One thing that fans didn’t appreciate at E3 was the announcement of Metroid Prime: Federation Force. Nintendo of America executive VP of sales and marketing Scott Moffitt says that the company is aware of the vocal fan feedback for the game. As has previously been reported, there is currently a petition to cancel the game which has received 20,000 signatures to date. Here’s what Moffitt had to say about the reaction to the game and the feedback they are taking on board.

“We love our fans. They’re the most passionate, vocal group of fans I’ve ever seen, and we listen carefully to their opinions,” Moffitt said. “We respect their opinions and their right to share those opinions with us. We try to make the best decisions we can with them in mind, but also with our content in mind, with our franchises in mind. A lot goes into the decision of which games to produce and which games not to produce. I don’t pretend to know how all those decisions are made, but we certainly appreciate our fans’ enthusiasm for the Metroid franchise. It’s a franchise I love as well, and I hope they will find other games in the 14 we’ve announced at this E3 that they can play in the meantime while we all wait for the game we’d like to come out in the Metroid franchise.”