Sure Zelda will sell over 30 million (i was probably being conservative in my earlier post that said it would top out right around 30 million - it could get close to 35 million), but it's got no chance to catch Smash. Smash is already ahead by 1.39mil and will probably beat BotW in most quarters in the future, likely sometimes by a few hundred thousand per quarter. BotW did very well last quarter and beat Smash by all of 40k sales, it isn't gonna make up 1.39 million difference. If anything Smash's lead should extend in the years to come. BotW2 is also a factor - it could get more people to go back and buy BotW, but it also (and probably more likely - assuming it's considered an improved version of the original) could become THE adventure game to get on the system, replacing the original, and cutting into BotW sales a bit. I don't think BotW2 will sell as much as the original, but it should drop the original's ongoing sales. I'd expect Smash to finish at least 3 million ahead of BotW in the end.
Either way, it will be fun to watch these two games race toward 30 million and beyond, and watch Mario Kart and AC race toward 40 million, as Pokemon and Mario race toward 25 million.
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