Nintendo Investors Thread

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benji232 said:

Soundwave said:

OceanJ said:
Just to mix this thread up a bit and not be single-mindedly focused on numbers, here's a general question.

What do you think the single biggest announcement Nintendo could make, tomorrow, that would cause demand for the Wii U to skyrocket?

A price drop?
Zelda 2013 release date?
Anything?

Or is there no such thing as a single announcement that could do so.

Well they could "3DS" it if the system flounders for several months:

$80 price drop for Nintendo Land bundle (same as 3DS) to $269.99

$299.99 Wii Fit U bundle w/Balance Board (new white model)

Basic 8GB -- gone. 

Mario Kart U + 3D Mario for fall 2013. 

There's no chance in hell Zelda would be ready that quickly unless it's like a 4 Swords game, and even if it was, Mario Kart is a (far) bigger franchise. Mario Kart Wii alone has sold almost as much as the entire Zelda series on consoles from the NES-to-Wii. 

Umm, how is it that 33.33m for mario kart wii is "almost" as much as 70.68m. Mario kart it NOT a "far" bigger franchise than zelda. The mario kart franchise has sold 78m which 55m of these sales were sold during the wii and ds era which will NEVER happen again. Zelda is the second biggest mascot of nintendo wether you like it or not.

Legend of Zelda (NES) - 6.51 million

Zelda II: Adventures of Link (NES) - 4.38 million

Zelda III: A Link to the Past (SNES) - 4.61 million

Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) - 7.61 million

Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64) - 3.36 million

Zelda: The Wind Waker (GCN) - 4.55 million

Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii + GCN) - 4.77 + 1.56 million

Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) - 3.5 million

= 40.5 million (approx)

Mario Kart Wii

= 33 million (approx)

 

Mario Kart is actually Nintendo's most consistently big selling franchise period. Mario Kart is the 2nd highest selling SNES game of all time (non-bundled) after DKC. It's the 2nd highest selling N64 game of all time after Mario 64. It's the 2nd highest selling GCN game of all time after Smash Bros. Melee. It's the highest selling Wii game after Wii Sports. It's the third highest selling DS game of all time. 

So to say that it's just "boomed" overnight is pretty silly. Every Mario Kart on every Nintendo console has sold more than it's Zelda counterpart. By a pretty huge margin in most cases. 

Mario Kart 7 on 3DS is well on its way to hitting 10+ million, which would be the third straight Mario Kart game to get there, a barrier no Zelda game has come close to sniffing.