‘Trust us’
Many a Nintendo fan were met with disappointment one week ago when a new Metroid game was announced, but it wasn’t anything like the Metroid game that they actually wanted. It didn’t take long for the Internet to organize a petition for that game’s cancellation. Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has seen those efforts, and he says to those people “Trust us.”
In an E3 interview with Kotaku, Fils-Aime makes it clear that he’s aware of the petition, and insists that fans just need to place some faith in Nintendo. He cited The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker as a similar situation. “So, the game is developed, becomes one of the most beloved games of all time, one of the most highly-rated games of all time, so I use that example to say: ‘We know what we’re doing, trust us, play the game and then we can have a conversation,'” he said.
Continuing, Fils-Aime showed some awareness by stating “Look, we know that the fans want a straight Samus Aran game.” But, he doesn’t think an imminent reveal aligns with Nintendo’s marketing strategy. “[Other companies] announce a project that you may not see for five, six years. It’s just not the way we do things. We know the community wants to see a straight-up Metroid game. We know it.”
Just because Nintendo knows fans want a proper Samus game doesn’t mean it’ll ever deliver. But, if it eventually does, you know damn well it’ll be on its own terms.
Nintendo’s Reggie Talks Metroid, Amiibo, And (Of Course) Mother 3 [Kotaku]
