Soriku said:
Gilgamesh said:
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Who thought that, obviously it was going to sell like hot cakes and it's a new different Mario game for the Wii, unlike Zelda and SMG2, which will be sequels. NSMB did wonders for the DS so obviously it was going to make just as much of an impact on the Wii. I'm not saying Zelda or SMG2 are not going to sell, both will sell extremely well, but it's not so much of a hardware pusher. Why would someone buy a Wii for those games when they can already buy a Wii now and get SMG1 and Zelda Twilight Princess right now?
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First of all, Zelda TP was a port and doesn't compare to Zelda Wii. It's obvious it'll push HW.
Second, you could say the same thing for many games...why buy a PS3/360 for CoD MW2 when you could already buy one for MW1 and other shooters? But MW2 still pushed HW.
Why buy a DS for DQ VI when you could have already bought one for DQ IX? DQ VI still provided a 20k+ boost for the DS.
The same thing for MH and the PSP.
The same thing for the Wii and games like Wii Fit Plus/Wii Sports Resort.
The PS3 will also get a boost for Yakuza 4 next week in Japan.
This argument is rarely correct. SMG2 WILL push HW and so will Zelda Wii. I'll make a bet with you if you want.
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Yeah, Zelda's essentially a series reset given Miyamoto's comments on TP (that it was the last "traditional" Zelda). I'm thinking it's going to be very different, moreso than any of us are expecting. Like Prime 3 to Other M levels of different.
And while I'd say Zelda, Galaxy 2, Other M and Wii Relax/Vitality/whatever aren't likely to be the 10m sellers we had last year in Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fot Plus and NSMBWii, I still expect the console to sell more this year. And a big part of it is last year's fresh evergreens pushing new units through the year, something which 2009 didn't really have going for it with Animal Crossing and Wii Music failing to launch in the 2nd half of 2008.
