Super Mario Maker will be the WiiU's biggest game yet (in sales)

[fleischr]

curl-6 said:

fleischr said:

You didn't read the rest.

Remember, these are products that are largely marketed towards children and their families - many of whom won't give a shit about E3 or what the support will be like long-term. They only care what's new, what's hot right now.

WiiU owners/Nintendo fans will buy this regardless of anything really.

And Wii U isn't.
It's not just us online nerds who are disenchanted with Wii U, so are mainstream consumers.

I actually agree that this game will sell quite well, but let's not pretend Wii U has good will with any audience demographic right now save the most forgiving of loyalists.

I don't deny that WiiU is bad shape -- however the classic 2D Mario IP is always popular, regardless of everything else going wrong with Nintendo. 2D Mario has a cultural zeitgeist really no other Nintendo IP has, even Zelda.

Because of that, when this game hits, I think it hits with the most colossal marketing campaign Nintendo has done in years.

The prior struggles only heighten the stakes further.  Money doesn't make those problems vanish, but enough of it does convince people to temporarily overlook such problems.