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

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Nuvendil said:

curl-6 said:

Einsam_Delphin said:

They are all multi million sellers and they all couldn't put Wii U above Gamecube levels. Mario Kart selling better than 3D Mario didn't start with Wii U. Replace MK8 with MKWii and 3D World with Galaxy and the results would be the same.

Because while Galaxy was more appealing to core gamers, MKWii was more appealing to the casuals, who were more numerous on the Wii.

That and marketing.  Need I remind you the only ad most people saw involving SM3DW was the embarrassing and laughable "Pitch" commercial with the awful child actors.  The Wii and its software, on the other hand, had a lot of promotion from launch through 2008.

They have a better game to promote. It was easy to make good marketing with a great game.