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CGI-Quality said:
Pyro as Bill said:

Have Nintendo ever lost a home console or handheld gen when they've used NES/SNES controls combined with 2D Mario?

Nope.

That's not condescending, just facts. Granted Sony paid for a lot of games but this gen has shown that Nintendo can win all by itself with simple controls and 2d Mario.

2D Mario has hardly anything to do with the Wii's lead though. It would be fact if 2D Mario had launched with the Wii, but it didn't. So it's your speculation at best.

Also, calling posters "kids" in an attempt to talk down to them is quite condescending, sir.

2D Mario may not have anything to do with Wii becoming a hit, but it has a lot to do with Wii's resurgence in late 2009. If not for NSMB Wii, I'm pretty confident Wii would be near dead right now and everyone would be talking about how the "fad is finally dead"