LogFAQs > #979706009

Relitigating the Mario Rushmore topic a bit but it is actually a little surprising how Galaxy wasnt THAT big a deal in the grand scope of the Wii. Now obviously its an amazing game that won a load of awards and (along with the DS New Super Mario Bros) undid the huge brand damage that Sunshine did. It really established Super Mario as a top quality series again. However, the sales were not what you would expect for a Super Mario on the Wii. It has I think the lowest attach rate of any first Super Mario game on console with Galaxy 2 having the lowest overall. And its not just numbers either, the mindshare just wasnt quite there. By contrast New Super Mario Bros Wii took over the world when it came out, it was the Wii game of those last few years despite critical reception not being on the same level. It was a much bigger deal.

Of the core three of Brawl, Galaxy, and Twilight Princess, Brawl is definitely the one. The hype was insane, it was Nintendos biggest (non-Pokmon) launch ever for like a decade, and it did sell the most of those three. I would even take Twilight Princess over Galaxy because it was such an important launch game.

Now I would love to say Xenoblade because its fantastic and some of what it was doing technologically was impressive on console and just absurd on the Wii. However this is far too stacked a field for that.