AngryLittleAlchemist said:
I wonder if Nintendo will ever have the potential again to make Mario kart sell consoles as well or better than Pokemon? Mario Kart Wii was such a big system seller and it's one of Nintendo's most successful games ever. Mario Kart is already one of the best system sellers but if a completely original Mario Kart game comes out on a high performing platform like Switch that is far more successful than Wii U and far better than 3ds ... maybe they'll be able to make it work like a Pokemon game in and of itself? iirc Mario Kart 7 was also a big system seller like Pokemon, just perhaps not quite there. |
In my opinion I think Mario Kart is a bigger system seller than Pokemon as it is. Think of Pokemon like a club, it has an established and loyal fanbase that will buy the game regardless of whether it looks promising or not hence the large debuts, but it will always pull the same numbers and not much past that. Mario Kart is a different beast that has mass casual appeal. If I remember correctly MK7 boosted 3DS sales more than X/Y boosted sales for 3DS, and MK8 boosted Wii U sales by like 600%. The fact that MK8D is selling well despite being a port says quite a lot as well.
I just feel that a promising Mario Kart 9 with something gamechanging like MKW will pull in way more additional sales than whatever GameFreak can come up with for the 8th gen of Pokemon.
