@skeeuk

this is a sales website

so thats not much of a surprise

Only those three would really have any system selling potential. Tales would be decent but not huge, Robot Wars, Naruto, and Samurai Warrior aren't that big, Mario and Sonic already has a game in the franchise on the system. Resident Evil Darkside isn't a main series game, it's on-rails, so it won't be that huge.

None of the three could possibly stand up to FF13, with a price cut and hardware revision (Japan loves those). Wii Fit+ will be more legs than first week. NSMBWii will be really big in Japan, but not Final Fantasy big.

EDIT: Ah, thanks, Darth. GT5.

FF13

GT5

Tekken 6

Tales of Vesperia

Price cut

Hardware revision

I'm pretty sure that beats your list

True.  Granted this IS in the Sales Discussion area of the forums AND it is a mostly sales focused website (face it, the 'chartz' in VGChartz isn't measuring male parts . . . exactly).

But the fact that THIS particular discussion has so much interest instead of other more gameplay oriented topics isn't the most flattering observation for lovers of our beloved pasttime.

I think people are underestimating the sales and hardware pushing power of NSMB:Wii. Has everyone forgotten NSMB:DS, which was a massive system seller in the DS's early life?

@kantor

oh it does

FF13 alone beats most of soriku's list

soriku this is STRICTLY sales wise, not in temrs of quality or anything as from your list its obvious wii owners ALSO have great games coming!

@soriku

whole year = unlikely....very unlikely

but soriku PS3 even getting close to it (hell even SENSIBLY contemplating this scenario) for the year is astonishing & a feat no-one would've expected 1 year ago!

I'm not sure why people keep mentioning Samurai Warrior 3.
The Dynasty Warriors and copy cat franchises are old and loosing traction, I highly doubt Samurai Warrior 3 is going to have any significant effect on Wii hardware in Japan....

I know I was ignored before, but NSMB:Wii is bigger than FFXIII (not just in raw sales, but system pushing also). Look at the sales of 2D mario games compared to that of Final Fantasy games. A NSMB on DS sold over five million(!) in Japan, and it was released early on so there's no big install base factor here.

I will be stunned if I'm wrong on this.

Even though New Super Mario Bros will likely outsell both of them, maybe combined.

Great for Sony and Ms.