I feel Federation Force's announcement was just incredibly poorly timed. Had it been announced when we knew Samus Returns and Prime 4 were coming I'm certain people would have reacted much more warmly towards it (like "oh so a remake, a new game, and a spin-off, cool!"). But since it was the first new Metroid thing to be announced five years after the highly divisive Other M the announcement did not go over well at all.

Hey, I at least respect Federation Force still having a serious story. Next-Level are still trained animators and masters of their craft, but their bread and butter is still slapstick at the end of the day; but they still TRIED, damnit!