Disaster was totally undershiped and it didn't have any ads at all on the web or TV. The only available videos were the ones from the Japanese version and to the majority of Wii owners the game doesn't exist.
Unlike Wii series or Mario games which get constantly advertised and everyone knows about them. Thus sales being gigantic.
Sony did have to advertise LBP for it to get those kinds of sales, nothing comes free. Nintendo just doesn't treat new games like potential hits. They expect them to sell on their own, but the problem is that majority of Wii owners doesn't frequent gaming forums and websites constantly unlike majority of the HD system owners. The HD games need much less advertising because they have a different group of people consuming them.
Proud poster of the 10000th reply at the Official Smash Bros Update Thread.
tag - "I wouldn't trust gamespot, even if it was a live comparison."
Bets with Conegamer:
Pandora's Tower will have an opening week of less than 37k in Japan. (Won!)
Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
Stakes: 1 week of avatar control for each one.
