The Globe and Mail's game columnist speculates on which game released in 2009 will sell the most copies. From the story:
Every September as hype begins to build up for fall releases I begin to grow curious about which games will end up selling the most units for the current year.
I've already predicted that Wii Sports Resort, which comes bundled with Nintendo's new Wii Motion Plus peripheral, will be the biggest game of 2009, and I stand by that claim. It's sold nearly 4 million copies globally in its first five weeks (all numbers from VGChartz, a global game sales estimation website based in the U.S.).
What's more, Nintendo's first-party casual titles have proven that they have extraordinarily long tails, often selling hundreds of thousands of copies per week 60 or 70 weeks post release (last year's Wii Fit was still selling more than a million copies per month this summer, and Mario Kart Wii's performance hasn't been far behind). And as more games that make use of the Wii Motion Plus peripheral are released, more consumers will look at Wii Sports Resort as a cost effective way to procure the device.
I'd be surprised if it hasn't moved 15 million copies by this time next year.
Still, its coronation as the biggest game of 2009 isn't a sure thing...
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the first Mario 2D game in almost two decades without the New Super Mario art style, and it looks all the better for it
Am I missing something? It looks exactly the same, just higher resolution… Is this sarcasm?
Yes, you're not observant if you think it looks exactly the same. It immediately appeared different to me from the start. Mario's 3D model will always be the same, so not much difference there. However, the animation they've given the Super Mario Wonder makes it look more like a CGI Mario animation where as the New Mario Bros game looks more like typical video game animation movements
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You really didn't notice the difference? It's really obvious, I was surprised when I first saw the trailer.
This Mario game looks great, getting a switch for this and Mario RPG. CANT WAIT, TITS JACKED.
Yeah I liked how much more emotion could be conveyed through the new style at first glance I didn't see much difference but then rewatching the trailer I'm seeing more and more animations that remind me of the Mario artwork from the manual of smb3
I hated the new super Mario bros Style. This new one seems a lot more expressive and less generic. I hope it's a good game
I prefer the 2d Mario's. Me and my girl have played them all together and mario galaxy , Mario odyssey. The 2nd player option is extremely eh
awesome, goty wise = uncharted 2
sales wise = modern warfare 2
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