Bloomberg: Nintendo says Smash Wii U has more pre-orders than MK8.

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curl-6 said:

I stand by that; Smash U sales would be higher without the cheaper alternative.

I think its the other way around... or that's how it ultimately ended up. That 50 Fact Direct really caught a lot of people off-guard and they were already knees deep into the pool, so to speak.