| Cheebee said: AC WW sold 11.86m. AC CF on Wii sold 4.45m. The other 2 under 4m (although New Leaf is of course still selling a lot). The 4 topselling DK games all sold over 5 million (DKCR on Wii almost 6m) the bestselling one close to 10m, even. Plus, there are a TON of DK games, compared to AC. I'd say DK is a far more recognizable franchise than AC, as well. I daresay the DK franchise is at least very, very comparable to AC, if not bigger. Not to downplay AC of course, but that's just using the hard numbers. As for Smash, yes AC WW outsold all of them, but only barely. All Smash games sold more than all AC games, except for WW. Just 'cos one version of a franchise outsold most games in another franchise doesn't mean it's bigger. Also, yeah I get why you were counting Mario Kart as part of the Mario franchise, but I don't really think that's fair. |
I agree, you can't count just one game. At the same time, Pokemon sells like crap on consoles these days but it's still highly noticed because of its HH games. New Leaf has already sold 4 Million if we count digital sales, but obviously going by VGC numbers, it hasn't yet. I think NL will sell 10 Million+ as well and if 3DS explodes eventually, I don't think 15 Million is out of the question.
Donkey Kong is definitely more recognized as a character but to be fair, he has appeared in tons of games. Animal Crossing doesn't exactly have a face that people can recognize. Smash Bros 4 will be the 1st game where the Villager is playable in a non-AC game. So as a character, yes. I don't think his own games are nearly as big as himself though. Kind of like how Yoshi is well-known but not for his games.
To be fair, AC probably isn't in the Top 3 yet but the potential is definitely there. Some people might laugh but I actually believe that if Nintendo plays its cards right, Animal Crossing can be up there with Mario & Pokemon one day.
