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curl-6 on 29 March 2014
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Michael-5 said:
curl-6 said:

You're missing the point.

Wii and DS were different enough not to compete. There was no Mario Galaxy Portable or Smash Bros Brawl DS. The Wiimote was a huge differentiator.

3DS and Wii U are too similar: 3D Land - 3D World, Smash Bros for both, etc. No Wiimote type hook to separate Wii U.

You're missing the point, 3DS and WiiU are no more alike then Wii & DS.

Wii was popular largely because of Wii Sports, Mario Kart, Wii Fit & New Super Mario Bros. If you look up Wii games, these are the only franchises to break 20 million. 3DS, like the DS, has Mario Kart and New Super Mario Bros. The affect of 3DS sales on the WiiU is the same as DS sales on the Wii.

People bought the DS for Mario Kart, Pokemon, New Super Mario Bros, and Brain Age. 3DS has all that too.

Yes okay 3DS is getting Smash Bros, but just like how Mario Kart DS didn't affect Wii sales, neither will Smash Bros 3DS. It's a completely different market for handheld gamers then console games. I for instance will never buy a Mario Kart of Smash Bros on a handheld because I don't play alone or online.

The Wiimote alone made Wii massively unlike DS. And there were no Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros, or Twilight Princess on DS.

Mario Kart DS and Wii were different games; Smash on 3DS/Wii U is two versions of the same game.