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Majin-Tenshinhan on 10 November 2009
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Kenryoku_Maxis said:
RolStoppable said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
RolStoppable said:

This is what I was talking about.

...yeah, never saw that.

But even if Mario Sunshine had mixed signals going on, Mario Galaxy doesn't.  And its certain that many consider Mario Galaxy to be innovative in the Platformer genre.  While some in this thread think the game isn't performing well in sales, it certainly is performing well in all other ways.

While I still think the game is doing quite fine in sales, perhaps the reason it isn't selling as high as you want it to is because of other factors outside of the game itself.  Mostly many of the fans of the 3D Mario titles felt burned on Mario Sunshine and are/were hesitant for Mario Galaxy and/or the Wii audiance is much different than the audiance on the N64, as well as a number of other factors.

I know personally that before Mario Galaxy came out, I was hesitant to buy it because of my experience with Mario Sunshine.

I don't think that this is a good reason. With those reviews and word of mouth from "core" gamers, surely those other hesitant to buy "core" gamers would have been convinced by now and went out to buy the game.

The Wii audience may be different to the N64 audience, but that didn't stop other sequels on the Wii to outsell their N64 and GC counterparts. So I guess we are back to square one.

You go by a false assumption that 'reviews' change peoples perception.  Especially gamers who play the Wii.  How many games on the Wii have been positively affected by a Review?  Not Muramasa.  Not Madworld.  Not Zack and Wiki.  And how many have been negatively affected by a review?  Not WiiMusic.  Not MarioKart.  Not WiiFit.  Gamers who own the Wii know what they want and don't listen to reviewers.  Hence why reviewers don't cater to the Wii audience.

And while we're at it, what are all these sequels I keep hearing that are selling 'better than their GC counterparts'?  Aside from Mario Kart and perhaps Fire Emblem, I can't think of any.

You'd be hard pressed to find a series that has iterations on both GC and Wii and didn't sell better on Wii.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario Kart Wii
Super Mario Galaxy
Mario Party 8
Mario Strikers Charged
Animal Crossing Wii
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Super Paper Mario

Hell, even Resident Evil 4 which isn't even a sequel but a port (with vastly superior controls, admittedly) sold better on Wii.

The only game that sold better on GC that I can think of is Metroid Prime, and that's still just the first one. Corruption did better than Echoes did.

EDIT: Oh, and Twilight Princess on Wii outsold Wind Waker and TP on GC. Not combined, because that's asking a bit much, but not that far from it either.

EDIT 2: Just checked and saw that Mario baseball did better on Wii too.