Nintendo's screwed.

[Gamerace]

S.Peelman said:

Gamerace said:

I can't stop you.  But I was also the odd ball out that predicted Wii would have a 20m first year when everyone thought it would fail.

However, my point is Nintendo diehard fans aren't as numerous as people on forums like this tend to think.  Core Nintendo series (Zelda, 3D Mario, Donkey Kong Country, Metroid, Star Fox, FZero, Kirby, Pikmin, Fire Emblem) tend to only sell 1-8m.    Brawl managed 10m on Wii.   Mario Kart, NSMB, sometimes Animal Crossing and Pokemon are really the only mega sellers and they have more cross appeal with casuals.  Otherwise Nintendo's big guns are casual titles: Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Nintendogs, Brain Age, etc.

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Doesn't say anything.

I'm a 'core' gamer, and of the 'core' Nintendo franchises I've only bought Zelda and 3D Mario this gen, I'm still going to buy Donkey Kong Country Returns so I'll count Donkey Kong too. I'm never interested in Kirby, Pikmin, Fire Emblem, or Metroid and the last time I bought Star Fox and F-Zero were on the N64.

My point is, there are more Nintendo-fans than the sales number of those franchises show. ;)

Please Note:  Individually even Zelda or 3D Mario only account for 8m each, DK 6m, others 1-3m.   Despite the large overlap of individual franchise fans, I'm being generous and counting Nintendo loyalists as 20m.