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curl-6 on 17 December 2015
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Wyrdness said:
curl-6 said:

Discounting the 3 you mentioned, other launch titles like Need for Speed Carbon, Call of Duty 3, and Rayman Raving Rabbids cleared the million mark in sales, so clearly consumers didn't feel like Twilight Princess et al were the only worthwhile Wii launch titles.

Many Wii titles crossed the 1m mark eventually it doesn't mean they were all viewed as worth while especially those games you mentioned here it's like saying Wiiplay is worth while. Many Wii consumers were new gamers so some happened to pick up those games over the coming months, only Red Steel sold really well at launch alongside TP and it didn't hold a candle to it after launch window as TP was the main flagship title that wasn't packed in.

The sales say there were several games offering an alternative to TP. It's success cannot be diminished as "there was nothing else worth buying". 

Pavolink and oniyide are right; TP sold as well as it did because that is was kind of game that non-fans can get on board with, the kind who scoff at toon graphics, as well as the fanbase who'd buy it either way.