Erik Aston on 16 March 2007
I think people might be setting expectations too high for this game. Neither of the previous Paper Mario games sold even 2 million, and they were released on systems with much larger install bases. The game may be a platformer, but its a very odd platformer without the immediate and broad appeal of a NSMB. And who said Wii Sports/Play? You mean it can match those for a single month? Maybe. But just a single month.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
