That the console will be any better receiving a Mario title at launch or 6 months later. Again with a line up of DK and Star Fox and Miyamotos new IP and Retros. Look Nintendo has more then enough strong IP that it doesn't need Mario day one. Star Fox and Donkey Kong are both more successful and stronger IP then Sony's flagship titles. In fact DK is almost as strong as Halo.
How strong do you think Nintendo's launch line up needs to he.. Mario is good enough at the six month mark. Plus you need to remember hardware sales if Nintendo launches with Mario what are the consumers looking forward too at the six month mark? Everyone complains about the droughts.
In fact N64 and DS which both launched with Mario titles were considered bad consoles customers.complained about droughts. Game cube which featured Luigi's Mansion at launch a Mario spin off also fell flat on its face despite the supposed power of Mario. Mario Sunshine failed to save GameCube even with Mario Kart and Paper Mario.
Mario alone cannot save or make a console successful. Nintendo needs a strong line up and Mario only hinders that. Mario is far too powerful to he wasted at launch.
Plus if Nintendo launched a 3D Mario you would still freak because even an 8 million selling title is not good enough for you. You want a 2D Mario even though it will not benefit Nintendo anymore then 3D Mario or even Donkey Kong.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
