Super Smash Bros. for Wii U preorders hit console record

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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is getting more pre-orders than Mario Kart 8 says Reggie. And Mario Kart 8 sold pretty fast.

Mario Kart was buy one game get one free and also came along with anywhere from 10 to 15 dollars back

Also a record for the Wii U? That's not real.

I didn't consider that. It's a bit surprising that Super Smash Bros. is doing better preorder numbers than MK8 when a free game came with that.

What do you mean?

So? It still sold a huge number. And the point is, Smash Bros is pre-ordering at a higher number, which means it may surpass MK8 in sales. That is nothing but good news for Nintendo. That'll be the second (that I can think of) multi-million seller for the Wii U this year.

Hey, long time no see. =P

I think the Wii U had a record game drought, if that counts...

1 Free Amiibo comes with it if you preorder Smash from Toys R Us

Lol every time there's good news some people try spinning it in their favor ignore them tc it's your best option

Please people, stop responding to JaysonGuy. GameSpot won't weed out users who derail threads so its up to us.

On topic: Wii U hit 100k I think with Mario Kart 8 in June right? If Smash Bros is trending higher and its the holidays (plus Amiibo hype) then maybe the Wii U will clean shop this holiday.

I believe Wii U sold 225k last November despite Mario 3D World, then 450k in December. My guess, with this information, is that they'll break 300k in November and maybe 500k in December. 800k-1.2 million in the US over two months would be pretty amazing though I wouldn't count it.

its very hard not to take the bait...especially since its so easy.

on topic...

i bet if mario kart was released in the holidays it would have had even more preorders than smash.