Kinda like how Mario Kart Wii is a 'watered down' Mario Kart Double Dash?

10% is delusional.

Does anyone honestly think the DS NSMB was a challanging as Mario World?

From the videos we have seen it doesnt look nearly as intricate or challenging a mario world. Hell, every iteration of nintendo's franchises were more challenging on the snes. Why would the hardcore care for this game when it doesnt look like its going be frustrating at all? Or tell me that you dont think nintendo games have become easier over the years...

This may be the first Wii-related prediction on which he was right.

Did they actually compare it to Mario World specifically? And were they talking about the singleplayer mode?

it MAY pass 60 million, but I don't know if it WILL.

it needs some 5.5 million more units from here to NOV 30 to get to 60 million.

it's going to be like every other 2 d mario, easy untill about world 3 , medium till world 5, working on hard untill 7 and lvl 8 will make you want to fucking scream at the cheap hits and gap placement. keep in mind that this is the view of a guy with wonky depth perception and a right eye that feeds 2 seconds too slow. with the new play assist, i am willing to bet that even you vets will join me in the hair pulling tho because everything i have read sugests that they used this to max the difficulty.

as for sales, it's a 4 player side scroling MARIO game, launching during peak sales season which will have an insane amout of advertising do to strong( well stonger anyways) compation and the first holiday season where nintendo will be able to fill demand for the wii. 6 miillion lifetime? yeah right i will be surprised if it dosen't cross 6 million before new years.

I don't think it'll do nearly as good as MW2 will do on week 1, but I can see NSMB Wii selling around 100k units per week (at least in the US) for months to come, and this game will have ridiculously long legs. This is the kind of game that appeals to pretty much all Wii owners, and will also be a system seller as well.

Yes I'm thinking people are really going to be shocked with its sales
Its certainly going to sell less than MW2, Less than 10million is a given, Im thinking theres a possibility it will sell less than 5 million!!!

hey guys stop dissing Pachter, hes actually the most well informed guy on this entire thing.

Althought it was pretty clear what type of game sjournalists these guys are when they focus soley on PS360, hardly mention PC or wii and ignore the handhelds. Still comments like 'theres nothing for the hardcore on wii' seems far too ignorant for a professional journalist.

best comment of the entire thing:


nah im not excited about NSMBWii, its just mario again and i prefer new stuff. Bring on zelda instead!


and best comment that actually makes sense:

You know, Nintendo’s a victim of their own success because had they known how big the Wii was going to be when they launched it, they would have launched it 100 bucks higher. And they would have managed price down to keep demand constant. So instead of selling 25 million Wiis a year, if they had sold 15, people would say ‘Oh my God, you’re geniuses. You’re outselling PS3 and 360.’ And this year they could sell 16 million with this cut. And everybody thinks they’re great. Instead they’re selling 20 million this year and we’re talking about what losers they are. That’s just crazy. They’re killing it…”