| Joelcool7 said: Umm yes Mario can he a kick starter. But LoZ did a great job with Wii without Mario. 3DS began picking up after the price cut and with the release of Star Fox and Zelda, Mario was only needed because Nintendo had really fucked up with the launch. Mario is Nintendo's nuke it doesn't need to be used at launch unless the platform completely flops. Titles like Zelda or Star Fox or Donkey Kong. These franchises are more then strong enough for launch. Rol and others, Mario cannot increase hardware numbers anymore then Star Fox and/or DK LoZ. You can't increase sales when you don't have the hardware to sell. Demand almost always out paces supply if a console is launched with a three to four million selling IP. A 10-20 million dollar seller will do nothing better for Nintendo when they have a four million selling IP. Hardware can't sell more then 7-10 million units in launch holiday season and that would he explosive. As I said no need for Mario till the six month mark or first year. Launching in an off season, Mario is a sure thing. |
Legend of Zelda on Wii didn't need the help from Mario as it had Wii Sports and lots of other games selling better than Super Mario Galaxy. Yes, 3DS did pick up after the price cut but not because of Star Fox and Zelda (both of which you seem to highly overestimate). The lack of Mario did, in fact, pay a large role for the horrible 3DS launch. Now, try to imagine the sales of the 3DS last christmas whithout Mario, how would they look? Pretty bad huh? And I can't think of any single franchise that could have pushed sales better than 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 did; not Zelda, not Donkey Kong and definitely not Star Fox. Not even all those combined.
As the 3DS didn't have it's own Wii Sports, Mario was the only way to go, and that's always a safe way. Now add the much needed price cut and you'll realize just how deep shit handheld gaming is in altogether.
