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Danman27 on 05 June 2014
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bigtakilla said:

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Mario-Kart-8-Selling-Out-Worldwide-Becomes-Fastest-Selling-Bundle-Nintendo-World-63980.html And this isn't even Smash Bros. Could this be the resurgence of the Wii U? Let's face it, now's a perfect time to get it, with two games (MK8, and a digital download) and the slew of the mature games people have been waiting for on the horizon like Bayo 2, Smash, and X, then Zelda and Fatal Frame as the two huge titles for 2015. Hop on board guys, the hype is real!


First off, I don't know why the whole "this isn't even Super smash Bros" thing is always emphasized. Mario kart has sold far more units for nintendo than super smash bros has. 

Sales for super smash bros 64: 5.55M. Super smash bros melee: 7.07M. Super smash bros. Brawl: 12.15M. Franchise total 24.77M

Respective mario kart sales: Mario kart 64: 9.87M. Mario kart GC: 6.95. Mario Kart wii: 34.49M. Franchise total 97.97M. 

Mario kart tends to sell far better than super smash bros. The one time this wasn't true, super smash bros. barely outsold Mario Kart. I'm not trying to bash SSB either. I love those games, and think they're actually far better than mario Kart, but the numbers don't lie. Mario kart will probably continue to be the better system seller.

Plus the artilce you linked says that it's the fastest selling bundle at nintendo world. I'd expect any big game to be the fastest selling thing on the website that's ran by the producers of that game (like an uncharted bundle on the sony store). 

The other games listed also won't make that huge of a difference. Bayonetta one was not only on the ps3 and 360, and it had mediocre sales (barely over a million I believe). So now it's sequal is on neither of it's original consoles or their succesors. 

X, the sequal to xenoblade, won't make a large difference, considering it's predecessor didn't even break a million sales. 

Then there's fatal frame, which as a 6 game franchise, hasn't even broken a million units. 

Smash, and Mario Kart, will boost sales for a bit, but both will likely be the worst selling in their franchise. And Zelda will be a similar story.