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I would expect Wii Play to sell that well. I'm sure it probably would have outsold Zelda here just for the fact that it comes with a bundled remote.
I eat baby hamsters.
This isn't that surprising. Going off the success of the DS in Japan, I honestly think the Wii is actually going to "work" there like Nintendo wants it to, i.e. nongamers (or those who were nongamers prior to the DS) are going to buy the thing. I doubt it'll happen here, but you know those Japanese people. They're crazy like that.
Why wouldn't Wii Play outsell Zelda? It comes with an additional Wii Remote, so at about $50 you figure the game only costs $10. Not a bad deal.
And Nintendo has been much more successful at opening new markets in Japan than they have in the US. There are more non-traditional gamers there, and naturally many of those people will not be drawn to hardcore experiences such as Zelda.
I think Wii Sports would have done the same in the US, were it not bundled. When it comes to new technology, it's best to have the software designed specifically for it. SM64 springs to mind.
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Dexter345, it won't "work" here? Are you in the US?
Why won't it? At my work there are people who haven't played games since NES days cause two many buttons and other reasons and they are now trying to get a Wii for Christmas. I know other people who don't play video games but want one or at least play it.
So as for the US, I think it is "working" too.
Just FYI, japan doesn't really care about the zelda series as much as europe & the usa do.
On the other hand, they love minigames & alternative stuff about as much as we seem to love madden & fifa.
I would have to strongly disagree with Churchill. I think the reason they bundled Wii Sports with the US boxes is because Nintendo thought that the sales for that game would be weak. They basically jacked up the price $50 and made us get the game. Its a really fun game and I am glad they did that but i would bet that a LOT of people would have never bought it at launch otherwise. Everybody wanted Zelda and maybe some other game with it.
We need to ban Ted from posting. He's going to scare all our readers away. Every time I look at that avatar, my knee jerk reaction is to check Vent/Gmail for Ted, and if he isn't on, to check my window to see if he's trying to crawl into my room through it.
My word against yours Ted. Alas, there is no way to find out.
I probably would've considered it.
It is just a demo, but considering that it's just deep enough to where I can play Tennis against my mom, and have her win, it saved Thanksgiving from erupting into drunken fistfights and cutting remarks about why I'm still single...
That said, I've cooled my interest for WiiPlay, simply because I don't want another Wiimote, honestly. I've got two now, and if there's Mario Party or Kart to be had, people had better be rolling their own at that point. I'm not about to go into massive debt just so my drinking buddies can see how far they can heave a $40 strapless remote from their showerhead like hands.
I think I kind of agree with Ted. I am not 100% sure I would've bought the game if it wasn't packaged with it. But I am glad they did.
I would be more inclined to buy almost any game if it came with an extra wiimote. Almost everyone gets a second wiimote and throw in a game for a few bucks more, yea I'll pick it up.
Hamtaro FTW.
Honestly, I hated the show. But they were so damn cute!
I think it reveals that more casual gamers bought the Wii than serious RPG gamers. Which is what Nintendo wants anyways. I expect many more casual and easy games to go into development.
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