Will Mario Kart do for the Wii U what it wasn´t able to do for the GameCube?

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If it starts off as a bundle right away and is advertised as such, the WiiU will take off tremendously, assuming that it doesn't during the holidays.

It will help a lot, but not Mario Kart Wii status. More parallel to Mario Kart 7.