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December 11th, 2009 at 04:15pm
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Yesterday’s NPD announcement that New Super Mario Bros. Wii had sold 1.4 million copies in the November NPD period was impressive. But Nintendo topped it today by noting that, including sales after the NPD cutoff date, the game has reached a total of two million copies. It’s not Modern Warfare 2 or anything, but it is a very strong start for a game that is likely to have a very long tail. Even just in November, it easily beat New Super Mario Bros.’s first month on DS (which, admittedly, was May and not November).
Nintendo also announced that the Wii has reached a US installed base of 23 million, and that the DS broke the November handheld sales record set by … the DS.
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December 7th, 2009 at 05:00pm
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Old-school Mario is news again as New Super Mario Bros. Wii sold at Sonic-speed throughout its Japanese launch last week. Andriasang reports that the platformer sold 422,000 copies in its first day (December 3), with Famitsu following up that NSMB Wii moved 936,734 units by Sunday, December 6, its “first week” at retail, stomping the previous week-one sales record held by Super Smash Bros. Brawl (816k).
And with that, Mario has pulled off his hat trick, scoring in Japan’s top three first-week bestsellers, which also includes Mario Kart Wii (608k). Monster Hunter 3 (583k) follows in fourth place.
In other news, Joystiq Publishing, in collaboration with acclaimed developer Nincom, is pleased to announce “Mushroom Hunter Wii,” the VIDEO GAME EVENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION — for Wii — exclusively in Japan (while supplies last). Pre-order today!
[Via GamesIndustry.biz]
Source – Big Start for December Wii titles [Andriasang]
Source – ミリオン目前、『New スーパーマリオブラザーズ Wii』の初週販売本数が発表 [Famitsu]
NSMB Wii hits big in Japan: bricks record, collects coin originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 1st, 2009 at 06:45pm
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The reality: Nintendo is holding a fluffy PR event for grandparents and their little, angelic grandchildren at the Fairwinds-Ivey Ranch in Oceanside, California, this week. The event takes place this Friday, December 4, from 11AM-1PM. It’s likely to be a schmaltzy feel-good event, inclusive of the whole family and further pushing Nintendo’s “pioneering efforts” to expand the video game market.
The fantasy: At the event, some little snot will get mad that grandma can’t figure out which button is used to jump, eventually swiping the controller from her hand and making her watch helplessly as her Toad floats through the stage in a bubble. Meanwhile, grandpa joins in. He’s figured out the location of the jump button, but does that weird old people thing of moving the controller upwards every time he gets the character to jump, thus his avatar spins wildly out of control, dying constantly. Having never put the Wiimote strap on, he accidentally flings the controller into the television in a fit of frustration. That would be glorious.
Nintendo invites seniors to play New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Grandpa ragequits originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 30th, 2009 at 04:15pm
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii couldn’t possibly do anything more to remind us of the delight Mario games brought us in our youths, short of including a Mario lunchbox. Amazon is helping to ensure the full nostalgia experience by doing just that in a special bundle!
For $70, you get the game, a plastic lunchbox, a t-shirt (size L), and four Wiimote stickers. The t-shirt sizing suggests that this really is a nostalgia-focused gift set and not for people who are currently children. This, of course, means that these lunchboxes are destined for shelves and not cafeterias.
[Via GoNintendo]
Amazon’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii bundle adds Lunchable compatibility originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 25th, 2009 at 02:30pm
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Though the latest edition of Iwata Asks is technically focused on New Super Mario Bros. Wii, the first few pages of the interview go off on a tangent about the overall-clad plumber’s roots which you might find interesting. For instance, did you know that Miyamoto’s original plan for Donkey Kong was a video game based on Popeye? It’s true — it was only after he was denied the rights to put the muscly-armed sailor man in a video game that he created the most prolific video game character of all time.
Of course, just like a timid middle school student, Mario was forced to go through some awkward formative phases. Miyamoto revealed that in the original design for Donkey Kong, Mario — who, at the time, was referred to as “Mr. Video” — was unable to jump. Man, we feel like we just gazed into some kind of creepy alternate universe.
“It is me, Mr. Video. I’m going to slowly walk over there, all the while praying that I don’t encounter any ground-based enemies.”
Miyamoto: Mario originally named ‘Mr. Video,’ couldn’t jump originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 11:39am
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The Assassin’s Creed sequel may not have taken out Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from the top spot on the UK charts, but the game did outperform the original’s 2007 debut by 12 percent in unit sales. Although Chart Track doesn’t give specific unit sales figures, it’s staggering to think that Infinity Ward’s FPS dropped 86 percent after its launch week and still retained the top spot.
Behind the big boys of violence, Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit Plus took the next three spots, respectively. The hardened Left 4 Dead 2 shambled up to seventh spot.
Source — Call of Duty stands firm [Chart Track]
Source — All formats chart [Chart Track]
UK Charts: Modern Warfare still tops; Assassin’s Creed 2 outperforms original’s debut originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 18th, 2009 at 05:45pm
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Nintendo must’ve had some luck with its Great Lakes and Wii Sports Resort tours recently, as the company has announced the Nintendo Mall Experience tour. Starting next week through December 20, The Big N will be stopping at shopping centers across the country to get some of its Wii and DS titles in the faces of holiday shoppers.
On the Wii side, Nintendo will show off its top three games for the holiday season: Wii Sports Resort, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Fit Plus. For the handheld crowd, Nintendo will be pushing the new Style Savvy, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Head past the break for the full list of stops on Nintendo’s Mall Experience tour.
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Nintendo Mall Experience tour heads cross-country next week originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 17th, 2009 at 03:00pm
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Well, that didn’t take long. On the very day that New Super Mario Bros. Wii was released in North America, hackers Virus and Vash released Tanooki, a program that allows users to design their own levels in place of the game’s existing locales. Coder Treeki also announced Reggie!, yet another level editor for New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Whichever wins, everybody wins.
Of course, these programs, while awesome, are pretty impractical for most of us, given that they run on a computer and thus work only with emulation. But, we must reiterate, these are awesome, and we appreciate the efforts of hobbyists everywhere who immediately make games better with their work. Check out example videos of both (with some NSFW language in annotations) after the break.
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Hackers create dueling New Super Mario Bros. Wii level editors originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 16th, 2009 at 05:15pm
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While we’re all playing New Super Mario Bros. Wii, tossing our friends into bottomless pits and reacquainting ourselves with the Koopalings, Japanese Wii owners are still waiting for the game’s December 3 release date. For now, instead of the game, they get … these commercials, featuring people dressed in inexplicable, matching bohemian outfits, playing NSMB Wii with a lot of excitement and not too much skill.
Siliconera notes that the game’s ostensible banner feature — multiplayer — is totally missing from these ads, in favor of presenting the experience as something that’s easy to get into. We suppose if you’re really terrible at Mario games (a plight with which we sympathize), you don’t want to be reminded that other people have an easy way to witness your terribleness. Still, we think the tentative play emphasizes the sense of discovery that is so wonderful about the first trip through any Mario level.
[Via Siliconera]
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November 13th, 2009 at 04:30pm
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii isn’t a game for you to play by yourself. Sure, you could, but it’s just not going to be the best way to extract all of the fun the experience has to offer. Instead, you really should try to corral some friends together for multiplayer, which is guaranteed to do one of two things: strengthen the bonds you and your three partners in platforming have established, or take those friendships you’ve worked so hard on over an indeterminate amount of time and stomp them like a lost, lonely Goomba.
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Review: New Super Mario Bros. Wii originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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