Nintendo Shows Franchise Totals, Metroid-Themed GBA

Thanks to IGN GameCube for its article noting overall sales totals for Nintendo's most famous franchises, revealed as part of the company's recent financial results. The winner? "Across a total of nineteen titles, the Super Mario Brothers series has managed worldwide sales of 174 million units. This figure works out to 54 million units across nine portable titles and 120 million units across 10 home titles." Additionally, "Pokemon comes in second at 91 million units... [though] the company has chosen to not include sales from the series' console counterparts... Donkey Kong beats out Zelda for third place with 43 million units... Zelda comes in at 42 million units." Elsewhere, Game Science has news of a limited edition Metroid-themed Game Boy Advance SP, with the "two-tone GBA SP body shell, in the colors of Samus' bodysuit" available in Japan via Club Nintendo.

Mario Bros #1, Donkey Kong #3?

[thanester]

Technically, isn't Donkey Kong part of the Mario Bros. franchise? Or vice versa... since Mario was a character in the original Donkey Kong. :-)

Re:Mario Bros #1, Donkey Kong #3?

[kevn]

Of course, Donkey Kong did not start on the coleco vision it was an arcade game. In the original DK the "mario" like guy was called Jumpman, he wasn't referred to as Mario until the game "Mario bros" came out, which features Mario, but is nothing like SMB. kvn

Not for sale actually...

[Randar the Lava Liza]

Actually the Metroid colors are only available to Japanese members of Club Nintendo. You send in your regular GBA SP with 600 points (about 10 gamecube games' proof of purchase) and a few weeks later they send you your GBA SP back with the new colors. These aren't for direct sale, just a special color you can get. They had a few others like it, Pearl, and an orange one, among others.

These aren't for sale, just cool extras you can get with spending the points.

Re:Mario Bros #1, Donkey Kong #3?

[prockcore]

In the original DK the "mario" like guy was called Jumpman, he wasn't referred to as Mario until the game "Mario bros" came out, which features Mario, but is nothing like SMB.

Also the girl you had to rescue was not called "Princess Peach" but "Pauline". The original Jumpman wasn't a plumber either, he was an electrician.. and didn't become a plumber until Mario Bros.