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midrange on 14 October 2015
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tbone51 said:
midrange said:

in the context of the wii u, sure  it can be in the top 5. But when you talk about hypothetical "if it was on," then I have to disagree. If minecraft was on Nintendo consoles, especially 3ds, sales would explode in japan, if yokai watch, MH, pokemon, and mario kart were on the vita, then they would steadily outpace splatoon.

like I said, there are just too much franchises that already have a footing in Japan for splatoon to be in the top 5


But the thing you said, well atleast one of the franchises you mention is being outsold by Splatoon (MK8) on the same system. In Fact Its actually killing it. And the other franchises you listed are in the top 5 already^ (with adding Animal Crossing).

If Splatoon can do 1mil by end of the year (which seems like a lock for Digital+Shipped), its scary to think what it could of done on 3DS.

Examples, look at the difference between MK/SSB/NSMB/SM3D on WiiU and 3DS in Sales :)


Like I said, playing the hypothetical game is not the best way to look at this. Handheld games are not console games. FPS do not perform as well on handhelds nor do they feel the same. Its the reason why call of duty or killzone (or any other AAA fps) does not sell well on handheld. 

In fact, I struggle to come up with a good fps on handheld. Mario kart on the other hand has proven to sell well on handheld. So while splatoon may do better than mario kart 8, as a franchise, I hesitate to call it top 5 fastest selling. There are just too many other options