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nintendo_fanboy on 15 March 2007

ioi said: A couple of million? Five million? Ten million? Which regions will it take off in? Will it be a moderate hit or a huge hit? Will it sell Wiis?
i don't think that it will sell more than a couple of million, but i hope it will do better! but i am pretty sure that it won't be a major hit in europe, so americans and japanese have to buy it to make it a hit



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HappySqurriel on 15 March 2007

Honestly, I don't know ... The New Super Mario Bros. has been a monster but I don't know if Super Paper Mario can follow in its footsteps



Spazgadget on 15 March 2007

I'm with HappySquirrel... I just don't know if SPM is going to have the runaway success of NSMB, but I think it will be a sleeper hit that a lot of people buy and love. I'm going to go with "moderate hit".



TheSource on 15 March 2007

Somewhere between 1 million and 5 million worldwide... Best case would be like 2.5 million in Japan, 1.5 million Americas, 1 million Other. But that won't happen... I'd say...2.5-3.0 million worldwide...1.1 million Japan, 800,000 Americas, 600,000 others. I see it as a cult classic. April NPD will say like 400,000 month one in Japan like 350,000... But then it sells 100,000 a month for a while worldwide.



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nintendo_fanboy on 15 March 2007

These are the numbers i expect too...



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vanguardian1 on 15 March 2007

I'll guess 2.5 million worldwide LTD. 750k in europe and japan while north america hits a single mill



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superchunk on 15 March 2007

I'm betting it will sell similar to Wii play/sports. It is a title that people are waiting for and the Wii hasn't had a big seller in awhile.



Question on 15 March 2007

I think SPM will not sell more than Wii Sport/Play.



euclid on 15 March 2007

It won't sell consoles... no nintendo game right now could sell consoles (demand > supply). I think this is why metriod prime 3 was pushed back (nintendo knows its going to kick ass and wants it to sell consoles). I think the game will hit 3.5 million world wide.



BenKenobi88 on 15 March 2007

euclid said: It won't sell consoles... no nintendo game right now could sell consoles (demand > supply). I think this is why metriod prime 3 was pushed back (nintendo knows its going to kick ass and wants it to sell consoles). I think the game will hit 3.5 million world wide.
That makes a lot of sense...July/August would be a much more influential time to release Metroid...although there's talk of a game drought for the Wii...people getting bored...I hope they don't wait too long. Super Paper Mario can be the game to hold over fans...I'm just worried it's too much of a Cube-port. A "moderate hit" it shall be!



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