Mario Wonder is selling great, it's approaching 2 million in Japan in less than 7 months, which is around how much BOTW has sold in 7 years, or Super Mario Party in 6 years, and it's already beaten a lot of high fliers such as Switch Sports and Mario Party Superstars.

There's really no need to downplay it.

That may be anecdotal though. In the end, Nintendo stated in February that Wonder is the fastest selling Mario title ever. It's still chugging along in the charts despite the Switch being 8 years old and is supposed to be in decline. I think Nintendo is not as worried as some of are here in this thread. It's likely going to sell maybe around 16-18 million in the end of its life when it released so late into the Switch's life cycle. Its a highly received game, which I'm sure the 2D Mario devs, especially the younger ones, can hang their hat on

Mario Wonder is selling great, it's approaching 2 million in Japan in less than 7 months, which is around how much BOTW has sold in 7 years, or Super Mario Party in 6 years, and it's already beaten a lot of high fliers such as Switch Sports and Mario Party Superstars.

There's really no need to downplay it.

It's doing fine, it just isn't going to provide the same kind of "Switch boost" other IPs like Zelda and even 3D Mario got. 

The criticism that it's already being outsold on a weekly basis by older titles like Minecraft and Mario Kart and Smash Bros. is kinda fair though, that probably is something you wouldn't expect to be happening on the regular. 

It's doing fine, it just isn't going to provide the same kind of "Switch boost" other IPs like Zelda and even 3D Mario got. 

The criticism that it's already being outsold on a weekly basis by older titles like Minecraft and Mario Kart and Smash Bros. is kinda fair though, that probably is something you wouldn't expect to be happening on the regular. 

Context is key; Wonder arrived late in the system's life, during a time when people are struggling to make rent and afford groceries much less buy luxuries like games. It also has stronger competition than any 2D Mario has faced before; of the games you mentioned for instance Minecraft and Mario Kart are among the highest selling titles ever, and Smash is a 30 million plus seller.

It has moved over 13 million copies in under 6 months, it's selling great and the amount of constant downplaying it gets here is silly, especially since its the same 2 or 3 people doing it out of some weird grudge.

I remember bringing all these points up before. Yea if was in early switch life cycle this would have done much better I think around mario odyssey numbers. Like look at botw  and totk. Games will be more front loaded and have much lesser legs at the end of a cycle.

It's legs so far are good, it's still charting after 7 months with no sign of stalling. Nothing about its trajectory thus far indicates a problem.

No sign of stalling? It's doing 3k a week that's not your typical legs for a 2d mario that just came out 7 months ago.

No sign of stalling? It's doing 3k a week that's not your typical legs for a 2d mario that just came out 7 months ago.