Megaoverlord12 said:
Alright so we're talking sales then. SMT x FE (provided it comes out this year), Fatal Frame, Rodea, Project Treasure, Star Fox, Splatoon, Yoshi's Wolly World, and Mario maker will not do anything for sales in comparison to Smash and Kart, not even mentioning Bayo 2, Hyrule Warriors, or Captain Toad. Smash and Kart alone sold nearly 7 million year one. Bayo 2, Hyrule Warriors, and Toad add another almost 2 million. So ~9 million. SMT X FE is just Japan if it comes out at all, so that will be a couple hundred thousand at absolute most. Fatal Frame didn't even crack 100k in Japan, so that's neglible. Project Treasure is FTP, so I don't even know how to count that. Rodea's niche as all hell. So that leaves, optimistically, at least 8 million for Star Fox (a B-tier Nintendo property), Splatoon (a new IP), Mario Maker (I have no idea how this perform), and Yoshi (another B-tier Nintendo property). That doesn't look too likely to me. |
That's not really a fair comparison, we know Mario Kart is at the top of Nintendo's console IP with Smash not far behind, so from that POV of course it was going to be a "down turn", Zelda or no Zelda.
You can't release a new Mario Kart and Smash every holiday.
