I think the first Prime outsold all of those.

I'm predicting Other M to do better than the Prime series because it's a whole new reimagining and will get some people to give it a try that didn't like the Prime style and therefore didn't buy any sequels.  Also it looks like a game that will be much easier for the casual gamer to get into, a deeper storyline, characters that speak, and fast paced action that looks fun to watch as well as play.  But I don't think it will sell very many consoles except to a small amount of hardcore gamers who haven't yet given the wii a chance but also really liked old school metroid games.  SMG2 will bolster the wii software lineup with another great game but it won't sell systems alone because it's a sequel and most people will feel the need to start at the first game.

No. Galaxy didn't seem to push many consoles, so I doubt the sequel will (I believe Galaxy 2 will only hit about 5 million)

Metroid-- no way. The highest selling Metroid game was Prime, and Corruption didn't exactly push consoles either.

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anything that has the potential to sell 8-10m units is a system seller. We might not see a huge spike, but it helps to sustain sales and those kinds of games get picked up with a system. Galaxy 1 came out when the system was completely supply constrained, so we really can't gauge if it was a system seller. As for people saying "it is a sequel" we saw Uncharted 2 sell systems. Really the big games on the system are the system sellers.

Games that will only sell 1-2m are much less likely to be system sellers, especially when they've already released another game in the genre. Considering how different it is to previous versions I'm sure it will bring in some new users, but I wouldn't call it a system seller.

SMG2 should be as much as any sequel has been this gen: a 1-2 week HW spike then a return to the pre-release baseline.

I have no clue about Metroid. How popular is the franchise? Is there something particularly special about Other M that the other Wii Metroids don't have?

Highly accessible 2-D gameplay requiring nothing but the wiimote.

I thought you only played it wth only the wii-mote horizontal, and if you wanted a 3-d view you used the ir pointer....

That's what I said!

Not that Metriod game, no.

Mario, yes. No questions asked.