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Soundwave on 09 December 2013
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Pavolink said:
Soundwave said:


Galaxy 3 is going to "bomb" on the Wii U too. 3D World would've sold 20+ million on the Wii. The hardware concept of the Wii U is a dud, that's the problem. The system has NSMBU already and that didn't do anything that was an obvious tip off. 

What's actually going to happen is you might end up getting Mario Galaxy 3 --- on 3DS. Cry yourself to sleep thinking about that, because 3D World is so gorgeous, it's a shame I think that Nintendo may opt to stick with the bigger 3DS userbase next time around. 

Err, I'm not sure about that.

3D Land sold fantastic, but NSMB2 don't. At least not compared to NSMB DS and it didn't any momentum. Thankfully the XL model was there to save the day. NSMBU sold decently for a Wii U game but 3D World was similar and with only one year from the 2D option.

NSMB2 still is going to trounce NSMBU sales. 

I'm worried that Nintendo may look at the numbers and come to the conclusion that the next 3D Mario should be for 3DS ... it's the bigger platform and probably means 2x the sales at minimum with a lower development cost. 

If the Wii U sputters I think Nintendo will quietly start making decisions like this behind the scenes. 

From a purely financial POV, Mario Galaxy 3 on 3DS probably sells 8-12 million copies, on Wii U, maybe 4-5 million. 

They'll give us a Wii U Zelda to placate us hardcore fans sure, but I think Nintendo wants those bigger (10+ million) sales out of their Mario games.