Libellule "naznatips,

Are you sure u can compare Mario to Nintendogs ?

Hardcore Nintendo fan
VS
Very casual

big sales day one that decrease quickly for Mario
VS
good sales during a very longgggggg period of time fir Nintendogs/Wisport

I m not these games should be compare together.
We should compare Mario to Zelda, not to Nintendogs or Wiisports."

SMG is NOTHING LIKE OLD MARIO"S how dare u compare them 2 it is new and wii made, u can't say that jet.

 The difference is that Nintendogs is a new franchise. New franchises don't tend to come flying out the gates with great sales because people don't know what it's about yet. Especially something completely different like Nintendogs or the Brain Games. People know what Mario is and what his games or all about.

While I agree that first day sales aren't enough to declare the game being a bomb(especially when they're at 130k) I don't think using Nintendogs as an example is a good idea. Maybe an old franchise that started off slow but picked up as time went by, and honestly I can't think of many in Japan. 

No matter what people are saying the game did far wors than I and many where expecting . And exactly now , when Im this far from buying a Wii ... of course this wonr affect my decision :D

hunter_alien,

Why were you and others expecting high numbers from Galaxy on day one of its launch. Super Mario 64 only sold 292,310 units in its first week and went on to sell 1.92 million units in Japan. Galaxy is already on pace to sell more than Mario 64 in its first week.

I think it's a pretty known fact that this game will have abnormally long legs smilar to NSMB, so first day sales shouldn't really be an indicator as to whether this game will bomb or not. 130k is a bit dissapointing but let's wait awhile before we jump to conclusions on this one..

Edouble, many games start slow but sell well throughout their lives with long legs. Even established franchises. Look at Mario Party 8, which started lower but is still almost at 1 million in Japan and selling strong. People are mistaken when they say Mario only appeals to the hardcore. Another example is Super Smash Bros. Melee. It's first day was less than 150K and it sold 1.44 million. Or how about Super Mario 64 launching at less than 130K day 1 and selling about 2 million lifetime in Japan. Are those games similar enough for you to admit that day 1 sales don't determine lifetime success?

Again, I'm not defending 130K as good. 130K is bad, but it's also not the determining factor for lifetime sales. Also, I only predicted 2 million lifetime in Japan so this won't affect my prediction at all. I think it's still very likely that it will make that mark.

One thing I think we can agree on...this game is gonna be the best game out for Wii...at least until Brawl comes out...so there's really nothing to worry about sales-wise.

Japan's weird with weekdays, after all.

final fantasy crisis core first day sales is 480k and we still considered its a "bombed" sales guys. face the truth, its will be a good selling game but it wont be a record breaking game

 I dont think day 1 sales are indicative of a bomb. Galaxy will sell more than Lair, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Warhawk, Heavenly Sword, Eye of Judgement, and Rachet and Clank put together. Galaxy will sell over 3 million worldwide by years end. You can quote me on that.

Well I already did admit that when I first reponded to you. I'm sure Mario will break 1 million, just looking at the prediction thread that The Source made, it would seem as if many here were expecting a lot more than Sunshine/Mario Party calibur sales. It may still get that but I don't think we're going to see a Nintendogs like explosion happen way after the game releases. 

But yea, I'm at least waiting for week one sales before I call this the next Sunshine, the next Mario 64 or the next NSMB