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Metroid: Other M

The poor reception of 2010's Metroid: Other M put the Metroid series on ice for a second timenote . Despite good initial sales, poor word-of-mouth took its toll, and new copies were rapidly marked down to bargain price.

Yoshio Sakamoto, a co-creator of the franchise who was heavily involved with Other M, said at the time that he didn't plan to return to Metroid or any of his other traditional video game creations any time soon.

In 2016, Nintendo attempted to revive the franchise with the spin-off Metroid Prime: Federation Force, but only achieved low sales, lukewarm critical reception, and outright rejection by the fan base, as many saw it as a failure to address the damage Other M had done to the franchise.

However, as alluded to in interviews around Federation Force's release, Metroid Prime 4 was announced the next year, alongside Metroid: Samus Returns. While the former is still in development, Samus Returns was very well-received, and it looks like Metroid is back in business for the time being.