SSBB/WiiFit will cripple the PS3/360 just like NSMB/Nintendogs crippled the PSP

SSBB will sell a LOT because its the only good game on the wii which everyone is hyping like crazy.alamgir1942

I just loved it when LoZ:TP was the only good Wii game when it came out. Then Metroid was the only good Wii game. Then SMG was the only good Wii game.

Don't forget Mario Kart Wii. Casuals andhardcoreslove it (my most anticipated game of 2008)chansaet

I'll get it if it's anything like Mario Kart DS. Mario Kart online is just awesome.

It's ironic; I bought an original DS within a month or two of its release, and then a DS Lite on day one, badmouthing the PSP the whole way. Nintendogs came and went (crippling the PSP?), and I continued to buy games for my DS. I just got a PSP for Christmas, and the first thing I did was go out and buy 5 games for it. Ironically, the PSP appeals to me a lot more now, in terms of games than the DS does. So I guess I should thank Nintendogs?

But to the question the TC posed: What will happen when SSBB and Wii Fit debut? The same thing that's been happening for the past year: Casual gamers will go out and buy them both, and the dedicated "hardcore" userbase will continue to buy games for their 360 and PS3. I know I'll be there on day one to buy Smash Bros. (Wii Fit...not so much), but like the rest of my Wii library, I'll probably end up forgetting about the game, and going back to my 360.

What happens when you launch a halo sized casual missle (SSBB) on the market in combination with an incredibly powerful non-gaming warhead (WiiFit)?

Nuculear devestation on the market... the same kind of devestation that crippled the PSP when Nintendogs and NSMB were released for the DS.

Not only will WiiFit bring in the non-gamers in droves... but SSBB will bring millions of core gamers to the Wii... the kind of gamers that buy lots of games.

The Wii is anhilating the competion as it is... but this will be the nuke that ends the war.

surfer_dude_

This is an interesting post and I am in the process of reading all the replies. I'll say this to you before I read even further.

We can't assume that Wii Fit will necessarily be as huge in the US market, as it is in Japan, especially with the supply constraints at first.

However, Brawl is, and has been by far the most heavily advertised and anticipated on the Wii by far.

It should outsell SMG, unless the reviewers absolutly tear it apart, in which case it will still sell very well regaurdless.

It, along with a soon to be released Wii Fit could create the "perfect storm" of sales for the systems hardware, thus once again, causing Nintendo to lose out on huge amounts of sales due to the supply constrainment of the Wii.

It most likely won't outsell Halo 3 at launch, but will have the legs to catch up before 2009, most likely, and will be on the American and Others top 10 for the rest of the year.

Hardly. Wii Fit is casual crap and Brawl isn't anywhere near the greatness of the dozens of good games on all the systems. Also Nintendogs didn't cripple the PSP at all.bededog

Denial

It was the largest turning point in the American handheld wars.

The difference is when Nintendogs and NSMB came out the PSP had nothing as a system seller.

Now yes Wii has 2 huge system sellers, but so does the PS3, Gran Turismo 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance 2, (Maybe) Final Fantasy 13, all those games are multi millions selling games.

Why can't SSBB be as good as MGS4. Give me one good reason, not an opinion a reason.

halo_killer345

The Wii has the worst attachment rate in history andthe majority of casuals do not even know what Smash Brothers is. The Wii is being bought by non gamers. NON GAMERS!Khansoul

This is actually completely false.

The PSP, PS2, and the PS3 all have worse attach rates than the Wii, and in fact, the Wii is now outselling 360 software worldwide and matching it 1:1 in the US, despite having a smaller userbase.

You want the link?

Also, Brawl is the most anticipated game of 08, according to most online polls.

Why make a fool out of yourself by spewing antiWii propaganda??