Mario Sunshine remake launch title for DS2?

[axt113]

Khuutra said:

axt113 said:

Khuutra said:

They'll continue to pursue that formula because it appeals to some people who don't like 2D Marios.... and also it's a pretty decent way to sell ten million copies over time.

As to your  second post, that's a false correlation: the Wii had won long, long before the public knew that NSMBWii existed.

10 Million copies is nothing if it doesn't push hardware

 

Wii perhaps, but it did reignite Wii sales after months of lagging, Wii had a record breaking December because of NSMB Wii, with the DS, it spiked around the time of NSMB DS's release, SNES was propelled out of the gate by Super Mario World

It would be disingenuous to pretend that Super Mario Galaxy didn't contribute, to some degree, to Wii hardware being moved over time, but moving hardware isn't Nnintendo's only goal, either.

Again: it's a false correlation, since you equated victory with 2D Mario when the Wii had attainend that long before.

Only false in one instance, and even then 2D Mario was a godsend

 One can argue every game contributes to a degree to sales, but with NSMB we saw a significant rise in sales and continued strong sales of software, with 3D star hunter Mario we didn't see any such effect.

Moving Hardware may not be its only goal, but probably right up there with expanding the market and making a profit

Nintendo is a smart company, if 2D mario costs less to make and sells more, as well as moves more hardware, resulting in higher profits for Nintendo than 3D star hunter, they why waste resources on 3D?  Galaxy 2 was announced because of fears NSMB Wii wouldn't succeed, now that we can easily see it has, and we know that Galaxy 2 will not result in similar sales, Nintendo is unlikely to continue wasting resources on 3D star hunter marios