And the funniest thing is that it still retails at full price 4 years after it's launch. What an achievement.
I don't like threads like this. Look if sales were undeserving, then it wouldn't have had such incredible legs and still sell for years. It's not personally my favourite game, but it's obvious that it appeals to a wide range of consumers from kids to adults, men and women. If you don't like it then don't buy it. Fact is they released it at the right time with the wheel bundle and the right marketing which struck gold for them.
it's just one of those rare games which almost everybody likes anyhow and if you have kids or if you are a kid and play with firends that's the game you buy before every other game and if you are a student and play with some mates you also buy this game and if you have a girlfriend and you want to get more time to play without her complaining about the shit you play you also buy this to get her on the console to understand you a little bit more because she will have fun with it. i mean, who doesn't have that game if he owns a wii and has a girlfriend/wife/kid?
It's a very good game that a lot of people want to play and that a lot of people are aware of. It doesn't really matter if you don't like it much - clearly there are plenty of others who love it.
@ps3-sales!
I agree with your sentiment. Nintendo has done the franchise a disservice by not increasing what is on offer. It isn't even a question of changing the core play mechanics. Going so far as doubling or tripling the number of tracks, and adding a few more new modes, new rule sets, or a number of new vehicle classes. Wouldn't have fundamentally changed the underlying game. While it would actually increase the value of the series from one installment to the next.
However your assuming that the game was largely purchased by previous fans of the series, and that probably wasn't the actual case. We are talking about casuals who probably never played the original installments, or lapsed fans who hadn't played the series in a fairly long time. So it was all new to them.
It will be interesting to see if Nintendo steps the next game up a few notches. You know just to keep pace with the volume of content that other games offer. Nintendo turned me off this past generation, but I did have a Wii in the closet, and I would have probably gotten it out if the new kart game had been a huge step up from Double Dash which was almost a copy of Mario Kart 64. Which was to be fair a huge leap over Super Mario Kart.
I know a lot of people will utterly defend Nintendo for not making serious content improvements to the game, but I see what you are getting at. Just not sure it matters to them all that much.
| Dodece said: @ps3-sales! I agree with your sentiment. Nintendo has done the franchise a disservice by not increasing what is on offer. It isn't even a question of changing the core play mechanics. Going so far as doubling or tripling the number of tracks, and adding a few more new modes, new rule sets, or a number of new vehicle classes. Wouldn't have fundamentally changed the underlying game. While it would actually increase the value of the series from one installment to the next. However your assuming that the game was largely purchased by previous fans of the series, and that probably wasn't the actual case. We are talking about casuals who probably never played the original installments, or lapsed fans who hadn't played the series in a fairly long time. So it was all new to them. It will be interesting to see if Nintendo steps the next game up a few notches. You know just to keep pace with the volume of content that other games offer. Nintendo turned me off this past generation, but I did have a Wii in the closet, and I would have probably gotten it out if the new kart game had been a huge step up from Double Dash which was almost a copy of Mario Kart 64. Which was to be fair a huge leap over Super Mario Kart. I know a lot of people will utterly defend Nintendo for not making serious content improvements to the game, but I see what you are getting at. Just not sure it matters to them all that much. |
Exactly. Maybe I should've worded more clear....
I personally am very excited to see what Nintendo can do with the new hardware and Mario kart as well as enhanced online fuctionality.
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I had more fun with Mario Kart Wii than any Call of Duty, so smoke it.
Even though I think the DS version has slightly better tracks, Mario Kart is fun and always has been.
People who think Mario Kart is some under the radar franchise are nuts too -- it's always been one of Nintendo's best selling franchises.
Super Mario Kart is the 2nd biggest selling SNES game (non-bundled) after DKC.
Mario Kart 64 is the 2nd biggest selling N64 game after Super Mario 64.
Mario Kart: Double Dash is basically tied with Smash Bros. Melee as the best selling GameCube game.
| Dodece said: @ps3-sales! I agree with your sentiment. Nintendo has done the franchise a disservice by not increasing what is on offer. It isn't even a question of changing the core play mechanics. Going so far as doubling or tripling the number of tracks, and adding a few more new modes, new rule sets, or a number of new vehicle classes. Wouldn't have fundamentally changed the underlying game. While it would actually increase the value of the series from one installment to the next. However your assuming that the game was largely purchased by previous fans of the series, and that probably wasn't the actual case. We are talking about casuals who probably never played the original installments, or lapsed fans who hadn't played the series in a fairly long time. So it was all new to them. It will be interesting to see if Nintendo steps the next game up a few notches. You know just to keep pace with the volume of content that other games offer. Nintendo turned me off this past generation, but I did have a Wii in the closet, and I would have probably gotten it out if the new kart game had been a huge step up from Double Dash which was almost a copy of Mario Kart 64. Which was to be fair a huge leap over Super Mario Kart. I know a lot of people will utterly defend Nintendo for not making serious content improvements to the game, but I see what you are getting at. Just not sure it matters to them all that much. |
Arguably, Kart 64 was a step back from Super Mario Kart.
Super Circuit on the GBA was the most content-rich game in the franchise (in terms of tracks) until Mario Kart Wii.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
| kain_kusanagi said: Why does it need to be different from others in the series? I don't want Mario Kart to change. I just want new tracks. Mario Kart, Halo, Zelda, Uncharted, etc. These are all games with a very specific style and their own brand of gameplay. If any of these games changed they would cease to be what we all love about them. Mario Kart Wii deserves it sales because people bought all those pack in bundles because they WANTED to play Mario Kart with a Wiimote wheel. |
What he said.
It was Mario Kart, it had new tracks, it was fun. It got my wife to play a game again after over 10 years. People bought it. Nobody forced anyone to buy it. How are the sales undeserved? Better run out and tell all those 33 million people they were wrong. LOL
I don't get why you say that it must be the casuals... The reason is its a fun game. When things are fun, people want them. It might as well be logic.
Mario Kart Wii does deserve the sales.
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