hello buddies!

What if NSMB skipped DS, and was released on gamecube?

I mean, by 2003 ending or 2004, bundled with gamecube for 99$.

And added local multiplayer(like that bubble system in wii's version).

The world was claiming for a NSMB game, and it made DS sales explode.

Could it have the same effect in gamecube? how much more it could have sold? could it have passed the 30M mark? 35M?

thoughts

I would hope so, but I liked Super Mario Sunshine and Paper Mario  TTYD, A LOT, but they didn't really help sales...

30 million without trying, maybe even 40 million if released early 2003.

Again, I don't think Super Mario games are selling consoles. The consoles sell the games. NSMB sold because they were one of the most prominent optrions on hugely popular consoles. They didn't make their already popular consoles more popular. That's why it probably wouldn't have done shit on the GC.

NSMB would have sold 2-4 million on the GC if you ask me!

One more game would have done nothing much, unless it was something completely groundbreaking, super hyped up or of spectacular quality, none of which could be used to describe NSMB.

i see nsmb like a super hyped game, people was claiming for a renewed 2D mario.

nsmb was the best selling game in DS, it more than doubled SSB sales in wii.
i dont know why not it could be the best selling in gamecube

of course not the same proportion of DS and wii, but i think it could reach 8~10 million mark. and sell like 5M more consoles.

You will have the answer at the end of this generation, considering that the Wii U has a similar philosophy with the Gamecube, NSM Wii U will demonstrate the final sales of a real 2d Mario on a fail Nintendo system.

Gamecube was a fail system through a commercial viewpoint, 2D Mario game could never commercially help the sales of the Gamecube, no matter what.

If it came out in 2003 it might have had a chance to push sales for the next two years, depending on if it was actually hyped in 2003. Maybe the conditions were just right in 2004, with a hyped portable console and good timing for a new 2D Mario.

But it would have been too late to turn the tide meaningfully. Especially because NSMB wasn't really that grand. Probably would have underwhelmed the core audience. Gamecube already had a couple years on the market, NSMB might have helped barely pushed a $99 console to like 28 million.

It was much more beneficial on the DS. And I agree that a lot of those sales were the DS selling NSMB, rather than NSMB selling the DS.

It would sell well. Probably outsell the original XBOX.