| Luke888 said: But still Mario is THE System seller, knowing what happened with Wii U I'm shure Nintendo wants the plumber to shine on the new device ASAP after release, I don't know how many consoles Zelda will move, plus Zelda isn't as massively appealing as Mario... |
Mario was the system seller, Zelda showed it was a better launch title back with TP on the Wii and even the 3DS left Mario at home, Wii U had two Mario games in the launch year as well. Fact is Wii U's userbase right now probably represents those Mario would pull in, if you look closely Mario may be their top IP but in recent years they haven't made him the focus of their platforms and instead spread attention across other IPs, Zelda has a stronger ability to appeal to those who aren't Nintendo fans. The rise of Luigi's Mansion and Splatoon signals that rather than rely on Mario they most likely want a slew of IPs equal to the task.
This is also why deals like Bayonetta 2 were struck as well because Mario is too narrow in it's audience, if a platform does well Mario sells extraodinary if not it has good sales but not much impact on the situation so the focus has turned to spreading attention to other IPs and show hey the whole library is good.
