@Veder Juda
I agree with your take on AC:CF, I was a big fan of the DS game and was planning on getting the Wii game as well before reviews and user impressions started coming in. The DS game also had a large online fanbase, because of the online component and trading in the DS game. So it is likely that those fans were also familiar with the reviews and lack of change in City Folk. Still the comparison to Animal Crossing was one of the few drawbacks to NSMB Wii I could think of so I thought I would toss that out there.
@ Erik
That is an interesting way to look at it. But I think you also have to consider why New Super Mario Bros. will have a lack of competition. It's been a long time since there has been an extremely successful 2D platformer on a home console. While WSR and Wii Fit + are both getting competitors, it's because of recent success in those genres. I think there will still be a demand for a 2D Mario platformer on a home console, but there's always a chance that there wont be, and that's why other companies haven't tried making many 2D platformers recently.







