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tbone51 on 13 January 2013
newwil7l said:
tbone51 said:
newwil7l said:
tbone51 said:
Depends... I say Japan is Animal Crossing. Just think if they release a new one every two years on handhelds. I let you have 10secs................
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Zelda is the most popular after Pokemon but SSB is a game that not even Nintendo fans enjoy. But i think we all are forgeting one major one????

"Wii" as in Wii Fit, Wii Fit+, Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Resorts!!!

If that dont count, Maybe DK, also if MK counts on its own then its # 1 after pokemon


I would argue that Mario Kart has become bigger than Pokemon,and even Main Mario games.



This is true cuz your looking at Mario Kart Wii! Now look at pokemon red/blue, same sales (close), now MK DS the second best MK, now look at gold/silver, Same sales (close), Next MK doesn't compare with pokemon D/P, B/W, or R/S. Not only that but the remakes made over 10mil each. Also they have 5 different third installments! Pokemon>MK. But MK is growing very big no doubt


But this current gen Mario Kart slammed Pokemon in sales.



Same can be said the other way around, and beside take off pokemon blue/red and gold/silver then take away MK wii and MK DS, now your left with pokemon>>>>>MK in terms of sales. MK7 will have the longer legs but Pokemon X/Y will beat it in sales during 2013/2014 then MK7 will take it in 2015 imo



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Pineapple on 13 January 2013
NintendoPie said:
Pineapple said:

Mario has sold more this generation, and has a larger amount of games.

The Wii series has 7 games in it.

Wii Sports
Wii Sports Resorts
Wii Fit
Wii Fit Plus
Wii Play
Wii Party
Wii Music

Wii Music isn't much of a success. Wii Play is the tech demo for the controller, and Wii Play is easily negated by Mario Party 8.

Your claim is - essentially - that Wii Sports and Wii Fit, along with their two sequels,  are larger than the entire Mario franchise for the 7th generation.

 

Putting the Wii series above Pokemon for lifetime is just as insane. Let me point this out. For the GBA, Pokemon sold three times as much as the highest selling non-Pokemon title. From slightly before the launch of the GBC and up to the launch of the DS, Nintendo's handhelds practically were the Pokemon machines.

@Underlined That's what I'm trying to say. The Wii Series, based off of it's "small" amount of games, sold/was recognized not neccessarily better, but  at least equal to the amount of Mario.

@Bolded "For this generation..." I took that from my original post.


Ah, right, you worded yourself (the "Overall" bit) in a way that made me think you were talking about lifetime sales after the however.

As that doesn't seem to be what you meant, I now have no idea what you meant with your previous point. That's not too important, though. I've made my point and there's not much more to add to this discussion.



NintendoPie on 13 January 2013
Pineapple said:


Ah, right, you worded yourself (the "Overall" bit) in a way that made me think you were talking about lifetime sales after the however.

As that doesn't seem to be what you meant, I now have no idea what you meant with your previous point. That's not too important, though. I've made my point and there's not much more to add to this discussion.

I guess you're correct?

Besides, I switched my list around based off of what you told me. I don't know why you tried to argue with me about it when I basically agreed with you.

Whatever!



mysticwolf on 13 January 2013

Out of the series that I've played: 

By importance:

Mario > Pokemon > Zelda > Metroid > Kirby > Animal Crossing > Donkey Kong > Pikmin

By awesomeness/most fun to play

Kirby > Pokemon > Mario > Zelda > Metroid > Animal Crossing > Donkey Kong > Pikmin

By cuteness:

Kirby > Pikmin > Pokemon > Animal Crossing > Mario > Zelda > Donkey Kong > Metroid

By badassness:

Metroid > Donkey Kong > Zelda > Pokemon > Kirby > Mario > Pikmin > Animal Crossing 

*Super Smash Bros is not included in this comparison because it is too amazing to qualify.

**I am partial to Kirby, so the results may be a bit biased.



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tbone51 on 13 January 2013

Kirby is the ****



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enditall727 on 13 January 2013

I was thinking about this the other day

This is the perfect way to find the answer using Smash Bros

If everything Mario related was omitted from Super Smash Bros, who would be the main Nintendo draw in the game?

 It would either be Zelda or Donky Kong



NintendoPie on 13 January 2013
enditall727 said:

I was thinking about this the other day

This is the perfect way to find the answer using Smash Bros

If everything Mario related was omitted from Super Smash Bros, who would be the main Nintendo draw in the game?

 It would either be Zelda or Donky Kong

Donkey Kong is actually a very popular character. I agree.



Busted on 13 January 2013
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
Busted said:
Can someone explain me how is pokemon not a nintendo franchise?


Nintendo doesn't wholly own Game Freak. Only about 49%, if my memory serves me right.

But Nintendo Co. owns The Pokemon Company, Nintendo owns Pokemon as a franchise it has nothing to do with gamefreak, they are just the developers of the games (even though they invented them xD)



mysticwolf on 13 January 2013
tbone51 said:
Kirby is the ****

This person right here is my new best friend.



 Been away for a bit, but sneaking back in.

Gaming on: PS4, PC, 3DS. Got a Switch! Mainly to play Smash

aikohualda on 13 January 2013

other than pokemon... it gotta be zelda... zelda is just too "influential"