Nintendo put a lot of faith into this title. And what was Nintendo’s big holiday game for the year? None other than Super Mario 3D World, the newest 3D Mario.
Up until 2016, 2013 was the Wii U’s worse year. Even worse, Nintendo still could not meet their new projection only selling 2.72 million during the fiscal year. Nintendo noted that hardware sales did not meet their expected levels and that expenses will exceed gross profit, resulting in a financial loss.
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Nintendo eventually had to update their sales project for the system to only 2.8 million units. However, after six months the system only managed to sell a meager 460,000 units.
Nintendo originally projected the Wii U would sell 9 million during the fiscal year. The Wii U’s initial success could be attributed to New Super Mario Bros U.īut Nintendo’s luck changed in 2013. The game only sold 450,000 less than Nintendo Land which was bundled with the system at the time. U, despite being very similar to the prior three games, sold 2.15 million, giving the game an attach rate of 62 percent. In only 4 and a half months, the Wii U sold 25 percent of its lifetime sales. As of March 31, 2013, the Nintendo Wii U sold 3.45 million units. The system launched on November 18, 2012. So what happened with the Wii U? The Wii U launched with New Super Mario Bros. “But wait, what about the Nintendo Wii U? It was Nintendo’s worst selling home console and it launched with a 2D Mario. There is a clear correlation between 2D Mario and a system’s success. Of Nintendo’s three worst selling systems, only one of them had a 3D Mario on it. The SNES, which sold 49.10 million (which launched with Super Mario World) outsold Nintendo’s next two systems, the Nintendo 64 and the Nintendo Gamecube, neither of which had a 2D Mario. Don’t believe me? Here are the sales of each Nintendo system released and any 2D Mario released for the system: SystemĪs you can see, Nintendo’s best selling systems always have a 2D Mario. Nintendo Has Never Released a Successful System without a 2D Marioīehind every Nintendo success, there has always been 2D Mario games. The inconvenient truth is that 2D Mario brings success that fans are expecting however, 3D Mario brings the stagnation that Nintendo has been experiencing. But what if that wasn’t the case? Not every Super Mario game is made equal. Not just that they want to play the game, but that the Nintendo Switch could be a huge success. Footage of a 3D Mario was shown during the system’s reveal, and every rumor seems to put the 3D Mario as a launch title for the new system. With the announcement of the Nintendo Switch, there has plenty of hints of a new 3D Mario adventure heading to the system.