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Wii Sports: the new best-selling game of all time!
- January 05, 2009 18:32 PM PST
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After twenty-plus years at the top, Super Mario Bros. has been dethroned. Wii Sports is the new best-selling game ever!
According to sales-tracking website VGChartz.com, the Wii's stellar holiday performance has pushed Wii Sports atop the all-time best-selling videogame chart. The NPD has yet to announce this fact, nor has Nintendo itself. The title, which has been bundled with every new Wii console outside of Japan and Korea, has sold well over 40 million copies (including non-bundled versions sold in the aforementioned countries). The previous number one title was another Nintendo-bundled title--Super Mario Bros., which was included with the NES for many early years of the system's lifespan.
Super Mario Bros's record is going, going, gone!
Like Super Mario Bros., Wii Sports comes under scrutiny because the majority of the game's sales came because customers purchased it with the console. According to Wikipedia, the best selling games sold outside of bundles are Pokemon Red/Blue and Nintendogs, both of which were sold with multiple versions. Super Mario Bros. 3 is the top selling title to be sold by itself. Regardless, with the popularity of the Wii with casual gamers, the argument can be made that Wii Sports is every bit as influential as those two megahits.
VGChartz has more information on this historical record.
Wow. I mean, I knew Wii Sports was popular, but this just blows the mind. Granted, it's a great game and very important, but I don't think it'll ever hold the same place in my heart as Super Mario Bros.
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- Jan 05 2009 at 07:09:58:PM PST
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Wow.. thats whats up. 'Congrads King Nintendo. but still. my first first for the year.
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I couldn't post on the video page like always but I just wanted to post this hoping dave would read it here it is: BRAID SUCKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!! get over it dude it's one of the dumbest most boring and stupid games I ever played it's a very poor mans Mario. Also quit hating on soulja boy I don't like his music either but your looking like a real hater, we can't all be young and rich and IMO he sould do reviews instead of you because at least he knows enough about games to know braid sucks.
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cabogranato wrote:
I couldn't post on the video page like always but I just wanted to post this hoping dave would read it here it is: BRAID SUCKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!! get over it dude it's one of the dumbest most boring and stupid games I ever played it's a very poor mans Mario. Also quit hating on soulja boy I don't like his music either but your looking like a real hater, we can't all be young and rich and IMO he sould do reviews instead of you because at least he knows enough about games to know braid sucks.
You're an idiot.
If Wii Sports wasn't packed in with a Wii, it wouldn't have sold nearly this many copies. Super Mario Bros., on the other hand, probably still would have sold as much as it did being packed in. I don't see Wii Sports as anything but a collection of demos. 3 innings of baseball? Plus no way to skip over the instructions at the start of each game? I only ever touch Wii Sports when people are over. Other than that it sits in my collection while I play real games.
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