The Globe and Mail predicts in its review of Wii Sports Resort that it will be the top selling game of the year. From the story:
The original Wii Sports has been bundled with each of the 51-million Wii consoles sold. That means this seemingly unassuming franchise has a built-in fan-base like no other this generation. Consequently, I suspect Wii Sports Resort will sell more than ten million units worldwide by Christmas, and come close to 20 million in its first year, making it a billion dollar game. Only a handful of films can claim the same.
It might sound like a bold prediction for such an unpretentious little title, but it suggests no more than that it will sell on pace with Nintendo's last peripheral-based release, Wii Fit. Make no mistake; Wii Sports Resort will be the best selling video game of 2009.
Nintendo could be sitting on a gold mine with a past favorite.
Because we all miss accidentally throwing our Wiimotes at the TV, so let's throw some Joy-Cons.
I was always confused by Nintendo’s decision to kill the franchise. “Super” stayed with Mario titles even after the Super Nintendo. They can still use the Wii name. Hell it’s been so long that releasing a new one, or even an HD remaster, will tap into that nostalgia market.
Super was never because of the Super Nintendo. Super Mario Bros launched on the NES. The Super is because it's an indirect sequel to Mario Bros.
They can just call it Nintendo Sports or something, but using the Wii name would be a bit confusing.
Yeah i agree but i don't think Nintendo will be bringing wii sports to the Nintendo Switch samething goes for diddykong racing
With the Switch bringing interest back into the realm of motion controls, it seems as good a time as any to dip back into the backlog and retrieve some lucrative nuggets from the one that launched the phenomenon in the first place: the Nintendo Wii.
A short time ago, NL reported on the news that Nintendo had secured trademarks for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and Mario Vs. Donkey Kong which covered applications such as a ‘program for home video game machine’, ‘downloadable video game program’ and ‘program for smartphone’.
I would hope for a twilight princess hd port for the switch? But uhh....the mobile part worries me.
