*Sound Of Rain said:
I don't think many consider Pikmin a main franchise for Nintendo...yet.
Pikmin only has 2 games and despite it's 1st game being released over a decade ago, it is still relatively new and unknown to a lot of people. At least it was unknown. Of course Metroid will have higher selling games right now. Again, I think the problem Pikmin faced was no one really knew what it was. Since Pikmin 2, Pikmin has gotten a lot more recognition without a new game. It has been pretty hyped and fans have been waiting since 2008 when Miyamoto accidentley hinted at it. Olimar was in Brawl, the NPC versions were released, and Pikmin is featured in Nintendo Land. Pikmin also launched on the GC which obviously was Nintendo's weakest System in terms of sales.
Overall, I think Pikmin stands a much better chance at being successful now than before. Pikmin 3 could possibly make Pikmin a bigger franchise than Zelda in Japan. |
looking at recent performance pikmin is already the same size-ish to zelda in japan.
0.56 and 0.56 for pikmin 1 and 2 vs. 0.6 TP, 0.34 SS, 0.95 PH, 0.74 ST.
