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Flaquitou on 21 November 2013
BasilZero said:

Compared to the rest of the other titles that came out? Yes.

Its gonna push more units than Wind Waker HD, Pikmin 3 and any other WiiU title has done so far.

The only other game that will come close to it will be New Super Mario Bros U which honestly isnt surprising. Mario sells regardless of 2D or 3D - there's a reason why Nintendo makes a "Mario" game each year, spinoff or mainline.


Truth's been spoken.



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justiceiro on 21 November 2013

Its is, the problem is the target is the same that bougth the console at launch. So, now it will sel for the ones that aredly intend to buy, but waited till the year end.



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Metallicube on 21 November 2013
softcoregamer82 said:

We've seen game after game, from Wonderful 101 to Sonic Lost World to Wii Party U (outside of Japan) disappoint in sales and fail to move systems.  Third party titles have been even worse.  And Nintendo seems to want to forget that Nintendoland ever happened by removing it from the bundle, halving its price, and removing it from the eshop.  Ouch.

Do you think Super Mario 3D World will finally be a system seller for the Wii U?  Or do you think it too will disappoint like so many titles before it?

Uh, Super Mariod 3D World is on a whole nother level from niche stuff like Wonderful 101 and the mediocre Sonic Lost World..

Absolutely Super Mario 3D World will be a system seller. It is Nintendo's most popular franchise, and has recieved almost universal praise, not to mention we are nearing the holidays.. Question is, to what extent will it push hardware? While it won't quite be NSMB Wii 2009 level of explosion, I believe it will be by far the biggest system seller Wii U has seen yet.



chakkra on 21 November 2013

It will help to boost the console's sales, that's for sure, but not nearly as much as the Nintendo hardcore fans on this site want to believe. If anything, I think it will help to keep the Wii U's sales at around  80K per week (after January).

You know what would be a great system seller?  A PRICE CUT.



Areym on 21 November 2013

As good as the game seems to be, I doubt it. I highly doubt it.



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Ultravolt on 21 November 2013

It definitley could be! Guess we'll just have to wait and see :D



   

TheLastStarFighter on 21 November 2013
Arius Dion said:
padib said:
flagstaad said:

Then it will not be a good system seller, 2D mario moves more consoles with the families, 3D mario puts more preassure on more focused gamers. If they are not buying the console for this game I don't see many people buying it at all.

Kind of like NSMBU and Nintendoland, right?
Wrong.

You think 3d mario is a better seller than 2d Mario? Introduce yourself to facts. 

It can be, especially because 3D is usually more unique and groundbreaking. I enjoyed NSMBW when it came out. But I bought the system when Mario Galaxy released.



F.Scofield on 22 November 2013

a consistent system seller? i don't think so, but i believe it'll push wii u sales up to 130k / week.
unfortunately , the true system seller is comming only next year, mario kart 8.



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Wyrdness on 22 November 2013

Mario has always been a system seller, the's a difference between how the 2d and 3d games perform commercially, the 2d game sell over a long time they are the go to games during holidays and such hence why NSMBW was always in the charts every holiday since it's launch. In the long run the 2d games shift more systems but in the short term the 3d games move more units, people are harping on about needing support because they're looking at the short term, 3DW is a holiday release and will probably be the most sort out title through out December then about a month after that DK is released then soon after MK8 is released and so on.

That's 3DW's support, it'll sell well in the short term as wel as have legs to carry itself until the next first party title arrives.