"No plans" for a SNES metroid game

I don't really recall the day I received the following letter from nintendo, but it would have been about 2 weeks after the death of my grandmother. I bring this up because it is mentioned in the letter. Nor do I recall everything I wrote about to Nintendo. One thing is clear, I was reaching out for a friend and for good news in the face of a great tragedy and Nintendo responded.

First off, I DO remember trying to spruce up my envelope with artwork so that Nintendo would notice and it was not good at all. And my grandma past away on March 3, but how was Nintendo to know before wishing her well? Oh well, it's a nice sentiment. Cancer is a bitch.

What really stands out is where they say there is no plans for Metroid on their new system the Super Nintendo Entertainment System... The fact of the matter is, it was almost exactly a year later that they would release that exact game to some very high acclaim:

Review scores
Electronic Gaming Monthly May 1994: 9 of 10
Nintendo Power May 1994: 4.425
Game Players May 1994: 97%
Super Play June 1994: 92%

I guess it's also pretty telling of myself that I wrote to Nintendo about comics as I'm still an avid reader today. Besides reading the ones in Nintendo Power magazine, at the time I would have been reading a lot of Spider-man (MAXIMUM CARNAGE! was awesome), the Death of Superman, and even getting my first dose of Neil Gaiman with his comic, the Last Temptation.