So, Mario Kart 8 moved consoles despite Wii U design

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vivster said:

Or, you know, there were just 187k MK fans in the world who haven't bought a Wii U yet and after that it will plummit again.

MK's system seller status does not prove that any other game on WiiU will do the same.

Yes, it does. Mario Kart 8 is the first major game on the system that people have actually been asking for, and it sold accordingly. No one saw the Wii U in 2011 and thought "I can't wait to play DKC, SM3DL HD, Pikmin 3, and a remake of Wind Waker on it." They thought, "I can't wait for the new Mario Kart, Smash, Zelda, 3D Mario, Metroid, Star Fox, and Pokemon on it." Software sells hardware, but up until now Nintendo hadn't put up any hardware-selling software.