Barozi said:
ah come on they wouldn't sell anywhere near the HD versions. Brawl is totally different from other fighting games, just like Mario Kart is different from every kind of HD racer. |
I think you underestimate how many old school/lapsed gamers their are on Wii. The gamers that made the first 2.5d Donkey Kong, the first Mario Kart and continued the success of 2D Mario are the same ones who did the same for the original Street Fighter and MK. Even ignoring Brawl, the fact that SF went back to 2D means it could easily have beat the paltry 3M the HD consoles cobbled together.
Their is plenty of room for another arcade racer on Wii. It won't do Mario Kart's numbers but few games do. Diddy Kong did fine on the N64 and I remember Street Racer doing fine on the SNES. Considering how much everyone jumped on the Wii Fit and CoD/FPS bandwagon, I think nobody capitalising on Mario Kart Wii's success is a travesty.
EDIT: I think you also underestimate how 'casual' both Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat were originally. The SNES version singlehandedly doubled the combined HD remakes.
Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)
Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!







