Malstrom: "My purpose is to reveal and inform people about Nintendo."

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happydolphin said:

KungKras said:

Also don't forget that the market has grown tremendously since the SNES, and that has to explain some of the growth of NSMB and NSMBW. Nostalgia doesn't explain shit though, since many who grew up with SMB1 probably stopped gaming. If nostalgia was the huge driver of sales, the NSMB games wouldn't sell more than SMB3. The growth has to come from people who didn't play the originals.

Another fantastic counter-point.

Nah. If nostalgia wasn't a factor the game won't have seen such a huge opening as it did in Japan (people who never played the games wouldn't have suddenly bought it day one for no reason, unless the Mario 64 remake left a very good impressionXD.) and led to insane momentum and increased sales.