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I predict that it will sell 4 copies total.

This game looks like one of the lamest ideas ever and I am a fan of both characters but this game just looks awful.

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If a game featuring both of them could sell that much it'd be Brawl.

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I think it will sell 1 mill, but a game that would have mario and sonic in it like super smash bros brawl will sell 20 mill.

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I would buy a Mill. of thes,as long SEGA dosn`t get pused back by Nitindo,but i will buy a Mill. for SEGA.

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How about you stop being a back-seat sales analyst and let the effing companies worry about how many copies they sell.

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Yeah, that's a pretty generous prediction. I'd imagine this game would be lucky to sell 1.25 million (Wii + DS). I'm a huge Mario fan, and a decent Sonic fan, but I'm not even remotely interested in this game, and I think it'll be pretty much the same for everyone else.

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I feel that this game will bomb but only because of the olympic theme.

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If this was brawl, yes. This Olympic thing? Not gonna happen.

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#3, I was gonna say the exact same thing

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Ok you know what, I think it's pretty obvious this game isn't aimed at us. Some will get it because it's Mario & Sonic's first game. But the rest of the world will get it for the same reason they buy Spongebob. It sounds familiar and they'll go for it.

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Make a Mario and Sonic 2-D platformer game and I'll buy four million copies myself.

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This game will blow both on DS and Wii, if it sells more than 1.5 million coppies, it shows that people have no taste.

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Yeah, from what I heard about this game, it isn't good, so predicting that on appeal of Mario and Sonic alone it'll manage 4 million copies across Wii and DS is pretty out there.

Though, once you hit DS, you might be able to make up the difference by the sheer number of people who have it.

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DAMN I give it 700,000 on ds an 150,000 on wii. I mean its lame, its not a platformer! It's obviously gonna be another minigame mash up. you'll get you 4 mil copies if you put him on brawl, but with this crap... keep dreaming! (Coming from a Sonic fan)

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Well, there you go, that finally proves it. I had a theory that the folks over @ Sega had begun smoking mass quantities of crack in recent years (based on some of the terrible games they have made and in comparison to their former greatness), and now they have proved my theory, thus chaanging it from a theory into a law. Poor Sega, what ever happened to you, old friend?

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I think that's a realistic goal. They're talking worldwide here. Plus, I think a lot of people don't realize that Miyamoto has a hand in developing this game.

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The game doesn't look interesting to me at all, but if that 4 million total is for WORLDWIDE sales on both the Wii and the DS, then that might not be so unrealistic.

With the saturation that the DS enjoys across all markets (but particularly in Japan) this title is guaranteed to sell well on the DS just because it's a Mario game. And the number of nontraditional gamers that own the Wii in the North American market means that as long as this title has multiplayer capabilities a lot of people are going to buy it.

Mario games sell well, even when they aren't very good.
A lot of people will buy this without realizing that SONIC TEAM is working on it. And let's be honest, only gamers who've been following things for a while really understand how godawful the games produced by Sonic Team really are.

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I predict it will sell OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAND!!!!

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yea it might not be that far off considering how many people worldwide have wii and ds. i work at an un-named game store and you'd be surprise at how many people are excited about this game. the real problem is that most parents that have a wii are incredibly uninformed and will buy anything that looks like family fun, no matter how bad it is.

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I assume to reach the 4 million number, he's talking about:
- combined DS and Wii sales
- worldwide numbers
- sales over the life of the console (not just by the end of the year).

If that's the case I can completely believe it. I think they know that the Wii is going to sell to non-gamers this Christmas, and these mascot games appeal to casual gamers and parents with kids more than Smash Brothers or Super Mario Galaxy, even if most gamers are over pumping their fists to run faster. I mean, why else would Mario Party still sell millions of copies unless there's a huge market for this sort of game? Toss in the Olympic license and a ton of advertising during 2008's Summer games and I think you're set for at least 2 or 2.5 million sold by this time next year, and the rest after they drop the price to $25 (or $20 for the DS game).

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WFT? 'From what I've heard about the game, it isn't very good' What the hell have you heard? I thought winning game of the year by surprised but delighted journalists at E3 or some such convention a few months ago, beating out Mario Galaxy and others really spoke a lot about this game. It said that 'people expected it to blow, but it stole the show.' And that sends a strong signal to me about this game. What the he!! have YOU heard?

-I looked at the screenshots, saw Olympic events depicted, and thought 'this looks to me like it sucks, based almost on nothing.'- Is what happened and you turned it into:

-Everything I heard said it sucked!-

Ha ha ha ! ;)

Based on the Game of the Year, Sega's bold assertion of selling 4 million, and the certainty that this is a big deal to both Nintendo and Sega or they wouldn't be throwing all their mascot eggs into one barrel, I would say that this is going to be a HUGE game, it's got mad 'Wii Sports' style universal appeal, it will help sell hardware and be an easy choice for casual gamers who are already sold on the hardware. And think of how far in advance of the summer games this is coming out! It has EIGHT MONTHS to sell sell sell, and that is smart marketing. It will give people in the winter a taste of the summer which might be very appealing, ever thought of that huh? HA HA! There are reasons to get this game we know next to nothing about right now, or that we know nothing about at all: because frankly we just know this game is coming out and some of the events. Wifi leaderboards, depth, modes, and more that we don't even know about could easily lurk beyond. Wait til the Oct 10th press conference to be pissed.

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4 million, not on wii alone, but between the 2 of them, its possible

This game will target 2 demographics

1. People my age who were little during "Mario vs Sonic" and aren't averse to the game's casualness, but will buy with a squeal of nostalgic delight

2. The 10-and-under crowd. They'll eat this alive

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Ha ha ha! Four million copies!...Oh that's good, that's real good...

Wait! You are serious?

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I think it could sell that much if it was an action platformer game that featured the pair, and not some stupid Olympics game. I'm not buying it is all I know for sure.

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4 million isn't unrealistic at all.
Mario Sunshine sold over 5 million. The Sonic Adventure game also sold over a million...although recent Sonics seem have have topped out around half a million copies (thats what happens when you keep turning out crap, Sega!)

Combined, I'm sure they could easily go over 4 million on both systems between selling to kids as well as nostalgia gamers. Even 4 million on the Wii alone isn't that crazy, although less likely to happen.

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Sonic isn't going to be in Brawl. That'd be retarded, stop saying it.

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Just announce that Sonic has been added to Brawl already.

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4 MILLION copies? AHAHAHA. If it sold that many it would surpass Zelda: Twilight Princess in sales for a Wii game. As if.

I guess hope springs eternal.

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Maybe Sonic can be unlocked in SSBB if you have a Sonic+Mario@Olympics save file on your Wii. THEN it might have a chance of selling 2 million.

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There was a gamepro about 1000 years ago that had artwork of Sonic and Mega Man shaking hands. I think it was gamepro's artwork, but THAT would be a cool team up. Not this game, it looks just terrible...

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If its got Mario in it, it will sell. Its like a crack addiction. It might be crap but if its got Mario it prints money. Look at Matio Party...

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@ Plaid Ninja

Mario Party is just trite to those of us who have seen the series since its infancy

Personally, i loved #'s 1-4, but felt that further ownership was pointless

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29 - "Maybe Sonic can be unlocked in SSBB if you have a Sonic+Mario@Olympics save file on your Wii. THEN it might have a chance of selling 2 million."

I love that idea!

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It'll only have to sell 2 million copies each (of the Wii and DS version) worldwide to hit the 4 million mark. That should be easily possible.

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