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Soundwave said:
JoeTheBro said:
Soundwave said:

Mario 3D and Mario Kart are pretty much expected. I don't think Nintendo is bringing much to the table for people who don't live and die with Mario though.


Smash, Zelda, and Yoshi say hello.


Yoshi is basically the same audience as the Mario games.

Zelda is an up-port of a 10 year old game that's pretty divise even to this day (one which didn't sell GameCubes 10 year ago).

I doubt Smash comes out this year, but even that ... relies a lot on Mario characters/appeal. Same audience. Maybe they can rush this out for holiday if they are desperate with an incomplete fighting roster and then throw in other characters later on as DLC. Things might be that dire, wouldn't surprise me.

Nintendo is doing little to nothing to attract anyone else, and they don't have the Wii Sports/Fit phenomenon going for them this time.

I think with Super Smash Bros. Brawl selling over 12Mil units (thus outselling Super Mario Galaxy 1&2) it is safe to assume the series has its own fanbase and audience and in fact is NOT the same audience as the Mario games...