oniyide said:
No, this is not going to work, they tried that with 3DS and look how well that turned out. If they want to move consoles out the gate, they need Mario or something equivalent to Wii Sports/Fit. Rayman aint gonna do it, AC3, isnt going to do it. ports of games that have been out for months or even a whole year, sure as hell aint gonna do it |
Well Nintendo Land probably isn't going to be Wii Sports, but it'll likely be pretty huge on its own. I mean the Mario Party games clean up, why not this?
Secondly you're talking about a few weeks after launch, not months like the 3DS in terms of waiting for Mario 3D Land to show up.
Third the 3DS had a port of Super Street Fighter IV as its big third party game. The Wii U potentially has Assassin's Creed 3 (new game), Rayman (new game), Zombi U (new game), and possibly Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (biggest release of the year).
That's a pretty freaking big difference. Throw in Pikmin 3 (Pikmin 3 could use some space too, Mario is going to cannibalize its sales) and really, that's a pretty large launch. You still even have casual stuff too with Sing and Just Dance 4 on top of Nintendo Land.
Mario at launch on top of all that is quite honestly overkill. The first shipment is going to sell out, let third parties have more of the cake. As long as Mario is in by early December, this is nothing like the 3DS launch at all.
The equivalent to the 3DS would be if the 3DS launched with Resident Evil Revelations, Monster Hunter Tri G, Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance, and Super Street Fighter IV, with Super Mario 3D Land showing up 4 weeks later. That clearly was not the 3DS launch.
