Will Galaxy 2 benefit from MKWii & NSMB's success?

[LordTheNightKnight]

ElRhodeo said:

RolStoppable said:
No, quite the opposite will be the case. Galaxy 2's sales will be hurt by NSMB Wii. Now that people have their memory refreshed or for the first time seen just how awesome 2D Mario is, they won't bother with a Mario game that is not the real thing.

I made a sales prediction thread not too long ago, I put Galaxy 2 at around 5m tops with NSMB Wii outselling it at least five times over. Also, NSMB Wii > (Galaxy + Galaxy 2)*2.

"Not the real thing", "NSMB Wii > (Galaxy + Galaxy 2)*2"?

It's a bit sad to read that coming from a gamer... Just having finished NSMB Wii, I absolutely loved it. No doubt about it. Still, I think I was blown away more by Mario Galaxy. Sure it's subjective and a matter of taste in the end, but you shouldn't dismiss the astonishing amount of creativity and love that was put into Galaxy. I wouldn't want Mario to be stuck in a single way of playing, and your "not the real thing" quote does sound a bit narrow minded in that way. The essence of Mario is not "2D", it's "the joy of bouncing around and interacting with stuff". Galaxy managed to pull that off in a groundbreaking way AND even feel epic at the same time. 

On topic: No, I think Galaxy 2 will most likely sell a bit less than Galaxy 1, like any sequel on the same system does. It's a shame though.

 

The thing is that some don't find it groundbreaking, just annoying, hence the lower sales, especially in Japan.

And it's not really groundbreaking anyway, just using more gravity physics. It's not as though games couldn't do that before.