Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has predicted that Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. could each sell ten million copies this fiscal year.

"… We are launching Wii Sports Resort in Q2 of this fiscal year, then Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros. Wii in Q3 of this fiscal year,” Iwata said during a recent financial briefing. “These three titles have already been available for hands-on demonstrations at E3 this year. They were highly evaluated by most of those who actually tried them. Distributors also gave feedback like ‘The key player of this holiday season will be Nintendo as expected.’ So I believe each of these three software titles have the potential to surpass ten million copies worldwide in the whole fiscal year.

Based on the latest available data from Nintendo and Media Create, sales of Wii Sports Resort have reached 1,928,000 units.



"We developed these games under the concept of ‘everyone's game’ with the goal that they would satisfy everyone, from veteran gamers to the novice players,” Iwata added. “We are confident that they have turned out that way and will make a significant impact in the market… They don't seem to overlap with titles from other companies and are not likely to cannibalise one another."

Iwata’s briefing also covered topics such as new hardware, pricing, the company's disappointing E3 and the Wii Vitality Sensor.