Soundwave on 20 December 2012
The GameCube (and N64) had Mario, Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Zelda, and Pokemon too.
Granted Nintendo has probably gotten smarter at utilizing nostalgia by going back to 2D Mario and DKC, but they've also milked Mario awfully hard the last few years. I don't see NSMB2 selling as well as NSMB or NSMB U doing as well as NSMB Wii did.
The Wii sold largely on the "wow, it's so funny watching Uncle Tom try to play Wii Sports! It's totally different from normal video games ... and oh yeah I guess I can play some Mario Kart on this too, nice" type rationale IMO.
