their franchise importance just look at the mural at their museum. Just two FE characters and they're the smaller squares and it’s just Marth and Chrom.

>>717831305
Smells like weeb cope.

>>717831305
You are wrong in both cases and I just want to point out that low IQ retards always try to highlight their opinion with a variation of this sentence
>This is coming from someone who likes all three
If someone says something like that they 100% don't have a point or any facts and just try to convince with emotional shit like some tranny.

>>717829804
Lots of different playstyles, even if too many of them are swordsmen

>>717831675
Did a little research on it beyond what I remember and I’ll admit that I was wrong on the combined sales point. Here’s the best estimates I could find:

The Xenoblade series has sold around 7.2 million copies on Switch as of 2024. That number probably gets to ~9 million once you include the releases on Wii, Wii U, and 3DS.

Metroid on the other hand has reached around 21 million in total as of Nintendo’s most recent press releases. Most entries hit about 1 million, with the big hitters like Super, Prime, and Dread landing anywhere between 2 and 3 million.

Pikmin is around 12 million, through the numbers there seem to be a little less trustworthy/accurate.

Even with those numbers I’d say Xenoblade is doing very well for itself considering the other two have existed for a significantly longer stretch of time. Metroid and Xenoblade in particular seem to have very similar sales trends (fluctuating between 1 and 3 million with every entry). If those kinds of numbers are enough to get you in the “most valued” titles list, I’m still going to assume Xenoblade’s absence is because of the others’ EPD origins.

Didn’t look as deeply into FE but it’s around 20 million if you include spin offs.

>>717829189
It's been like 2-3 years since Engage lol. You are naive if you really think it killed FE

>pikman
Miyamoto just wont accept that it's not a big dog

>>717829189
>Xenoblade ended
Why do people keep repeating this bullshit? Nobody from the dev team ever said this

>>717829109 (OP)
These are just games that have very recognizable characters even casual and non gamers might recognize

>>717829109 (OP)
>Fire Emblem and Xenoblade
Nintendo didn't create those
>Pokémon and Kirby
They didn't create those either, what are they doing on the list

>>717832729
Not killed, but if you think a higher up didn’t see the massive 50% dropoff between 3H and Engage and order an evaluation on what went wrong, you’re living in a very idealistic world where money doesn’t run the show.

>>717832823
Westoid fanfiction pretending like a better series is dead on a Japanese game console and in the Japanese market

>>717830713
Metroid Dread may as well have been an indie budget title and STILL managed to sell more than XC2 during arguable the IPs peak popularity

>>717829673
In addition to what everyone else said, Pikmin merch and multi-media shit goes fucking crazy. Guarantee Nintendo has made more money through Pikmin plushies and other slop than Xenoblade has as a series

Like dude, I was in Japan back in March this year and they STILL had Pikmin 4 ads playing on the subway, the Japs love those little niggas

>>717832558
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 did relatively well but there is already a significant drop off with 3 despite 3 launching when the Switch had 100+ million users and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 launching at the beginning of the Switch lifecycle. In addition all Xenoblade games are large scale expensive games.

Xenoblade is the only Nintendo IP worth caring about

>>717833291
this is just my personal experience but xenoblade chronicles 3 is peak “oh yeah, THAT happened” granted I’m not too familiar with the series but I STILL see Pyra and the other girl posted all over the internet I don’t even know who the MCs from 3 were or what they look like

>>717833291
Didn’t help 3 did the forever retarded creative middle-ground of “Epic story conclusion, but don’t worry newfags we didn’t do anything too deep so that you can also play it and not feel lost!” No one fucking likes that shit.

>>717833268
Xenoblade series is obviously non selling trash but Fire Emblem is about the only successful Nintendo gacha, isn't it? That shit should have raked in some decent cash.

>>717829673
You're retarded.

>>717829673
wrong on both counts, but financial and cultural impact wise

>>717829109 (OP)
Nintendo only cares about the Big 3 and Animal Crossing

>>717829804
Sakurai bias

>>717833476
Hardly, but go ahead and ride Takahashi’s meat like the good little bitch boy you are.

>>717833291
They probably aren’t that expensive to make given their relatively small dev teams, short release cycles, and heavy amount of asset reuse.

All of the switch entries have been made by skeleton crews of whatever devs Monolith has left after outsourcing to the Zelda and Splatoon teams. They’ve just become extremely efficient with their pipeline and benefit from having a core team of leaders that have been with the series for decades at this point.

Yes, they’re large, but a ton of the heavy lifting was done when they made Xenoblade X back in 2025. Each subsequent entry has relied heavily on the systems and assets they pioneered at that time.

>>717833585
they care about the smaller franchises because nintendo considers having a wide variety of games to play to be important, even if the other games aren't mega blockbuster hits

>>717829109 (OP)
Nintendo didn't create Fire Emblem or Xenoblade.

>>717833637
Not saying they are the most expensive games, but for sure every single one of them has been more expensive to make than 90% of Metroid and Pikmin games.

>>717829109 (OP)
>60 posts in
>Only 1 person got it right by mentioning that Xenoblade isn't a Nintendo game, it's a Monolith Soft game

The absolute fucking state of /v/ these days.

>>717833772
They didn't create Kirby or Pokemon either

>>717833772
They also didn't create Pokemon and Kirby. So?

>>717833825
This is from the official Nintendo press.
They are literally saying it's a Nintendo franchise now.

>>717833825
what do you expect, 30 years later and people still can’t comprehend that Nintendo didn’t make nor do they own pokemon

Attention /v/: having cooldowns on attacks does not make a game an "offline mmo".

>>717829109 (OP)
Xenoblade wasn't created by Nintendo though. It's just a continuation of the series started by Takahashi at Square - as confirmed with Xenoblade 3. FE should be there though.

>>717829109 (OP)
Pro tip to the fans of franchises that are dormant: Metroid is made a comeback because bullying works.

>>717833924
It's also just pointless semantics. Microsoft didn't create Halo. Sony didn't create 95% of their flagships.

>>717829109 (OP)
Rest in Piss Fire Emblem and Xenoblade has been on a downward spiral so I could care less

>>717833773
Maybe the profit margins are a little smaller, but the cost clearly isn’t an issue seeing as we’re still getting games at a very consistent pace with sales as they are now (and the games continually getting bigger)

>>717829109 (OP)
Holy ESL

>>717830996
They wouldn’t have allowed Samurai to make her a “Legend” class spirit with a reworked Assist Trophy in Smash Ultimate if they truly retired her. Gayfur shippers are just being delusional as always.

>>717833870
Xenoblade is part of the longer running Xeno franchise that predates Nintendo buying Monolith. The first 4 games in the franchise (half the franchise to this date) were all on the PS1/PS2.

>>717833825
And who owns Monolith?

>>717834137
At the time they created the Xeno series, Namco.

>>717829109 (OP)
I hope the next Smash bros cuts damn near all the FE characters

>>717833980
Yes and no.
Monolith does have a shared connection with nintendo
So while the original xeno games weren't, these are

>>717829109 (OP)
>Making headcanon out of some marketing material then getting upset over it

>>717834173
Pro tip, contracts can expire.

>>717834137
Nintendo owning the company doesn't mean they consider part of their IP catalogue.

>>717834179
I agree with you on that technicality, but I also feel that's enough of a justification as to why it wouldn't show up on that list.

>the lengthy cope from Xenohomos to not have to admit their games are not that important to culture outside of Rule 34

>>717829109 (OP)
I hope XCX comes to PC

>>717834276
It won't.

>>717834239
This might be one of the most retarded things I have ever read

>>717834134
There is no Xeno franchise. There is only the Xenoblade franchise.

>>717833825
By your logic Pokemon and Kirby "doesn't count" either.

>>717831320
There's pokemon in the list, and Game freak isn't part of Nintendo too

>>717831305
Wow what riveting gameplay, talk about sensory overload

>>717834363
Excepting Pokemon and Kirby, which they own a fraction of, every single game listed in the OP was created by Nintendo themselves.

>>717834612
That's from a DLC challenge mode. The normal game doesn't have those cubes.

>>717834134
Xenogears, Xenosaga, and Xenoblade are 3 distinct properties owned by 3 different companies. Xenoblade was going to be released as Monado until Iwata told Monolith that they should keep going with the Xeno names.

>>717829673
>xenofags mad that metroid of all things is more successful
you should be grateful your waifu slop gets games at all.

>>717829916
-vania does a lot of heavy lifting on that monicker. Metroid was blessed by SotN taking some aspects from it lmao

>>717834612
>this is what Xenocels demand your respect and admiration for

>>717829109 (OP)
>Literal who gives a bitchy passive aggressive take
>"I NEED TO MAKE A THREAD ABOUT THIS NOW"
I would ask why you're such a fucking woman op, but I'm afraid that would feed into your delusional belief that you could ever actually be one.

>>717834782
Recent Xenoblade games have confirmed that they're all part of the same franchise.

>>717834808
sotn is the only relevant castlevania game and the franchise is effectively dead. know your place, trash.

>>717834912
There's connections you can infer yes, but legally on paper they're separate. If you want Xenogears stuff you have to go to Square Enix. If you want Xenosaga stuff you have to go to Bandai Namco. If you want Xenoblade stuff you have to go to Nintendo.
Bandai Namco is willing to play ball with Monolith so stuff from Saga shows up and gets referenced, but so far Square Enix has not been collaborative with Xenogears, hence why it doesn't appear for any of Monolith's recent anniversary art.

>>717834803
Xenoblade has existed for 15 years to Metroid's almost 40, and yet Xenoblade has sold more than half of what Metroid has sold.

>>717835084
>There's connections you can infer yes
Ch13 of XCX Definitive Edition outright confirms that they're all part of the same multiverse, connected by the Zohar to a gnosis-like realm.

>>717835143
>muh sales
opinion discarded, your waifu slop is still irrelevant and daddy nintendo will never love you.

>No more anime
SO MUCH EPIC WIN!

>>717835143
Metroid would show competitive sales figures if Nintendo continued investing in it throughout the Switch's life. Full 3D games are naturally more appealing, so releasing 4 of those on Nintendo's most successful console will naturally sell exceedingly well over a 2D Metroid game.

Tl;dr if you were to ask me if 4 Metroid Primes or 4 Xenoblades would sell better on the Switch my bet would be on 4 Metroid Primes.

>>717829109 (OP)
It's crazy to think Nintendo has so many widely known IPs. I can't think of one IP Sony has that is as widely known as any listed there.

>>717835352
I fucking despise Last of Us but you'd be ignorant to say that it's not widely known since it broke out into normie streaming.

>>717835230
If it's so irrelevant, why is it selling more than Metroid?

>>717829673
Come back when Xenoblade forms half the name of a whole subgenre.

>Fire Emblem chads nod their heads in grim acceptance and look forward to brighter times
>Xenofags seething and crying in denial
Neat.

>>717834808

the -vania suffix was never warranted since most metroidvanias are just inspired by the metroid aspect of it.

Metroidvania in fact was a name that was coined to describe Castlevania games that had metroid-like gameplay. It just started being used for any game that played like metroid because at some poont Castlevania was more popular than metroid, but thats hardly the case anymore.

>>717829673
dumb weeb nigger lmao

>>717835143
Metroid has only two games on Switch
Xenoblade has 4 games on Switch

>>717834276
Maybe we'll finally see the full potential of that game not on a downgraded console

>>717831305
https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Metroid

Metroido

>>717835609
2 of those Xenoblade games are remakes, one of which wasn't even out at the time of that chart.

>>717829109 (OP)
I remember the xbc2 hater going into a shitposting overdrive just because Pyra was in that mural.

>>717834921
The only good metroids are halo clones nowadays, dread was fucking awful lmao

>>717835556
Most metroidvanias are SotN clones pretending they are metroid inspired is an ignorant statement. Only Axiom Verge is more metroid than vania lmao tendies are delusional

The cope in this thread is off the fucking charts, kek. The irony of Metroidfags crying about Nintendo not loving them, when in reality their franchise is valued over supposedly more successful tranime slop. All this tells me is that Metroidfags have a victim complex.

>>717835792
wrong.
The only good metriod is super and zero mission.

>>717835880
20 years ago isn't "nowadays" retard kun, learn how to read.

>>717835880
The SNES and GBA are not new anon

>>717829109 (OP)
This is literally just some Twitterfag's headcannon and people are taking it as gospel. Nintendo is interested in Xenoblade and frequently boasts about the series' good sales. To them, it's their 2nd most successful IP from the 2010s.

>>717835876
Other M broke an entire generation.

>>717835876
The Metroid fans happy that Dread and Prime 4 exist aren't the ones bitching that Nintendo still doesn't care about Metroid.
You can tell Nintendo cares about a series when they start DMCAing over it. You can still download Star Fox roms on Vimms lair for example.

>>717835876
desu desu this board is the only place I ever see this behavior. /v/irgins are perpetually miserable

>>717836042
Mmmhmm, that’s nice. I’ll go ahead and set Pyra and Mythra over by Krystal every FotM Fire Emblem girl under “popular Nintendo cum toilets”

>>717836241

>>717831305
This is definitely not true Pikmin 4 sold like 4 million units

>>717833039
This is Nintendo we're talking about. They never stop to consider the possibility that they did something wrong. It's ALWAYS those stupid fans who just don't "get" it.
See, Federation Force and MK World for examples of this philosophy in practice.

>>717829109 (OP)
Nintendo doesn't really own FE. IS is basically a third party dev that's just very loyal to Nintendo.

>>717836437
Also, Star Fox Zero and the Wii-U in general.

>>717836342
And?

>>717834603
Nintendo owns a third of TPC, besides didn't kaga had a melty and was almost sued by Nintendo?

>>717829109 (OP)
weebs lost. the old guard that hates weebshit won.

>>717835556
Retard. Go look at any Metroid game and check to see if they have RPG elements like a skill tree, level ups, or stores. All that stuff comes from Castlevania. Metroid is a much more by the basics experience in comparison.

>>717832729
We had a FE game like every other year after Awakening until Engage.

>>717836519
Nintendo IS weebshit. If you disliked weebshit you'd be an xbox/pc fan.

>>717836575
And it’s better for it, most metroidvanias with RPG mechanics don’t actually benefit from them.

>>717833825
>it's a Monolith Soft game

Correct!

>>717836598
the old guard (n64/gamecube era fans) dislike games with the anime aesthetic because it reminds them of playstation which got all those games during the n64/gamecube years. the switch is really the first time nintendo was the weeb system since the snes.

>>717836575
They are overdosing on copium, other than Axiom Verge most other "metroidvanias" are just trying to be SotN clones.
And if we're being honest, they are expanding on elements of Castlevania II, not really taking stuff from Metroid so metroidfags should be happy we even consider them in the same breath.

>>717833989
I thought it made a comeback because AM2R being taken down and Samus Returns remake on 3DS

>>717836752
>the old guard
>n64 and GC babies
lmao

>>717835352
the elephant in the room that nobody addresses is that every IP PLAYSTATION was known for was 3rd party
>resident evil
>metal gear solid
>FF7
>crash bandicoot
>tomb raider
>spyro
>twisted metal
none of these games were 1st party. Sure they were exclusive at the time but as of 2025 none of them are synonymous with the PlayStation brand. It’s why PlayStation all stars floundered

>>717836437
>Federation Force
That game being a total flop is why Metroid Prime 4 got started up, and why we got Samus Returns and Metroid Dread.

>>717836830
some of them got into it before that but those were the eras where that aesthetic became synonymous with playstation games in the west, the saturn in japan was a huge otaku machine too and you had "weeb" castlevania on the pc engine as well.

>>717836978
>niche franchise goes dormant
>stupid spinoff is made six years later
>unanimously and loudly hated
For any other company that would be the end of it and the franchise would go under, but Nintendo immediately course-corrected and greenlit proper Metroid projects. /v/iggers are still convinced they understand how Nintendo operates, the reality is that sales are not that important to them. Metroid continues to be made because Nintendo doesn’t have anything else like it, and they like having a diverse portfolio. Metroid is consistently a critical darling, anyway. Basically, kill sales chart trannies with hammers.

>>717829109 (OP)
Who cares? Neither Fire Emblem nor Xenoblade are going anywhere. Especially not Fire Emblem, which has its fans whining if they don't get a new entry every 5 hours.

>>717829109 (OP)
Fuck Fire Emblem. Good riddance. Got my fill of Lyn in a swimsuit and bridal gown in the mobile game and that's all I needed.

>>717830770
>Roy and Marth were going to be cut and replaced in Melee NA/EU but kept for the lulz
>Turns out Marth was OP anyway so sweats love it!
If only Roy and Marth got cut. We'd be in a different time line.

>>717834173
I though there was Xenogears when they were with Squaresoft

>>717837043
That's just because N64 and GC had like 10 worthwhile games between both systems because nobody wanted to develop for them. But they still weebified some franchises, PoR is weebshit compared to Thracia, Wind Waker and arguably OoT are weebshit when compared to AlttP

>>717837302
In fairness whether or not they course correct after making a mistake is a crapshoot. For whatever reason Star Fox will eternally be mismanaged

>>717837368
You’d swear FE and Xeno had fandoms that were as starved as F-Zero and Star Fox with how they act when there isn’t a game announced.

>>717837368
That's just gacha brained coomers a.k.a awakeningbabies

>>717837670
Because star fox games have always been bad. 64 is shit you finish in less than 2 hours, adventure is crap and only furries who had their first wanks with krystal like it.

>>717829673
>Metroid more important than Xenoblade
Absolutely. Fuck Xenoblade and keep that shit out of Zelda while you're at it fucking ironic weeb filth.

>>717835556
>Metroidvania in fact was a name that was coined to describe Castlevania games that had metroid-like gameplay.

By this logic doesn’t that make Megaman ZX/ZX Advent Mega Metroidvanias?

>>717829109 (OP)
>splatoon
>important

>>717829109 (OP)
How is Pikmin... I like Pikmin but there's no way it's less niche than the JRPGs

>>717835876
>victim complex

But enough about Fire Emblem

>>717836590
>after Awakening
you mean after the first game Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light. go back and look at the release dates for each mainline game, they all came out 3-4 years between each other. the "Awakening saved the franchise!!" meme needs to die. FE was always alive. Awakening just made that shit popular with weebs.

>>717829804
The characters that get added in smash are more or less chosen entirely by Sakurai and his shit tastes

what is wrong with fire emblem fans

>>717829804
Because Hackurai is a huge FE fag

>>717836241
>>717836342
They also get near infinite amounts of fanart and lewds

Fire Emblem has always been a terrible SRPG which is why it recovered from its terminal illness temporarily when they finally released a game that appealed to weebs who preferred reading and waifus over gameplay and why the only other successful release after Awakening did the same thing and now it's currently back in the hospital bed where it belongs.
Xenoblade 1 and X are the only good ones but X suffered for being on the Wii U only for the longest time and then they decided to stab its potential mainstream appeal in the heart with 2 because the Xeno writer has always been a schizophrenic hackjob autuer.

>>717837670
This is solely Miyamoto’s fault for treating the series as a dumping ground for tech demos. Star Fox won’t have a chance until he’s dead.

>>717829475
And when they do its minigame slop.

>>717837974
Pikmin isn't important but Miyamoto is and Pikmin is his autistic fixation so it's "important".
>>717838050
>>717838121
>sakurai bad
And yet HAL consistently makes the best first party games for Nintendo lmao metroidtards really need to act humble when their latest titles have been absolute slop, if metroid 4 doesn't redeem the franchise they're done.

>>717836830
>>717837043
The 2000s as a decade had a stigma that anything even remotely anime related was cringe and lame

>>717837302
>sales are not important
>Wario land and golden sun are dead
>no sin and punishment
>no more star fox

>>717838176
>treating the series as a dumping ground for tech demos
That actually just makes sense. Considering how the series started.

>>717838317
>had a stigma
lmao no it didn't, the 2000s was the rise of THE big three. Tendies will come up with retarded shit to justify their consoles having no games.

>>717837997
>FE was always alive.
FE fans love to collectively forget that the devs have gone on record saying that Awakening was the last chance the franchise had or else it'd be shelved.

>>717829673
More Important ≠ more important

>>717838062
Still not as bad as zelda/mario keks with their constant boogeyman schizophrenia.

>>717837537
There’s another possible timeline too where Sakurai got extra dev time for 64 and Melee instead of rushing them out

https://youtu.be/DCpUqAgzomE?si=3PuOGw3tXZBnW7ot

>>717838062
They are schizophrenic and tend to rewrite history

>>717838148
You're retarded. SRPGs have always been niche but FE is among the best way better than babyfied shit like advanced wars.

>>717838438
>Gooey
>Sakura acknowledging shit OCs from other directors (ok if it's just trophy shit)
Fucking LOL

>>717838403
nobody forgets the most parroted quote of all time, dumb fuck. doesn't change the fact it was always alive and continued to be after Awakening's success. until now of course with Shitgage

>>717838062
Kagatards are rabid zealots who shit on the post awakening games for proving Kaga is a fucking hack since his shitty sagas were never relevant.

>>717838062
Their threads literally get spammed by the mentally ill. They're unironically the red-headed step child

>>717838317
i mean nintendo games had a stigma to them too. i'm pretty sure it's just legit weeb games being seen as a sony thing by the really hardcore fanboys that stuck with nintendo through the "dark ages" of the late 90s and early 2000's. even the wii had a stigma and the wii u didn't do so hot so those dark ages lasted for decades outside of the handheld space where the ds lite was hip and trendy.

>>717838050
>Sakurai made crack incarnate: Meteos
>No Meteo Tour stage
>No Meteos assist trophy
>NO FUCKING REMIXES
HELLO? SAKURAI YOUR SHIT TASTE IS SUPER SHIT DUDE

>>717838287
>sakurai bad
Yes.

>>717838616
Engage had the best gameplay but boy the plot was fucking abyssmal, and it's heroes' fault.
It's fucking grim that if you ever help a light or shadow dragon your soul will forever be entrapped and you'll be their champion, unironically Edelgard was right when she wanted to kill all dragons.

>>717829189
>Engage killed the franchise
Not getting a game since 2023 means the franchise is dead? Are FE fags really this spoiled?

>>717837819
>Ironic weeb
But Xenoblade is an unironic Westaboo series you dumb fucking cat.

>>717838737
>Metroidtard is seething because amazing mirror is a better game than anything in the metroid franchise
Sakurai styled on you tards with no effort at all lmao

>>717838823
we is me

>>717837974
>Xenocucks and FEggots incredulous when Pikmin already brought down Final Fantasy

>>717838801
They are coombrained gachatards who want FE to be cancelled so they only focus on making jpegs for the mobileslop.

>>717838148
>but X suffered for being on the Wii U only for the longest time
And nobody bought it when it released on switch again...

>>717829109 (OP)
Nice. I will use this information to troll threads about any tendie slop not on the list.

>>717837914
Yes. The Japs really, really like their squid kids.

Pikmin will never be an A-list franchise no matter how much Miyamoto insists it is.

>>717839101
as they should.

>>717837974
It's Miyamoto's personal passion project.

>>717838824
You know the irony is that Sakurai isn't even known for the trilogy that everyone associates his game series with

>>717838823
That speaks nothing for its fans you retarded elf mutt.

>>717839101
Contains everything Japan likes:
>Moeslop
>Cunnyslop
>Idolslop
>Ikaslop
Easy dosh.

>>717829109 (OP)
>Fire Emblem and Xenoblade
I have never played these games. What’s so good about them?

>>717839450
Solid games from niche genres

>>717829673
>only weebs like Fart Emblem and Xenogayde
See?

>>717839116
>How dare not every IP shilled is some giant megabrand and just be a personal passion project
Pikmin is the most based for just being some old guys autistic hobby.

>>717837914
Not everything needs to be from the 90s to be important, grandpa.

>>717839450
One is a SRPG, the other a traditional JRPG

>>717839308
But the fans aren't ironic weebs either you failed furry fucker.

>>717839450
Fire Emblem is babby's first Strategy RPG.
Xenoblade is a sci-fi RPG with heavy emphasis on exploration, characters, and combat.

>the Engage schizo is here trying to convince non-fans that it killed the franchise
Do you ever sleep, nigger? Why have you made it your life's mission to convince everyone that a series that just got a game 2 years ago is dead?

>>717829916
>>717831043
>>717835230
>>717835527

Metroidvania is a genre but people actually only care about the Symphony of the Night part of it. Keep seething.

If fire emblem was really dead no one would pay for the gatcha mobile game

>>717839898
This

>>717839894
>Metroidvania
It's called "Search Action" actually.

>>717840000
I've literally never heard anyone call it that. Though it is admittedly cleaner sounding. Metroidvania always sorta did sound like if FPS games were still called Doom clones.

Most people here are braindead brown zoomers so they can't know that but for the longest time fire emblem averaged a couple hundred thousand copies worldwide. The series only became viable with the 3DS. As for Xenoblade it's not really a nintendo franchise the way the others are: it's the continuation of a franchise that started on a rival platform by another publisher

>>717840000
Ngl, this is a way better monicker for the genre

>>717840416
>retarded poltard tourist thinks all games have AAA budget
kekekek

>>717839894
Amusing cope, mediocre bait. Castlevania is dead btw. Sorry for your luck.

>>717840416
If Xenoblade isn't a Nintendo franchise, then neither is Pokemon. Yet it's listed there all the same.

>>717838739
Engage gameplay was pretty decent. it fucking sucks thinking how long it'll take for the next mainline entry to release though, if IS doesn't announce a new game next year. it'll end up breaking the 2-3 year cycle we've had since 1990.

>>717840594
Game development takes way longer now than it used to.

>>717840581
pokemon never started on another platform like xeno did

>>717840571
>Castlevania is dead
It wasn't dead, konami fell for the pachinko meme (basically got stuck in gachahell) but as bad as the netflix show was it's way more relevant than metroid has been for decades lmao
And with how well the legacy collections have sold I wouldn't be surprised if they start releasing new titles.

>>717840753
>it's way more relevant than metroid has been for decades lmao
nintendo derangement syndrome truly is a bitch

sorry for your browness, hope it gets better soon

>>717840753
cope

>>717840594
I wouldn't mind them taking 5-6 years to develop the games I don't get why most people need yearly or biennal releases for their franchises, short dev time was what caused the enshittification of so many franchises like pokemon.

dude who the fuck cares whether xeno is a Nintendo ip or not.
The important thing is you can only find it on Nintendo hardware.

>>717840753
>”t-the show is relevant!”
SotN’s legacy is Alucard getting fucked up the ass onscreen. This is not the hill you want to die on, slut.

>>717840807
>muh nintendooooo
I know you're an underage indian shitposter and barely understand english but Castlevania started as a Nintendo game. The original trilogy was released on the NES.

>>717840594
Boo fucking hoo maybe if you didn't cry about your tea minigames and chores you would get your next FEbortion
https://files.catbox.moe/b9flqs.mp4

>>717840913
The show was III, Curse of Darkness and Rondo. Did you even play the games or watched the show?

>>717841005
Yeah, I watched up to Alucard getting sodomized and dropped it. Netflix isn’t videogames btw, dumb cunt.

>>717840937
>I-I'm not brown u are!!!
impressive wit ranjeet

no one gives a fuck about castlevania it didn't get a new game in more than a decade, fuck off back to /tv/ if you want to talk about netflix shows made by jewish sodomites

>>717830713
I mean, XC2 is the worst one, and only got more popularity because of anime titties

>>717829109 (OP)
Xenoblade/FE use third party/freelance character artists, Nintendo doesn't want to deal with any potential legal issues by including them.

>>717841157
Pokemon and Kirby.

>>717841085
Still more relevant than your slop franchise. Face it, since other M and Federation forces all metroid titles have been awful. Dread was mediocre at best and the remake was wholly inferior to a fanmade game.

Engage bad

>>717841102
It recently got a new game retard lmao you don't even know what you're talking about.

>>717840847
fair. they will get a pass if it turns out to be the best FE has ever been. Engage showed potential gameplay-wise but overall was a mixed bag. we need a return to the snes and gba formula in terms of writing and story structure, especially with character designs.

>>717841216
I accept your concession.

>>717841216
>Face it, sincAAAAAAACCCCCCCCKKKK
I'm glad that castlevania is now known as a series where one of the main characters gets assfucked, very fitting, hope u enjoy sis

>>717841194
The artists on those are employed under GF/IS which are contractually under nintendo for IP purposes. The same isn't the case for FE/Xenoblade, the artists design for one game then leave, maybe coming back later again but aren't strict employees to IS/Monolith.

>>717841383
Unlike Metroid where samus is known to have been raped by birdpeople, Ridley and be obsessed with his male superior? lmao metroidtrannies are delusional as fuck

>>717829673
Pikmin is one of Miyamoto's own children.
No matter how niche the appeal of the gameplay is to the average person, it will always be given a sea at the big boys table.
Plus it's 10 times more marketable than Fire Emblem, Metroid, and Xenoblade combined. Nintendo stores are flooded with Pikmin plushies, everyone else is lucky to get amiibo space.

>>717833880
The press release literally didn't say that.

>>717841489
man I can tell from the cadence of your post that you’re mad as fuck kek

>>717841501
FE is one of the most marketable nintendo franchises along animal crossing and pokémon. How many fucking amiibos are there for FE?

>>717838616
Backpedaled the post
Holy shit

>>717841561
lmao you didn't even play other M did you?

>>717841501
>10 times more marketable
lol no, pikmin is a C tier franchise like the games you listed. It's the most disproportially shilled series because Miyamoto is obsessed with it for some reason, the series dies when he retires.

BTW the FE phone game completely shat on the pikmin one.

>>717833825
The whole thread is bait FE is IS, and Xeno is Monolith.

>>717841157
Look at the op image again. The image Stealth included with his tweet includes a collage that's on the wall of the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto. It includes Pyra, who was designed by Masatsugu Saito, a freelance artist. Here's another look at the wall.

>FE trannies defending gacha

>>717841679
pikmin has become much more popular in japan with the fourth game, especially among the female audience

it sold more than a million copies here, which only nintendo's top franchises manage to do

>>717833825
pokemon, kirby, smash bros, warioware, Metroid Dread, Mother and now pikmin (4 was co-deved by a third party) are less first party than xenoblade

>>717841812
Women aren't loyal to franchises, most women played Animal Crossing during covid for a few weeks but only a fraction would play a new one.

>>717841751
lol

>>717841812
>muh glorious nippon
total sales are lower than Three Houses

>>717833961
Yeah thats why people think its a mmo and not the 400 random fetch quests while adapting tab target gameplay

>>717829525
>thread is full on anons talking shit about how FE or Xenoblade totally isn't relevant anymore
>XCX just got rereleased and both franchises are probably going to get a couple of mainline games on the Switch 2
>meanwhile actually suffering F-Zerobros have been quietly sitting in the corner for decades, just waiting for the next crumb of acknowledgement

I do hope F-Zero 99 really was a testing ground to see if people cared about the franchise nowadays.

>>717841935
>muh glorious nippon
yes nintendo is a japanese company, congratulations for noticing mister nigger

>>717829109 (OP)
Shulk is in the image of that twitter post

>>717842025
Nintendo doesn't give a fuck where its sales come from. Pikmin 4 sold more in japan than luigi's mansion 3, I promise you they will not make a new pikmin over an LM game

>>717836657
That last one should have Iwata instead of a Chad. He was the executive who gave them as much time as needed to finish their games.

Xenoblade and Fire Emblem are often included in press releases now, you can see FE and Xenoblade characters in that mural in OP's pic.

Also lol @ the retards in this thread trying to claim these series matter less than mother or f-zero. Xenoblade is also more "first party" than half the games on that mural.

>>717829109 (OP)
I mean, you can see Xenoblade and Fire Emblem characters in that Nintendo museum mural

Shit there's deeper cuts in there like Famicom Detective Club and Trace Memory.

>>717836916
PlayStations All Stars being made in the 90s or early 2000s could’ve been great

>>717839764
>Fire Emblem is babby's first Strategy RPG.
man remember when it was a hardcore series back in the day? what the fuck happened?

>>717836916
>>717842560
It's funny how all those characters are nothingburgers now.

i know this is off topic, but is there any way to play video games without playing them?
I dont want to spend 15000 hours caching up to FE or xenoblade

>>717842610
no? If anything some of the modern FE games are harder (e.g. conquest)

>stealth40K
wasn't his tweet bitching about totk leaks and spoilers specifically used by nintendo lawyers in their case for shutting down yuzu?
Guy is nothing but a fake-grassroots tendo marketer.

>>717842610
awakening happened. really ‘saved’ the series by introducing an influx of normie waifufags.

>>717842689
just play them, retard.

>>717837997
>17 games
>8 characters in Smash

This franchise is all about Quantity over Quality

>>717842714
ninindans need their raise lmfao

>>717842610
Advanced wars died and Nintendo decided to market the game to casuals as well.

>>717829109 (OP)
Those are internal Nintendo IPs.

Intelligent Systems operates seperately from Nintendo. And no one gives a fuck about Xenoblade.

>>717842696
Conquest is easy as shit with the overtuned shit you have access to not to mention pinwheel and vasual mode.

>>717838062
Awakening and beyond both changed them for the worst and invited too many normies to the franchise. Almost makes you wish it never got popular from being in Smash.

>>717842610
Wasn't Fire Emblem one of the first strategy rpgs? How can it be 'le hardcore' if it was an innovator? Also it's by far the most popular franchise of its subgenre?

>>717842923
Why are SD and FE12 hated? I've recently re-played them and the low poly art direction grew on me.

Star Fox bros...

>>717842951
Casuals are scared by the concept of permadeath hence why xcom was also considered "le hardcore" during the 2000s also it was significantly harder than Advanced Wars (which was designed to be westoid's first SRPG)

>>717842917
>Those are internal Nintendo IPs.
Pokemon, kirby, 2D metroid, and pikmin to a lesser extent aren't internal Nintendo IPs.

>no one gives a fuck about xenoblade
similar reception to metroid/pikmin

>>717843041
We reached the point where the IP is known more for Smash than the actual games.

>>717841679
That's not what marketable means.
Fire Emblem Games sell more, but if you put a plush toy of the cute cartoon mascot and the chibi anime girl on a shelf, which do you think most families are gonna buy for their kid?
Fire Emblem is more popular among the core gamer audience, but the average normie in the west is allergic to anime, so they'll plaster family friendly scrunkos all over their branding to bring them in.

>>717843112
Xeno after chronicled is definitely larger than Metroid/Pikmin. Only the most rabid fanboys disagree.

>>717842804
>This franchise is all about Quantity over Quality
You say that like it's an insult, but that's literally the selling point of the whole franchise. They're TRPGs where each game has it's own giant cast.
Sure you'll get some standouts every once in a while, but 99% of FE characters aren't popular and just have their own little subsection of fans.

>gacha making 3-4M a month on a shoestring budget means the franchise is dead
>just because the last entry only sold about 2M copies and there hasn't been a game in 2 years (other IPs have to wait waaay longer)
FEggots really are a different breed of retards, holy hell. I bet you still think there's going to be a 4 remake too lmao.

>>717843153
>which do you think most families are gonna buy for their kid
You can market to more groups than just toddlers.

>>717843198
Metroid is arguable, It's possible xenoblade 2 outsold metroid dread considering its trajectories but it's unknown since white paper sales figures stopped updating in 2023. That said, Prime 4 is probably going to shitter shatter the sales figures of any previous xenoblade/metroid.

Pikmin 4 was bigger but that's due to it getting mario/zelda-level shilling

>>717830770
>Them

Say 'The character' because the male and female versions are the same character. The character isn't multiple people.

maybe Nintendo combed through purchases and found that those who play fire emblem and xenoblade don’t really engage with the rest of their brand

Engayge won't sell 2M because word of mouth killed their legs also its selling less than that garbage gayden demake in japan kek.

>>717843153
chibi anime girl will almost certainly sell more

>but the average normie in the west is allergic to anime
log off boomer, troonime is mainsteam in the west now

>>717843212
It's just GCbabies/Tallistards seething because nobody cares about PoR and the faggot furryman Ike anymore.

metroid being bigger is a pyop literally the last metroid was 5 years ago and it didn't sell much

>>717843409
Yep 100% psyop

>>717843301
Dread didn't even break 1M, did it?

>>717843490
Exactly
They literally lying here

>>717843490
Where are you getting the idea that it didn't?

>>717829109 (OP)
Considering Nintendo wants to be the Disney of Japan, they probably don't want to promote big titty anime games.

>>717843372
Just because normalfags watch anime now doesn't mean they'll buy jrpgs or anime styled games. They really don't at all.

>>717843212
It's mostly one schizo who has been shitting up the board with "Engage killed FE" for over a year now.

>>717843684
Might be missremembering, I'm not autistic enough to archive all game's sales figures. But I kind of remember it struggling to get to 1M and people coping by saying it was a lower budget game.

>>717829109 (OP)
>they created
the xeno franchise is monolith's baby

>>717843754
Pedos don't understand that normies will buy anime games as long as they have teens or adults as MCs (Persona, Final Fantasy, etc) but will avoid their pedo games like the plague (senran kagura, disgaea, Etrian Odyssey) lolis are fucking cringe and even nerds will look at you with disdain, lolitards are on the same level as bronies when it comes to social rejection even inside nerd circles.

>>717843490
Last sales figures has dread at 3.08 million, xenoblade 2 was as 2.78 million. This was 2023 when the last sales figures were given (white papers stopped updating nintendo sales) and Xenoblade has surprisingly good legs for a jRPG while dread sales tanked after its release month.

>>717843771
They threw their baby off a cliff then, considering how bad XDE was and how bad it sold.

>>717838148
Fire Emblem’s overblown status cannot be criticized enough, it’s a C-Tier franchise at best and was arguably way cooler when it was Japan Exclusive and when the characters spoke Japanese. Besides, it’s one of the few franchises famously cucked by localization meddling and yet people still continue to eat it up.

>>717843916
Must have missremembered or just read shitposters trying to bait people here on /v/. Thanks anon

>>717843754
Three houses sold more than pikmin 4 and pikmin 4 has very little over xenoblade

In fact, Japan is the reason why pikmin 4 even sold more than xenoblade, xenoblade sells more in the west

>>717843759
Well you heard wrong, it sold over 3m and truth be told its overall lifetime sales are probably close to 4m

>>717843909
no one is talking about those games, schizo

>>717843949
They hardly gave a shit about X to begin with, the director considers it an experimental game that existed to get the team ready for HD development.

>>717843981
Are you under the impression that Xenoblade, FE, Metroid or Pikmin are anything but C-tier? The big flagship franchises are Mario and Zelda, B tier are Pokémon, Kirby, Mario spinoffs and maybe Animal Crossing
Everything else is C tier.

>>717843293
Yeah, but that's what Nintendo wants, an inoffensive family friendly image. Families buying for their kids make up most of the traffic you see in a store and that's why the Nintendo store is flooded wall to wall with Mario, Pokemon, Kirby, and Pikmin merch, while more mature franchises like Metroid get maybe a shelf for t-shirtsn shit.
Nintendo does give Xenoblade and FE do get a fair bit of non-amiibo merch, but you generally have to look to online stores to find them rather than showing them front in center in their merch shops.

>>717843996
it's nowhere near 4 million, dread is much closer to 3 million

>>717838403
>”Ohhh man, to imagine a different timeline where FE got shelved and got occasional references and perhaps a compilation collection or remakes instead of new slop garbage.”

Oh I’m sorry I was just thinking out loud

>>717843996
Yes, either I'm missremembering or fell for shitposters making shit up >>717843984

>>717838561
But dude imagine how terrifying Melee Meta Knight would be

>>717843198
The sheer delusion with this one

>>717843368
Yeah, censorship will do that. Nothing like removing the romance out of your dating sim.

>>717829109 (OP)
Star Fox hermanas… I don’t feel so good.

>>717844353
We had 4 Xeno games for the switch and only 1 pikmin game. Xeno is bordering yearly slop

>>717838627
>They're unironically the red-headed step child

I’ll one up that for you, the inbred blue headed step cousin

>>717844448
There are 4 pikmin games on switch. Pikmin also has less innovations despite taking 10 years to make

>>717844358
Star fox has always been kinda bad though. I remember tendies hyped it as a franchise that could rival Zelda and then I played the games and they're just mediocre at best.

>>717836752
90% of 7th gen weeb games were on the wii

>noooo you’re supposed to care about Metroid’s middling sales!
I care a lot, because it’s a good thing. Why would I ever want this kino series polluted by dumbfuck normalfags? If Metroid was popular it would probably have fast travel and cheevos. If MP4 only sells 4-5 mil it’s a good thing.

>>717844547
star fox has one good game, 64 (SNES is technically impressive for its time but a meh game otherwise). It's a meme series

>>717832823
They said the Klaus saga is over no?
Basically the whole basis of the series.
A new xeno is in order methinks.

>>717844451
kekkkkkkk

>>717838734
>No Ayumi Tachibana after all these years
>Takamaru/Excitebike Assist Trophy
>Balloon Fighter reference of Villager

>>717840000
Based big get.
>Search Action
...Exploraction Games.

>>717844451
You localized my reply to be more "setting appropriate"! You should get a job at Nintendo Tree-house.

>>717839450
They are long RPGs.
>>717842053
True, he is right to the odyssey Mario and Pyra is at right of Peach in the bottom left... Just show that Twitter fag is talking nonsense as always.

>>717844576
well, despite the relatively low sales, metroid got raped anyway with the 2D series becoming ultra linear and action focused while fucking up exploration and level design. Prime also faltered with 3, jury's out on prime 4 for now.

>>717844576
based

>>717844354
Why did they censor the men? I understand the women and shota, but censoring the two men seems odd.

>>717844597
64 is shit. I was so underwhelmed by it when I beat it and 100% it in under 5 hours I even thought they butchered it for the 3DS and went back and played on the n64.
Adventure was just laughably bad

>>717844612
>Basically the whole basis of the series.
you're forgetting something

>>717844671
SR was better than the ZM asset flip and Dread was kino, and saved the franchise. Sorry you’re not happy with it.

>>717839898
Orrrr Nintendo would shut it down but their fans are so entitled they want new games every year, not some dumb mobile gacha amirite?

>>717844712
The Chinese ban gayshit and the switch was huge on the chinese market.

>>717844742
I should have been more specific. Whole basis of the blade series.
Zohar ties all xenos together. It's story can be told in other Xenos.

>>717844743
>Samus Returns
>better than AM2R
Based and factual. Although the real answer is that all three Metroid II’s are good.

>>717844727
>it's bad because it's short
braindead opinion, SF64's replayability is one of its strengths

>>717844743
>SR better than ZM
no, I don't fault the game for being worse because of the original metroid 2's design but ZM had far more meaningful exploration

>Dread was kino
The emmi mechanic is the worst thing ever added to metroid, not only because the half-baked stealth sucks, but because of how the zones bottleneck level design. Even worse, they tied major upgrades to them meaning sequence breaking is fucked up to. It's also yet another 2D metroid with bad exploration because Sakamoto has been more interested in action setpieces and narrative elements for metroid after super instead of actual exploration kino

>saved the franchise
SR came out and prime 4 was in development before dread started, not sure how it saved anything. If you mean sales, Metroid had the smallest increase of any nintendo series on the switch.

Take this xenotards.Watch superior mecha series.

>>717829109 (OP)
Rune Factory bros...

>some intern put together a graphic and Nintendo just reposts it every year
>Nintendo doesn't care what's on it
>IntSys doesn't care what's on it
>Monolithsoft doesn't care what's on it
>/v/ shits itself
Profound autism

>even Mario Kart, Nintendo's most profitable series, had to wait 10 years for a new game
>Tears of the Kingdom took 6 years after the massive success of BotW
>Odyssey team worked on Bananza for 7 years
>Fire Emblem fans: WHY AM I NOT GETTING A NEW GAME EVERY 2 YEARS?

>>717829593
It's the thing Miyamoto cares about, which makes it soulful.

>>717840594
>it'll end up breaking the 2-3 year cycle we've had since 1990.

Good you guys needs to go through that struggle, you had the 3DS and Switch eras, I’m sure you can sit out the early Switch 2 era

The next pattern or cycle that needs to be broken is it getting a new character every Smash game

>>717845008
It's bad because it's piss easy, I didn't say I beat it in 5 hours I said I 100% it, it's the kind of game that you'd only think is good if it's the only game you own and your force yourself to like it.

>>717844936
Zohar/Conduit is the basis for Xenoblade too, it's what gets triggered by the experiment. It's still an unknown in the blade games (in addition its associated higher domain being).

>>717844712
Nintendo of America hate anime games

>>717844884
There is no "Chinese version". It's the same as the Japanese version which has no restrictions as the simplified Chinese localization was technically for Taiwan (who will smuggle those carts into Mainland China).

>>717845068
Frontier was the best RF and the recent titles have been slop.

>>717845134
I felt the difficulty was fine for the type of game it was, especially considering expert mode. If being too easy disqualifies a game from being good then 99% of nintendo games suck.

>>717830241
>it keeps getting games despite them barely cracking a million
you know that also describes metroid?

>>717845134
>hard means good
>easy means bad
If I could strike your knees with a bat I would.

>>717845094
Who are you quoting? All the FEtards ITT are saying that it's just one schizo who pretends the franchise is dead.

>>717845068
Rune factory isn't a Nintendo IP...

>>717845154
I know but I think the blade series is more concerned with Klaus. The Zohar is present the entire time but I don't think they need to delve into the Zohar with more Xenoblade.
Tbh I just think it's time for a new Xeno series, granted not that all the blade games were similar so it's a bit of an arbitrary want.

>>717845184
>Nintendo of America hate anime games
Mario and Donkey Kong are anime games.

>>717841143
best*

>>717845306
>but I don't think they need to delve into the Zohar with more Xenoblade.
tough shit

>ITT: tendie secondaries fighting over which of Nintendo’s forgotten children deserves daddy’s sloppy seconds

>>717845272
It's easy and short, the different routes are fucking nothing when they don't pose a significant challenge.
Moreso considering shmups are sweaty hard in comparison StarFox feels like a babified neutered version of thay.

>>717845306
We literally had more Zohar in Xenoblade x and being completely unrelated to Klaus this time. We are going into samaar lore now.

>>717842923
>but muh gameplay
how is that deflection? I would hope a game has good gameplay

>>717845360
Just like in Xenosaga, someone fucking with the Zohar/Conduit has caused the Gnosis/Ghosts to show up.

>>717845275
Rightttttttttttttttt

>>717845307

>>717845553
Are you lost? You didn't make that post ITT little jeet.

>>717845360
>>717845492
I never played the port.
Should I?

>>717840571
Metroid is also dead
They "announced" Prime 4 8 years ago
They don't give a fuck about Metroid.

Hell, look at all the celebration for 25 years of LoZ and Metroid got fucking nothing

>>717845613
yOU POSTED ANIME GGAME.

>>717835556
Castlevania is not and never has been more popular than Metroid.

>>717845412
For me, it’s Custom Robo.

>>717841501

>>717845642
Zelda is A-list, Metroid isn't

>>717845639
I liked it. The whole drama about this port is that some people don't like the new chapter 13. But unlike the wiiu version now the game has an actual ending this time.

>>717845642
You don’t know what a dead franchise looks like, tortanic nigger.

>>717845639
meh, Xenoblade X is a game that's amazing for the first time but due to its structure becomes less interesting on repeat playthroughs. If you didn't play the original, absolutely play it, but if you did the story elements added in the epilogue are just as mediocre as the base game, maybe look it up instead since it seems to set up some stuff for the future of the series.

>>717845691
Castlevania has been more popular for a long time. Metroid hasn't been relevant since Super Metroid and it didn't help that Prime tried to be off-brand Halo games.

>>717845881
Oh, you’re just retarded, got it.

>>717841501
Went to Nintendo NY the other day and there’s Splatoon, Kirby, Animal Crossing and some Metroid Merch too

>>717845292
Just like Pokemon

metroid is the biggest poser franchise of all time the way people talk about it you would think each game sells like 4+ million copies but no dread was the best selling one and it only hit 3

>>717829109 (OP)
Those are not even first party bruh.

>>717845814
1 game in the past 15 years for a major pillar of the company is pretty dead.

>>717845946
Pokemon IP is 1/3 owned by Nintendo. Rune factory isn't even a console exclusive anymore.

>>717845910
>no argument
I accept your concession

>>717829189
not a tactics person but my friends are. What makes engage so much shittier than three houses or previous entries?

>>717845972
salesniggers aren’t human, and frogfags less so

>>717845972
People only like metroid because zero suit samus is coomer bait.

>>717846024
in the eyes of 4jeety shills? that IS didn't pay the SBI extortion fee for it like KT did for 3H, that's literally it

uh oh xenotranny meltie

>>717845789
>>717845878
Ok, if I can grab it for cheap on day I'll pick it up. I don't think the next installment is anytime soon anyways.

>>717846024
They removed the persona sim aspects from it and it's a more straightforward strategy game

>>717838734
Nintendo doesn't own Meteos, that's why.

>>717846202
So it should be better? What went wrong?

>>717833634
kekzinga

>>717846106
pretty much this, metroid falls into that safe horny category where people pretend like like jerking off to samus is so much different to pyra

>>717842018
Last major update for 99 was in April iirc which added the Mirror Ace League, that was like 4 months ago, I’m on that copium we’ll get something new for the 2nd Anniversary in September despite it being Mario’s 40th Anniversary, they’ll likely make it all about Mario but WHAT THEY COULD DO is give us Super Mario Kart Tracks in 99 which I’m shocked still hasn’t happened yet especially to coincide and cross promote both F-Zero and Mario Kart. There’s so potential in FZ99 I guess it’s not priority for them heck we still only have 2 secret ??? Tracks.

>>717846325
Tactics games have always been niche FE became popular due to the dating sim aspects, also no self-insert as Alear's design alienated selfinsert fags.

>>717846325
the average fire emblem """"fan"""" sees the actual srpg gamplay as a distraction from the social elements

>>717846202
They didn't.

>>717846325
Try looking at screenshots and videos of the game, it's much less aesthetically pleasing, that's why it "failed". But at the same time, Three Houses' marketing and release date were much more favorable.

>>717846325
Personafags only care about the dating sim aspects.

>>717846404
It's a poser franchise, they pretend it's better because it "used to be a secret" and "you had to beat the game quickly" to get Samus in a bikini 30 years ago.
I'd say it attracts pseuds/midwitts.

>>717846106
That’s rich coming from a waifufagging xenotranny. Anytime I see footage of your “games” I get secondhand embarassment.

>>717846519
Where's the time management/month sim in engage? I can clearly point it out in 3Houses.
3H is way more FexPersona than fucking TMS.

>>717842804
Most fire emblem games score 8/10 at worst with critics. Hell compare that with star fox which has no quantity, and no quality.

lots of samefaggots in this thread. shy are tendies like this?

>>717846610
I've never played a Xeno game but try again Metroid tard. You fags hated Other M because Samus had actual cjaracter and wasn't just a sex object lmao.

>>717842689
Watch a TAS speedrun

https://youtu.be/NGxAR20BV9M

>>717846725
>other m
>good
holy fucking kek glad I can just write you off as a nigger, opinion discarded

>>717846702
It’s mental illness I’m afraid. You should be glad this thread is so active that it’s serving as containment.

>>717846802
IMO it's overhated, the gameplay is way more fluid than dread and is leagues above shit like federation force.

>>717842689
>caching
theres no need to catch up just play which ever game interest you most of them are stand alone experiences

>>717846725
She was more of a sex object in Other M than any game she's ever been in

>>717846920
>3d movement mapped to d-pad
>no cooldown on dodge
>autoaim with zero input
kek you can feasibly beat this game by mashing buttons like an ape, no wonder you liked it nigger

>>717843041
Nintendo did absolutely nothing for the 30th anniversary except promote games on NSO.

>>717846725
Shut the fuck up, Dobson.

>>717832039
That's my biggest issue with the Fire Emblem reps, they do a poor job of representing it's own series. If it was the same number of characters, but they swapped them around for weapon variety and so it wasn't so front loaded with modern reps, it would be better received.

>keep Marth as the OG
>keep Ike as the most popular male character in the series
>keep Lucina as the token Awakening rep
>add Dimitri as a lance user + modern era
>add Hector as an axe user + GBA era
>add Celica as a magic user + classic era
>add Tiki as a manakete + the closest thing the series has to a mascot after Marth
>add Lyn as the most popular female character in the series

Still 8 characters, but represents a better spread

>>717847041
>you liked it
Where did I say that? I consider it thoroughly mediocre at best.

I see what’s happening here. It’s a thread that places Metroid above Xenoshit.

I see you, ACfag. I can smell your stink, freak.

>>717847118
>Dobson
lmao whatever happened to him? Is it true his family forced him to stfu because his brother became a politician?

>>717847120
that still sucks

>>717847120
>keep lucina
NO. She's just a Marth reskin even in-game lmao, just keep Robin.
Also
>Ike as the most famous male
lmao PoRBaby detected

>>717847124
You’re either taking the piss by favoring it over literally any other game in the series, even the mediocre spinoffs, or you’re just a mentally ill freak with abominable shit taste.

>>717842018
Haven’t played F-Zero 99 in forever…

>>717847293
Fuck off faggot path of radiance was good

>>717847114
People put way too much trust in these anniversaries. Time and time again, especially Japanese companies, these either get nothing or just an art book.

>>717847124
pipe down nigger ape

>>717845129
>you had the 3DS and Switch eras
and I will forever discard that lump of trash to see my snes/gba/gamecube era return. fuck modern fire emblem and fuck waifufags

>>717846024
If you want a non schizo answer, the reason it didn't sell as well was because the artstyle was a huge turnoff, and word of mouth for it was mostly negative due to how bad the story was. After veilguard flopped, im convinced having a bad story in an rpg is a death sentance.

>>717847425
it was fine but its slow as fuck and a step down from the gba games and less fun than what comes after it

>>717840000
Only by longhair Boomers and Queers

>>717847186
I’m optimistic that he killed himself.

>>717847293
>Lucina
Lucina is stupidly popular in Japan unfortunately. Robin would be better and I almost went with that, but she's a licence to print money so I know there would be a push from within at Nintendo to keep her.
>Ike
When they did the popularity a few years back of all characters pre-3H, Ike not only finished 1st on the mens sides by a landslide, he also finished 5th because they weirdly split his appearances up. The combined scores of the two Ike's would have just put him #1 overall above Lyn and Lucina.

The only murky thing is there hasn't been a poll featuring the likes of Ike, Lyn, Lucina and Roy since, so it's hard to officially gauge where they stand alongside the 3H Lords now.

>>717843363
Fuck Avatars (characters with gender options) they are also part of the reason FE became shit and will never get decent characters in Smash ever again

>>717843041
These absolute shitters STILL haven't ported adventures, STILL haven't ported assault. Fuckin Fzero GX is getting ported. Can the fucking thing even run these 20 year old furshit games or is it literally moonlanding technology to this company?

>>717845972
this frog posting trvthnvkes
sheesh

>>717845972
Dumb frogposter

>>717846725
The thumbs-up sign had been used by the Galactic Federation for ages. Me, I was known for giving the thumbs-down during briefing. I had my reasons, though... Commander Adam Malkovich was normally cool and not one to joke around, but he would end all of his mission briefings by saying, "Any objections, Lady?" He was joking, but others weren't... At the time I felt surrounded by people who treated me like a child or used kid gloves because i was a woman. And yet, with Adam, I was grateful for the nod... My past has left me with an uneasy soul, and as a result, it touched me on some level that Adam would acknowledge that past by calling something delicate- like "Lady." And I knew more than anyone that every word from Adam was deliberate. My thumbs-down was a twofold response- a sign of derision at being called a lady, and a signal of my complete understanding of the mission orders. The other soldiers were always willing to support me with easy smiles despite the fact that I clearly had so much yet to learn. Among them was Anthony. In the face of his well-meaning behavior, and that of the other soldiers, my response was to become increasingly bitter. I was a child, always with something to prove. A chip on my shoulder.

>>717844573
What’s everyone’s favorite console generation?

>>717848104
Just keep Lucina as an echo/different costume for Marth and do Robin instead.

>>717848157
i mean even if they werent avatars you would still get the generic lord anyway but this is such a non issue most fe characters are fun to play anyway

>>717845972
round up and butcher frogposters. best frogposters over the head with a cinder block and watch their fat little leggies kick.

>>717829109 (OP)
>Metroid is on there
Cool.
>I have to wait for another shitty Prime game that sucks cock before getting the actually good 2D Metroid game
Lame as shit.

>>717848459
Gen 6 was the golden age of gaming.

>>717847989
I think he's too much of a narcissist for that, but it is the best way to explain how he's managed to stay offline.

>>717844637
Unintentional but I’ll take it and go home with it

>>717848596
MP4 will be kino and Metroid 6 will be 2026, and even better than Dread. Don’t be such a tribaltranny.

>>717829109 (OP)
>Splatroon
Really? My impression of it is they released the first one and then they just released the same thing again (maybe 2 or 3 more times? I don't even know how many there are).
It was ok for a bit, but eh.

Nintendo didn't create those series though?

>>717848697
Won’t be shocked if jewtendo delays MP4 just to have two games come out for the 40th anniversary.
>but they never care about anniversaries!
no but it will be the excuse kek

>>717848821
They seem to be going ahead with it, it's getting a spinoff. Also no way in hell 4 isn't in development. More of the same isn't the best thing sequels can do, but it's also not the worst. That's kind of just Splatoon in general, pretty middle-of-the-road franchise.

>>717848596
There hasn't been a good 2D metroid game since 2004

to be fair, the same goes for prime

>>717848821
Go look at the sales numbers.

>>717848596
Prime trilogy shits on the 2D metroids released after super. Nintendo agrees given the former is still first party.

>>717845094
Hot Damn that’s a Truth Nuke if I’ve ever seen one and if you wanna GO EVEN FURTHER BEYOND

>F-Zero had to wait 19 years (From Climax to 99
>Metroid also had to wait 19 (From Fusion to Dread, only counting 2D titles)
>Animal Crossing had to wait 8 years (New Leaf to New Horizons)
>Freaking Famicom Detective Club had to wait 30 something years until Emio

>>717848596
>>717849140
>>717849295
>most successful contemporary metroid is hated by /v/
Contrarianism is a disease, and the only cure is rope.

>>717849436
it's the only new contemporary metroid game that's not a remake or remaster/port, that's not saying much

>>717845094
>>717849309
Not a FEggot but those games share devs across multiple series while FE has a dedicated team

>>717845094
>>717849309
for those of you that arent in the know, its just subtle engage(the latest fe game) hate. people wanna pretend it killed the series. fire emblem has garnered some of the worst schitzos

>>717849507
>while FE has a dedicated team
dont the also make paper mario and the wario games?

>>717846725
Funny coincidence I’d like to point out, Other M and Xenoblade came out the same year

>>717849725
>ACfaggot shits up threads for both franchises
It all comes together.

>>717849602
separate teams iirc, nintendo mixes and mingles. This is why Pikmin and 2D metroid have problems and need to rely on third parties, not enough devs give a fuck about them internally

>>717846947
Can confirm, this was before those ugly Smash Bros Rocket Heels Sakurai gave her in 4.

>>717849725
>no Dead Rising 2
Missed the best 2010 game, bro.

>>717847120
Lucina can be a Marth alt at best while Robin reps Awakening and the weapon durability mechanic, the amount of defense Chrom and Lucina get when they’re just clones to the core is disgusting.

>>717829109 (OP)
I hope every modern FE fag gets lynched in the streets.

>>717850180
I dont see why smash doesnt just have more skins, like marth could easily have a skin for all the other sword lords like leif, alm, seliph ect

>>717847465
Lets see what they do for Mario’s 40th Anniversary, although it’s proven fake now how funny would it have been if they actually did an NEW Super Mario Bros All Stars?

>>717835305
Prime R sold less than xenoblade DE despite being sold with a discounted price.

>>717848182
If you watched Nerrel’s video on Switch 2 and skipped to 28:36 he talks about Gamecube NSO internet functionality and input lag while showing it

https://youtu.be/FQ3aUW3Ln44

>>717829109 (OP)
Source to press release or is this one dude from twitter is the only source?

>>717848596
>I have to wait for another shitty Prime game that sucks cock before getting the actually good 2D Metroid game

AND STILL NO RELEASE DATE FOR AN 8 YEAR OLD GAME THAT SUFFERED DEVELOPMENT HELL

>>717849839
Air Conditioners really do come in handy during those hot 90 degree Summer Days :)

Splatoon is doing great and happy for it!

Not a single source posted, not even a Pastebin/Archive, but you retards are having a full blown conversation.

>>717829673
Retard

>>717851467
That's because the fanbase has an urge to infight. Fans hate each other more, over people who don't like Nintendo at all and are hostile about it.

>>717829109 (OP)
>Pikmin

based

>>717838801
>Are FE fags really this spoiled?
Bold if you to assume that anon wasn't just a shitposter.

>>717838823
>Xenoblade is an unironic Westaboo series you dumb fucking cat.
On what planet? The closest to it I X and that begins and ends with New LA.

>>717840683
>Game development takes way longer now than it used to
Nah, it's because Intsys was working on the Paper Mario Remake and Wario Ware Move it.

>>717846947
Except for
1, 2, Super, Fusion and zero mission.
They did turn her into a coward however.

>>717829673
Why do you doubt that?
Why is everyone seething at this post?
Why can't we all be friends?
Is it really that rare for people to like both Pikmin and Xenoblade?

>>717851467
>>717829109 (OP)
It's real albeit
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250610751405/en/Nintendo-Switch-2-Sets-Record-Selling-Over-3.5-Million-Units-Globally-in-First-Four-Days

>>717846725
>This statement
>2025
Nice bait. But thousands of posts have been made detailing exactly why other m is dogshit.

>>717842689
Xenoblade whole franchise is 4 games, 3 if you ignore XBX (a spinoff).

>>717842689
>but is there any way to play video games without playing them?
For Nintendo games? No. They're experiences first not movies.

>>717829109 (OP)
Xenoblade isn't important to anyone with taste.

>>717836657
And yet Xenoblade is garbage compared to the other two.