Metroid Dread Boosts Metroid Game Sales on Wii U and 3DS eShops - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 October 2021 / 2,418 Views
Nintendo released last week Metroid Dread and the Nintendo Switch OLED Model and as spotted by Twitter user Shinesparkers the game caused a boost in sales for other Metroid games on the Wii U and 3DS eShops in the UK.
The Wii U eShop saw Metroid Fusion jump to the top spot, followed by Metroid Zero Mission in second. Metroid Prime Trilogy came in seventh and Super Metroid was in ninth. The 3DS eShop saw Metroid: Samus Returns jump up to third place.
Metroid Dread unsurprisingly topped the Switch eShop in its opening weekend.
Other Twitter users have reported a similar boost in Metroid games on the Nintendo eShops in the US.
Similar results in the American eShop pic.twitter.com/y5Pk2EkXUs
— ? Loki ❤️?? (@LokiFromAsgard2) October 11, 2021
On the UK retail charts, Metroid Dread debuted in third place and is the highest-grossing Metroid game at launch in the UK, beating out the previous record holder Metroid Prime on the GameCube. It also sold three and a half times more units at launch and outsold lifetime sales of the last 2D Metroid game, Metroid: Samus Returns.
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if you never played super Metroid play it!
Kind of nice, but this raises the question why the fuck can't I play Zero Mission and Fusion at least on Switch, and Super Metroid without a subscription. At least I was an ambassador and have Fusion on the 3DS.
Dread doing double duty! Outrageous though we don't have MP Trilogy on Switch and according to rumors it may not even come.
Truth be told I am surprised Nintendo has kept those online marketplaces online... Considering the WiiU doesn't have a player base and most people have likely moved on with the 3DS.
Hopefully this pushes the idea of bringing older Metroid titles to Switch as some sort of collection as clearly there is a demand and thus money to be made.
