What would have sold most? 3D World, Galaxy 3, or a Mario 64 successor?

[Soundwave]

curl-6 said:

Soundwave said:

Plenty of people just bought Wii games early in the cycle based on hype or thinking the box looked neat. 

My cousin who bought the Wii for Wii Fit bought Mario Galaxy because she felt like getting a Mario game, but she didn't know it was as complex as it was (NSMB would've suited her better). 

If the so-called "expanded audience/non-gamer" crowd was as casual as rivisionist historians claim though, they wouldn't have bought a Mario game in the first place, they would only have bought "non-games" like Wii Sports, Just Dance, Zumba Fitness, Wii Fit, etc.

Mario Galaxy had strong core appeal; it was both presentationally and mechanically ambitious, and it was one of the highest reviewed games of all time.

And still given all that it would've sold maybe 5-6 million on the Wii U. 

Mario 3D World is no slouch when it comes to reviews. 

In all honesty, Mario 64, Mario Galaxy, and Mario 3D World have a case as the three best Nintendo games of the last 20 years. Zelda: OoT and MM are probably the only other two that enter into the discussion.