Again, for everybody saying the game is going to sell hugely: the OP is about this game causing an hardware sales boosts. In other words the question is: how much appeal will this title grant to the Wii that was not granted up to this point by the combination of SMG, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Party, Mario and Sonic Olympics etc.
Because while I can see the obvious appeal of the game, the question is how many of those old-school SMB gamers haven't bought a Wii yet, for themselves or their children.
My idea is that we'll see a boost, but nothing as incredible as some people seem to think, because the Wii has had a low "system-wide" entry barrier since its start (SMG too hard for SMB-era dads? They probably bought one anyway for their children and Mario Kart).
That low entry barrier worked great, law of diminishing returns kicks in.
