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What will be the biggest impact of Super Mario Maker?

The biggest hardware bump... 18 19.57%
 
It will delay the NX another year or two. 5 5.43%
 
It fill flop. 3 3.26%
 
It will be a decent bump ... 63 68.48%
 
3rd parties will return for Wii U! 3 3.26%
 
Total:92
Dulfite on 23 June 2015
JRPGfan said:
I rather have a real mario game, made by developers, than some quick levels designed by fans.
I dont get all the hype for this title at all.


Then you probably won't like Minecraft either.



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vivster on 23 June 2015

Then we'll all drown in Nintendo threads yet again.



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Dulfite on 23 June 2015
Ka-pi96 said:
Minecraft was so successful because it was available to everyone. Everyone that would ever want to play it has either a PC, console, tablet or mobile to play it on so it could easily become successful. Mario Maker won't have anywhere near the same effect, only those with a Wii U will buy it. Word of mouth won't be as good either, for Minecraft when people heard about it all they had to do was pay about £15, wait a bit for a download and then they could start playing too. For Mario Maker people have to go out and get the console and the game for about £240, it's just not going to go as well.


That is incorrect. Minecraft was only available on all those things after years of making ports. It was innitially only pc. It tooks years for them to make ports for vita, ps home console, microsoft, mobile, etc.

What makes you think Nintendo won't do the same? What if they make an NX version, a 3ds sequel version, who knows maybe even DENA makes a port for mobile?



itsFizz on 23 June 2015

There will definitely be a spike in HW sales (maybe similar to Splatoon?) and the game will probalby sell well on the WiiU. I mean it first party, features Mario in the title AND has him on the cover. How could it not sell to the current base?
I seriously doubt it will change anything for WiiU in the grand scheme though... not to mention impact the next platforms development.



      
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Dulfite on 23 June 2015
celador said:
Minecraft sold so well because it was so accessible. You can play it on an average laptop from five years ago. What Minecraft is not, is a massive system seller. Super Mario Maker may have a good attach rate on Wii U, but I don't see it shifting systems.


It was only on pc at first. It was very accessible for quite a while, actually. Same thing could be with Super Mario Maker.



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bunchanumbers on 23 June 2015

The best case scenario is that SMM makes the final stages of the Wii U go gracefully and encourages sales of other Wii U titles like SM3DW and gives the Wii U a long term boost that lasts a while.



kitler53 on 23 June 2015

if this was a launch game i think it could have done great things for wiiU.

being so late in the lifecycle i think it will sell great to the existing userbase but do little to expand the userbase.



StuOhQ on 23 June 2015
kitler53 said:
if this was a launch game i think it could have done great things for wiiU.

being so late in the lifecycle i think it will sell great to the existing userbase but do little to expand the userbase.

Imagine if NSMBU was "Mario Maker". The Wii U might have sold 20m by this point...



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Ultrashroomz on 23 June 2015

Wii U is dead at this point.

While it's not likely, Mario Maker could possibly prove to be beneficial to NX, assuming Mario Maker is successful on Wii U, and they were to make a sequel on NX.



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fleischr on 23 June 2015

Chances are good that Nintendo will promote Super Mario Maker harder than any other WiiU game ever. If there's anything Nintendo is willing to bet all their chips on, it's probably this.

While NX unveil/release seems inevitable, Nintendo badly needs to shore up some extra hardware sales in the short run to fatten the bottom line. People forget that the WiiU sales are so low, that a sustained period of great releases and marketing in the holiday season could make a dramatic impact on sales.

I wouldn't count on any more 3rd party support than there is now. Just be thankful the likes of Mighty No. 9, Yooka-Laylee and Bloodstained are coming.



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