| Slarvax said: Now now, I disagree with Aerys, but demographic is relevant. Splatoon catered to the shooters and a Nintendo fanbase that don't own the system. Sure, with a marketing campaign Yoshi and Mario Maker could sell well, but those won't sell systems. Every 2D and 3D platformer fans already own a Wii U, so those can't sell systems. A Mario Galaxy 3 could, but that's because Mario is a huge IP. StarFox is (nowadays) a niche genre, but it could be the same case as Splatoon. Animal Crossing, SMTxFE, and Pokken Fighters (I do doubt this will come to Wii U) have a good chance though, thanks to them being very big franchises in Japan, and the crossover title expands the possible fanbase. Either way, this is the Wii U, so I always lower my expectations by 3x the original (optimistic) prediction |
I just meant demographic as in young children, as that's what Aerys mentioned. The shooter fanbase is a whole different story, and I agree that that demographic is relevant.
Mario Maker is still Mario, so it should do something at least. Even if it's not much, it's better than nothing (however after MP10's 'impact' I am a bit skeptical, I just hope the allure of creating your own Mario levels is tempting to the Japanese). Yoshi is still its own IP, and fans of the franchise haven't tasted a console release since the N64 so it has the potential to at least boost the system if Nintendo markets it.
Agreed with all of the bolded.
And I get that. 
