The Wii U will outsell the GC with just America

[zorg1000]

Dream_While_Awake said:

zorg1000 said:

Most of the traditional Nintendo franchises saw little to no growth on Wii compared to N64/GC. Animal Crossing, Paper Mario, 3D Mario, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Fire Emblem, Metroid, Zelda, Battalion Wars all sold roughly what they did in previous generations despite having 5x the install base.

Look at the traditional Nintendo games that did see major growth on Wii. Smash Bros, Mario Kart, NSMB, Mario Party. What do these games have in common? 4 player simultanious multiplayer, thats what the Wii thrived on and these games fit right in with Wii Sports/Play and the entire Wii philosophy of easy to grasp games that are fun to play with a group of friends/family.

Now that Wii U no longer has the casual crowd these games will likely revert back to what they sold in previous generations. Smash Bros 5.5-7m, Mario Kart 7-10m, Mario Party 2m. There was no 2D Mario on N64/GC so we dont know how to gauge that one but as u can see its not going to come anywhere close to the Wii version.

It's just speculation but as I said, I don't think all 60 Million+ extra people have left. I'm assuming that some will come back. Everyone is thinking that everybody who didn't buy a GC but bought a Wii left. I don't think so but we'll see.

Why havent they come back yet? Wii U already has 2D Mario, 3D Mario, Wii Fit, Wii Party, Mario & Sonic Olympics, Just Dance, Zumba Fitness. Games in these series make up 12 of the 20 best selling Wii games. That leaves Wii Sports, Wii Play, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Mario Party, Zelda and Donkey Kong to round out the Wii top 20.

Its not likely that Wii Play/Mario Party/Wii Sports will do much since there already are multiple minigame collections on Wii U like Nintendo Land, Game & Wario, Wii Party, Mario & Sonic Olympics. The Dance/Fitness audience cleary isnt coming based on Wii Fit/Just Dance/Zumba sales. That leaves traditional Nintendo games like Donkey Kong, Zelda, Smash Bros and Mario Kart which will only push Wii U to GC/N64 levels.

The only way that Nintendo can bring back the Wii crowd is to create another huge craze that hasnt been seen before. Currently there is nothing that should make u believe that is happening.