New Super Mario Bros. Wii Tops 10 Million Sales 164
According to a report from Japanese publication Nikkei Net, Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros. Wii has now sold 10 million copies worldwide. The game needed only 45 days to pass the already impressive sales numbers of Super Mario Galaxy. Quoting Gamasutra:
"NSMB Wii has sold 3 million units in Japan, where it launched on December 3; 3 million copies in Europe, where it launched November 20, and 4.5 million units in North America, where it launched November 15. Super Mario Galaxy has sold 4.1 million units in North America since 2007. The game's design hearkens back to the two-dimensional, side-scrolling style of earlier Mario titles ... The numbers would seem to suggest that these traits successfully generated more mass appeal for NSMB Wii than for the three-dimensional and far less familiar Super Mario Galaxy, which sent the plumber navigating more innovative spherical space environments."
One of the few games I bought (Score:4, Informative)
It is very similar to Mario World and is a lot of fun.
A cool thing is that you can play two player where you both navigate through map together.
One of the few side strollers I really enjoyed.
Re:One of the few games I bought (Score:3, Informative)
You can play up to 4 players at a time...you knew that, right?
To Put This In Perspective (Score:5, Informative)
For anyone trying to grasp just where 10mil would fit in, here's how it would compared to some other games based on VGChartz' data:
Ahead of: Halo (any of them), Xbox 360 versions of Call of Duty (any of them), Myst, GTA4 (360), Gears of War (any of them), Final Fantasy 7, Gran Turismo 4
Some games it's behind: Starcraft (11mil), Gran Turismo 3 (15mil), The Sims (16mil), Super Mario Bros. 3 (17mil), GTA: San Andreas (PS2, 18mil), Mario Kart Wii (20mil), a massive number of handheld games (which sell well because they're cheap), and several pack-in titles such as Wii Sports (60mil), Super Mario Bros. 1 (40mil), and Super Mario World (20mil).
It's a good seller, but it's not close to being the best-selling game of even this generation of consoles (that would be Mario Kart). Unless it has long legs (which is entirely likely), it's not likely to cross any of the original Mario games other than SMB2, since it still needs another 7mil units to catch up to SMB3.
Re:I have to give props to Nintendo for (Score:5, Informative)
You missed Mario 64, Mario Galaxy, Mario Sunshine and Paper Mario, not even counting the various Mario games for the various GameBoys, Mario Kart, Mario Party and the Olympics.
You think, there's not many Mario games out the last few years? Think again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mario_games_by_year
Re:I have to give props to Nintendo for (Score:1, Informative)
The keyword is "similar". Mario 64/galaxy/sunshine are all 3d and Paper Mario isn't a sidescroller, either. I could see tossing in some of the gameboy ones, but most of those weren't straight SMB games either.
Mario Party isn't even close.
Re:One of the few games I bought (Score:2, Informative)
Haha
How does the meme goes? you are doing it wrong.
Once you (and your co-players) learn to use the features of the game, the multiplayer is actually an advantage.
For example, in the haunted houses, watching at both sides to stop the ghosts.
Or jumping on your partner to reach stuff at higher places.
Or "going bubble" when someone cannot pass certain section.
Or "oing bubble" after grabbing a star-coin to avoid dying
I have whined about the lack of good games for Wii, but NSMB is one of the few good ones. Unfortunately it is *very* short. We have already finished and got all the star coins... and that's it.
Re:All the focus on 3d was for the wrong reason (Score:3, Informative)
Is that really true? What about Castlevania Symphony of the Night? Or did it eak by because of the 3D save points?
Of course it isn't true.
List of 2d playstation games:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-54374.html [digitpress.com]
Re:To Put This In Perspective (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Good game, but... (Score:2, Informative)