sethnintendo said:
GCN had Smash at launch and that didn't turn out too well for them in the long run. However, Mario Kart is another story. Nintendo Land and NSMBU are good enough launch games in my book. Catering towards "hardcore crowd" = suicide for Nintendo. Catering towards everyone = golden. |
Nintendoland and NSMBU are nice, but not enough to get the Nintendo faithful on board... and you can't deny that Nintendo needs those.
You're right about catering towards everyone, that's why I picked Mario Kart. Install base would grow rapidly, giving 3rd parties an incentive to decide in favor of WiiU projects. Nintendo cannot afford a slow first year - 3rd parties are in "wait & see" mode again, when are they supposed to start working on their big WiiU games?
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