Most of Mariokart's success will be shifting wii u consoles when its bundled with the wii u for christmas. I couldn't give a shiite about donkey kong or smash brothers but Mariokart is a must have. It looks beautiful and fantastically playable. Being launched in May is absolute rubbish. So even if the game has a poor launch it may still go on to do some fantastic business later on.
Nintendo must realise now that this generation consumers aren't interested in their underpowered but hugely overpriced console so its all down to price and value to push sales. A lower console price with more software bundled in is the answer.
I'll be very surprised if Nintendo don't get to 10 million wii u consoles sold by the beginning of 2015.
It would be utter madness for Nintendo not to market the wii u using mariokart at christmas time and offer a reduced selling price with more bundled games.
