For nylig fik vi både Metroid: Samus Returns til 3DS, og annonceringen af et nyt, stort Metroid-spil til Switch, men kort forinden forsøgte Nintendo faktisk at genoplive serien på en lidt anden måde, nemlig via det kooperative Metroid Prime: Federation Force. Spillet havde en mærkværdig fodbolddel, og hovedspillet var designet til fire spillere på 3DS.
Spillet blev mødt med middelmådige anmeldelser, og relativt ringe salgstal, men det mener én Nintendo-repræsentant er ufortjent. Det er Nintendo Canadas kommunikationsdirektør, Andrew Collins, der har sagt følgende i et interview med EP Network:
"It was a great package. You had Blast Ball, which was this really interesting 3-player, sci-fi football. Then you also had Federation Force, a separate game itself which was this 4-player bounty hunter game, and it's a shame because... because it didn't feature Samus, fans were very very critical. Samus appears a tiny bit much later into the game. And And so because of that, it was seen 'we don't want this version, get rid of it, and give us the one that we want.' And it's unfortunate for Federation Force because it got a bad rap, it wasn't the game which people felt it was."
Synes du også at Federation Force er undervurderet, eller fik spillet kritik som fortjent?