ULTIMATE BOLD Prediction [2018] Super Smash Bros Will Sell 15mil WW... In under a MONTH!

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ratolmc said:
Theres bold predictions then theres idiotic brain dead predictions. Smash wont even move 7 mil for the month. Smash as a franchise just isnt up there with the likes of Pokemon, Mario Kart, Zelda, and 3D Mario. Smash simply wont move that many units. 5 mil for the month is believable especially for a console with just 22 mil in the wild.

I'm willing to give you Pokemon and Mario Kart, but Zelda and 3D Mario is just false.

Before Breath of the Wild, Zelda was the weakest franchise, in terms or sales, out of Nintendo's biggest, A-tier, 1st party offerings. It never had an entry that even passed 9 million in sales. Smash Bros. already had 2 of them, Brawl and 3DS. Smash 3DS far outsold every other Zelda game on the system and Brawl outsold Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword combined. For the longest time, in terms of sales, Zelda noticeably lagged behind Nintendo's other major franchises, including Smash Bros. Because franchises like Mario Kart, Smash Bros. Pokemon, and 3D Mario had widespread, mainstream appeal, whereas Zelda appealed more towards the dedicated gaming crowd. It's the more "hardcore" Nintendo franchise so to speak. It wasn't until Breath of the Wild where the series was able to break out of its shell and ascend to the levels it is reaching now. Levels that Smash Bros. have been at for over decade. 

As for 3D Mario, that series and Smash have had a constant back and forth.

N64: Mario 64 > Smash 64
GCN: Melee > Sunshine
Wii: Brawl > Galaxy 1 > Galaxy 2
3DS: 3D Land > Smash 3DS
WiiU: 3D World > Smash Wii U

Throughout Smash Bros. history, the series has constantly been neck and neck, back and forth with 3D Mario and far above 3D Zelda, pre-Breath of the Wild.