Thanks buddy

Oh sorry I was talking about recently as in the last 5-6 years. Also Nintendo has a habit of reusing their characters for all their games, they were going to use Mario for splatoon.

Kinda hard to believe but I can see this too depending on how well NX does. Splatoon 2 will have to improve a lot to get people excited but I think it can

Even if it doesn't, it's definitely one of Nintendos staples now.

Zelda and Metroid are grossly overstated by the internet community in terms of their actual importance to Nintendo.

Metroid Prime 3 didn't sell any better than Punch-Out!, yet you don't see Punch-Out! fans threatening to burn down Nintendo's offices because they're not getting a new game.

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No

If you compare zelda u to splatoon, then maybe. But as a franchise, zelda is much larger. In order for the splatoon franchise to beat the zelda franchise, it has to be able to collectively beat wind waker hd/hyrule warriors/zelda u/twilight princess/triforce heroes. The zelda franchise is not limited to one game, it's being spread throughout

Yes, you're right. As a whole Zelda would be bigger

I was referring to the peak sales for upcoming games, not multiple games combined.

if you're refering to zelda u, then yeah. Zelda games have never sold crazy amounts and I don't expect that to change with zelda u. Splatoon had an great amount of marketing and has the benefit of being an online multiplayer game (word of mouth is better when you're friends play together)

I think you may be right, though I dunno if Zelda is that popular to begin with, at least in Japan...

Definitely looks pretty reasonable now!