Sales analysis: Family-friendly & casual series are losing their appeal on Nintendo platforms

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happydolphin said:

Kresnik said:

I wanted to contribute something to this thread but this post says things much more coherently than I could at the moment, good job Pokoko.

P.S.  You might want to consider adding Animal Crossing to your OP, HappyD.  I don't know about "family friendly" but Iwata admitted a while back that it attracts a large female audience.  I was surprised to see it tracking behind the DS version on the numbers here on VGC, but then I remembered digitial was a significant factor for it.

Added, good idea.

Yet another series that bridged well from the DS to the 3DS. It begs the question why AC and not NSMB. Or why Mario Kart but not Nintendogs. I think the answers have been brought up here and there, but it's not something that has an easy answer.

Could be as simple as software quality. Did Nintendogs and Cats bring enough new material to the table? City Folk was heavily criticized for not adding enough to the franchise, but New Leaf is very highly regarded. Sales seem to reflect that.