I'm hoping for a good bump in 3DS sales too. People thought I was a little nuts when I stated it in the HW sales thread a week or two ago (that it would be a better system seller than Halo 4, BO2, AC3 due to respected systems age). I believe this could be a pretty damn good system seller in Japan this holiday. Too bad they didn't do a WW release though.. It would have been huge but no worries since it will be here spring 2013. I'm just a little jealous of the Japanese gamers right now.
This game will be hard to track for VGC because I think digital sales will be damn good. Selling out in stores also will help the digital sales. This game is one of the few that makes sense for me to have always on my system. I downloaded NSMB2 from the eshop but I kind of wish I got the retail copy of that one. Also, they need to clarify how they treat the digital sales. I remember some people bitching about what happens if they lose their 3DS. You should be able to redownload them if you log onto the Club Nintendo account with another 3DS. However, there is the question what if someone just activates their account on their friends 3DS and they get all your games for free. I'll look into it but if someone already knows then please tell.
