| routsounmanman said: It will be a close battle, IMO. Super Mario Bros Wii could go the way of Animal Crossing Wii. Bundling and releasing new colours could help the Wii. |
The problem with Animal Crossing Wii is that it didn't have new content, at least in a way that customers considered new content. It was based around the new online features with voice chat and the "city." Nobody rebuys a game that looks the same in content just for new features.
NSMBW looks like new content. New levels, new powerups, Koopa Kids instead of Jr.
It still looks like a rehash visually, and it has to overcome a higher price point, so I don't see it doing 5m+, but in the long term it should beat FF13 sales by a wide margin.
"[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.
