Nintendo is in every Genre I can think of excluding Movie/Game (Heavy Rain) and One v One fighter so maybe this is something they need? I don't count Smash as legit One V One. It's a party game.

Yep. But I'd like some more 3D action-adventure games like Zelda. ^^ Hopefully the new DK is a 3D one like DK64.

no.

very very unlikely.

Splatoon was a surprise success not because of the TYPE of game it was, but rather because it was a new very cartoony IP. Its a shooter, and shooters tend to kill it with casual audiences. Splatoon as a new IP is not comparable with ARMS because it stems from a much larger and more followed genre

the fighting genre however basically outside of Mortal Kombat and Super Smash Bros does not really usually sell THAT high. The odds of a new fighting IP on a Nintendo console getting to 3 million? like zero. In fact its probably a 50/50 chance whether it even becomes a hit. But frankly 'hit' level for Arms would probably be like 2 million in sales.

Its a glorified Punchout game with extendable arms and some customization. There's just no way it sells THAT well, regardless of how good it is.  a fairly limited fighter that's brad new is not going to do that well. If it were a Team Fortress clone or something then maybe, but I honestly can't think of a cartoony fighting game that's broken out. Or even a regular fighting game. For Honor is literally the only thing that hits my brain in the last few years and that's primarily due to the PC community 

It's also a 3D arena fighter, akin to that of Power Stone as some fans would say. And the characters have a feel of that of the character of Overwatch, though not saying that its a 3D arena fighter Overwatch..

That's very true about fighting games they are for the most part complex and have the whole combo learning system. But ARMS doesn't seem like there will be too much of a learning curve which I like. Good stuff so far but I can't say I'd buy this over like a new Metroid or something!

Is this figure (1.2m) for the first year? Arms is already past that according to Nintendo. xD

Those who estimated under 1 million lifetime are probably eating crow right about now...

I can see this game reaching passed 2 million units at this rate, however, I am uncertain if it can make it to 3 million.

1.2mil in less than 3 weeks......... Probably halfway there in less than 2 months!

It will likely end up around 3 mn LTD which would be absolutely amazing numbers for this game and another feather in the hat for Nintendo.