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RolStoppable said:
pokoko said:

If you remember growing up in the United States during that time then you probably remember that the newest games at the arcade was one of the most popular subjects for kids.  The idea that gaming wouldn't have returned without SMB is the essence of wishful thinking, no matter how much people want to believe it.  Arcade gaming was hot as hell and whomever was able to deliver arcade games on a home console was going to have a goldmine.  It was going to happen.  

To be honest, I think the light guns and ROB were a bigger deal at first.  I know that's why I begged for an NES--only to find out there was no ROB and that the light guns sucked.  

I remember that Super Mario Bros. was THE popular subject for kids. Hence why its sequels sold like hot cakes too.

You can try to skirt around the importance of Super Mario Bros. as a launch title, but all of that will be futile because it requires a tremendous amount of denial to even entertain the idea that Super Mario Bros. was a negligible factor or just another typical launch game.

Neither of which I said.

Don't do that.  It's lame.