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Joelcool7 said:
Again WiiSports was very important but it barely beat WiiSports a title that launched far later. Nintendo needs a lot of software and heck they will have a WiiSports style title at launch and that is not the issue. The fact that Rol is insisting their won't be by saying WiiSports was to credit for Wii's success lol.

WiiSports does not matter because Nintendo will have tech demo amazing software at launch of WiiU. Regardless Mario is not needed it would do far more harm then good.


Lots of people bought Wii's exclusiving because of Wii Sports and other fitness games. Look at the attachment rates of the top 10 Wii games and notice other than Mario games what else pretty much exclusively fills the ranks.

Wii Sports 78.65m 82.79%
Mario Kart Wii 31.57m 33.23%
Wii Sports Resort 29.4m 30.95%
Wii Play 28.5m 30.00%
New Super Mario Bros. Wii 24.98m 26.29%
Wii Fit 22.7m 23.89%
Wii Fit Plus 20.16m 21.22%
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 10.91m 11.48%
Super Mario Galaxy 9.97m 10.49%
Just Dance 2 8.95m 9.42%

Wii Sports was the console seller, and even if you disregard it because it was bundled with the Wii you still have wii sports resort and wii play. Mario kart only just barely trump them.



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