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archbrix on 27 September 2015
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bigtakilla said:
archbrix said:

I'm going with the assumption that NX's launch will coincide with the launch of WiiU's Zelda, very similar to TP.  Under those conditions, the debut of a brand new Zelda on Nintendo's brand new system would be huge, despite the game also being available on WiiU.  

By comparison, a port of NSMBU would do almost nothing to drive the launch of NX, but I'd fully expect it and plenty of other WiiU games to arrive digitally on NX eventually.


But it would be a port, which would obviously not even showcase the NX's power. 

NSMBU helped push Wii U sales the first year of the Wii U's life, and it's first year sales were actually pretty good. Add to it the fact that NSMBU and NSLuigiU combined far outsold any LoZ and port (or remake) with the exception of Ocarina Of Time (best selling of the franchise again since the 3ds entry) it should paint a pretty clear picture. It we are going by financial success, LoZ is not the best route they could take (looking at numbers).

We don't know what NX is yet or what its power will be.  It's quite possible that it will be a somewhat modest upgrade over WiiU on the power side of things, depending on what it is.  And if that's the case, it would follow the pattern of Twilight Princess even further, which, ironically, is the one Zelda you forgot; TP's Wii sales alone are still a bit ahead of both NSMBU and NSLU combined.

However, the main point here is that you're not talking about a brand new NX Mario game launching with the system.  Then there would be means for discussion as Mario is the bigger selling series.  But a four year old port of WiiU's launch Mario, launching the NX?  As opposed to a brand new, never released Zelda as a draw for new hardware?  Remember, I'm assuming (possibly incorrectly) that Zelda is making its market debut the same day as NX, ala Twilight Princess.