Considering Mario Kart 8 had 1.2 million first week, 1.5 million isn't out of the question

93 MetaCritic, 600,000 FW USA, 200,000 FW EU, 450,000 FW Jap.

Metascore: 91%

First Week in North America: 895,000

67meta 100k FW US....

But for realz, 95meta, 550k FW

95 Meta
999K NA FW (with digital) 750K without

Let's consider this...
1. Mario Kart 8 had a 1.2 million WW debut on May, early this year... Those 1.2 million were sold on a media of 2 days (3 in JP, 2 in US, 1 in EU).
2. SSB4 for Wii U pre-orders are way bigger than MK8 ones in both US and Japan.
3. SSB4 for Wii U has far more hype alone than Mario Kart 8, SM3DW or another Wii U game combined!!
4. MK8 sold those 1.2 million on a 6.3 million install base approximately, Smash will be on a 7.5 million (or more) user base.
5. SSB4 will release on Holiday Season!!! (Yes, November is part of it).
I see Smash selling perfectly 1.8 million FW WW in the worst case escenario. On is best one, i can sell 2.2 million.
Metascore: 92... Second favorite contender for GOTY after Bayonetta 2.

NOTE: I also predict Nintendo announcing those 1.8 million this Monday 24th, along with a 750% sales grow in UK and a 450% grow WW

The 1.2mil is shipped, but it still sold well. First week for US:405k and Japan: 350k. SSBU>MK8 easily especially in the US

91 Meta and 1.7m ww FW

I have no doubt Smash will have more first week sales than Mario Kart 8, Bigger Install Base+More Pre-Orders+Holidays

1,000,000 first week in USA? 1,200,000 FW IN USA!?
WTF???

Maybe i underestimate the Smash Bros U power... i hope so.

Lol, you guys act like critics aren't total assholes nowadays. And with pre-orders how they were, I don't see US having a million plus sales first week. I predict a metacritic of 89 and >2 million sales WW with launches aligned, probably 750k US FW. By the end of 2014, it'll be approaching 3 million WW LTD.