Its been said before, but it will succeed because A)Japan loves Splatoon and B)Japan loves handhelds.
The only question I would say is how much. Sales in Japan are growing even with just Zelda (which has been more popular in the West), and IIRC the system is tracking better than other Gen 8 systems in Japan (3DS included). Splatoon sold 4.7 mill (give or take) worldwide. I don't think it's unrealistic to say the game will break 8 million. The only problem I see predicting sales is we don't know how games will be affected by the success of the system. The rising tide lifts all boats. The game could be carried over 10 just due to strong sales of the system. I already see this effect helping ARMS.
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