NoA announces Q2 lineup for Wii, DS and 3DS.

[milkyjoe]

Carl2291 said:

milkyjoe said:

If you're right, why are they bothering with Zelda then?

I mean if we take what you're saying to its logical conclusion, they should cancel it and release Wii Music 2 or something.

Twilight Princess Wii - 5.83 Million

Wii Music - 2.99 Million

Does that answer your question? Zelda is a huge franchise. Main-line games sell well no matter what platform they're on.

Not really. I'm well aware that Zelda outsold Wii Music, I just pulled that out of the air as something they could make given how they're already making Wii Play 2. There's a difference between a literal statement and an example. That was the latter.

Your whole point was that it's games like Deca Sports, Carnival Games, Wii Play or whatever other games like that which appeals to the main userbase of the Wii, so that's the userbase that they should focus on (and that that is what they're doing with this lineup).

I would suggest that Zelda does not fit into that userbase just as much as Xenoblade or The Last Story do not, irrespective of the size of those franchises, and that they are all far more appealing to us forum dwellers.

So, like I said, taking it to its logical conclusion, why make any games at all that appeal to the forum dwellers if we're such a tiny market segment? Why not just release endless versions of Wii Sports, Wii Fit et al?