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darkknightkryta on 25 July 2012
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spurgeonryan said:
darkknightkryta said:
spurgeonryan said:

It is about to blow up like the DS did.

I don't know Ryan, I mean, the big hitters for the DS already have their sequels out.  Mario Kart, Mario Bros. 3D Land, Nintendogs and Cats.  Yeah New Super Mario Bros. 2 comes out in August, but why would that one game do what those 3 games couldn't?  I mean, they did boost 3DS sales, but the sales weren't sustainable, not DS levels anyways.  Though, as I said before, we need a few years to see how a few more key releases do for the handheld.

Because these are the games that people are waiting for. Mario3dland is on pace to hit where Mario 64 DS made it to in sales. It needs that push along with a handheld that people actually want. Big is better. Mario Kart 7 by itself was not going to do anything.

I just hope that NSMB 2 is not so different that it pushes some away from purchasing it.

1 New Super Mario Bros. DS 2006 Platform Nintendo 10.45 8.66 6.46 2.81 28.38
1 Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day DS 2005 Misc Nintendo 4.71 9.05 4.16 2.03 19.96
2 Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day DS 2005 Misc Nintendo 3.41 5.31 5.32 1.18 15.21

I didn't mean software sales.  The 3DS is barely outselling the PS3, while its predecessor was consistently outselling the PS2 by a good margin.  I'm just saying it may be worth the few years of waiting to see if the release of a few more key franchises can propel the 3DS to the DS' success.