New Super Mario Bros Wii the fastest-selling exlcusive ever

i opened my inbox and found this e-mail from VGChartz:

"New Super Mario Brothers Wii soared past the 15 million mark this week, becoming the fastest-selling single-platform game to ever reach this milestone.It did so after only 32 weeks on the market, eight weeks faster than the previous record-holder, Wii Sports Resort. This makes it the sixth Wii title to reach 15 million sold, and just the 22nd game of all time to do so.
In just seven months on the market, New Super Mario Bros Wii is currently the sixth-best-selling Mario title of all time.
NSMB Wii is no stranger to breaking sales records. It sold ten million units after just seven weeks on the market, handily beating previous record holder Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' ten weeks."

huh, i guess Mario DOES sell after all. it even sells faster than wii sports resort! /luring

Not surprising in the least, I enjoyed NSMB immensely.

Wait until Jasonguy sees this :P

Who's Jasonguy and what would he say? O_o

That cannot be true because Nintendo are doomed are only the Wii HD can save them!

Who's Jasonguy and what would he say? O_o

iBlooba

He's going to say that Mario is irrevelant to the Nintendo's strategy.

Wait until Jasonguy sees this :P

Jelley0

What I said still stands true

New Super Mario was an easy platformer that was meant to bring in the older casuals who grew out of playing Nintendo games and find something to come back to

All of my facts come from "standard" Mario games like Galaxy 2 that is selling slower then Galaxy 1

So this is yet another casual game selling quickly, all it does is reinforce the fact that the Wii's core is casual and if you give them acceptable software aimed at them it will sell well

[QUOTE="Jelley0"]

Wait until Jasonguy sees this :P

Jaysonguy

What I said still stands true

New Super Mario was an easy platformer that was meant to bring in the older casuals who grew out of playing Nintendo games and find something to come back to

All of my facts come from "standard" Mario games like Galaxy 2 that is selling slower then Galaxy 1

So this is yet another casual game selling quickly, all it does is reinforce the fact that the Wii's core is casual and if you give them acceptable software aimed at them it will sell well

So, when you said "Mario is on his way out" and "Mario has been unable to find traction on the Wii", that was just for the lulz?

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="Jelley0"]

Wait until Jasonguy sees this :P

GabuEx

What I said still stands true

New Super Mario was an easy platformer that was meant to bring in the older casuals who grew out of playing Nintendo games and find something to come back to

All of my facts come from "standard" Mario games like Galaxy 2 that is selling slower then Galaxy 1

So this is yet another casual game selling quickly, all it does is reinforce the fact that the Wii's core is casual and if you give them acceptable software aimed at them it will sell well

So, when you said "Mario is on his way out" and "Mario has been unable to find traction on the Wii", that was just for the lulz?

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="Jelley0"]

Wait until Jasonguy sees this :P

GabuEx

What I said still stands true

New Super Mario was an easy platformer that was meant to bring in the older casuals who grew out of playing Nintendo games and find something to come back to

All of my facts come from "standard" Mario games like Galaxy 2 that is selling slower then Galaxy 1

So this is yet another casual game selling quickly, all it does is reinforce the fact that the Wii's core is casual and if you give them acceptable software aimed at them it will sell well

So, when you said "Mario is on his way out" and "Mario has been unable to find traction on the Wii", that was just for the lulz?

Mario is on his way out

He doesn't have traction on the Wii on his own anymore, he needs a gimmick to keep going either for the Karts or in this case the easy 2D platformer

The Mii's are the ones with traction on the Wii, that's why Nintendo is demoting Mario and having the Mii's take his place.

The core of the Wii is casual and the Mii's are the character that the casuals want.

damage control by jason :P

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

What I said still stands true

New Super Mario was an easy platformer that was meant to bring in the older casuals who grew out of playing Nintendo games and find something to come back to

All of my facts come from "standard" Mario games like Galaxy 2 that is selling slower then Galaxy 1

So this is yet another casual game selling quickly, all it does is reinforce the fact that the Wii's core is casual and if you give them acceptable software aimed at them it will sell well

Jaysonguy

So, when you said "Mario is on his way out" and "Mario has been unable to find traction on the Wii", that was just for the lulz?

Mario is on his way out

He doesn't have traction on the Wii on his own anymore, he needs a gimmick to keep going either for the Karts or in this case the easy 2D platformer

The Mii's are the ones with traction on the Wii, that's why Nintendo is demoting Mario and having the Mii's take his place.

The core of the Wii is casual and the Mii's are the character that the casuals want.

Mario is on his way out

He doesn't have traction on the Wii on his own anymore, he needs a gimmick to keep going either for the Karts or in this case the easy 2D platformer

The Mii's are the ones with traction on the Wii, that's why Nintendo is demoting Mario and having the Mii's take his place.

The core of the Wii is casual and the Mii's are the character that the casuals want.

Jaysonguy

Oh, so Mario's on his way out, unless he's in a game that sells really well, in which case that's a gimmick.

Mario is on his way out

He doesn't have traction on the Wii on his own anymore, he needs a gimmick to keep going either for the Karts or in this case the easy 2D platformer

The Mii's are the ones with traction on the Wii, that's why Nintendo is demoting Mario and having the Mii's take his place.

The core of the Wii is casual and the Mii's are the character that the casuals want.

Jaysonguy

So now a side-scrolling Mario 2D platformer is now a gimmick?

You don't know what you're talking about.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Mario is on his way out

He doesn't have traction on the Wii on his own anymore, he needs a gimmick to keep going either for the Karts or in this case the easy 2D platformer

The Mii's are the ones with traction on the Wii, that's why Nintendo is demoting Mario and having the Mii's take his place.

The core of the Wii is casual and the Mii's are the character that the casuals want.

GabuEx

Oh, so Mario's on his way out, unless he's in a game that sells really well, in which case that's a gimmick.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Mario is on his way out

He doesn't have traction on the Wii on his own anymore, he needs a gimmick to keep going either for the Karts or in this case the easy 2D platformer

The Mii's are the ones with traction on the Wii, that's why Nintendo is demoting Mario and having the Mii's take his place.

The core of the Wii is casual and the Mii's are the character that the casuals want.

GabuEx

Oh, so Mario's on his way out, unless he's in a game that sells really well, in which case that's a gimmick.

No he's not selling really well, I already went over this

What is now the norm for Mario games (3D platformer) the sales are not great when you see what it's up against

Also Nintendo stripped him of one of his best selling titles

New Super Mario hit a spot with the casuals who outgrew Nintendo software and it sold well and if Nintendo wants to downgrade Mario to only do 2D maybe they could have a constant seller to that demographic. I doubt it though.

Mario doesn't sell, he doesn't have the drawing power because if he did Mario Galaxy 2 would be near the sales of this one and they're not, they're not even near the first one's sales.

Mario's done on the Wii, he doesn't have drawing power for the core.

All of my facts come from "standard" Mario games like Galaxy 2 that is selling slower then Galaxy 1Jaysonguy

Yeah, facts. :roll:

Here's an actual fact, Galaxy 1 came out during the Christmas rush and Galaxy 2 came out in May. Is it really surprising that a game released during the biggest shopping time of the year would sell better? Yeah, shocker I know.

And since when is the Galaxy formula the gold standard for Mario games?

Reminds of System Wars a few years ago.

TEH WII WILL NEVER GET TEH AAA GAME BECUZ IT CAN'T DO HD!!!

*Super Mario Galaxy is reviewed*

OK BUT I BET TEH WII WILL NEVER HAEV A GOTY HALO 3 MODERN WARFARE 4EVAR!!!11

*Super Mario Galaxy gets GOTY*

FIRST PARTY DOESN'T COUNT. I BET NO THIRD PARTY GAME ON TEH WII WILL GET AAA!!!

*No More Heroes gets reviewed*

WHAT STILL NO HD???? LOLOLOL!!!!

Mario's done on the Wii, he doesn't have drawing power for the core.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Mario's done on the Wii, he doesn't have drawing power for the core.

wiifan001

And watch Wii Party step on it

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]All of my facts come from "standard" Mario games like Galaxy 2 that is selling slower then Galaxy 1-wildflower-

Yeah, facts. :roll:

Here's an actual fact, Galaxy 1 came out during the Christmas rush and Galaxy 2 came out in May. Is it really surprising that a game released during the biggest shopping time of the year would sell better? Yeah, shocker I know.

And since when is the Galaxy formula the gold standard for Mario games?

Again let's talk facts

Mario Galaxy came out at the worst part of the recession

Mario Galaxy 2 came out after the recession and more importantly there's more then double the number of Wii's now

Also the whole "spring release" doesn't hurt games, just take a look at how Wii Fit did

[QUOTE="wiifan001"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Mario's done on the Wii, he doesn't have drawing power for the core.

And watch Wii Party step on it

[QUOTE="-wildflower-"]

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]All of my facts come from "standard" Mario games like Galaxy 2 that is selling slower then Galaxy 1Jaysonguy

Yeah, facts. :roll:

Here's an actual fact, Galaxy 1 came out during the Christmas rush and Galaxy 2 came out in May. Is it really surprising that a game released during the biggest shopping time of the year would sell better? Yeah, shocker I know.

And since when is the Galaxy formula the gold standard for Mario games?

Again let's talk facts

Mario Galaxy came out at the worst part of the recession

Mario Galaxy 2 came out after the recession and more importantly there's more then double the number of Wii's now

Also the whole "spring release" doesn't hurt games, just take a look at how Wii Fit did

Strange then that most big games come out during the Christmas rush, eh? Also, Wii Fit is a completely different beast -- it's not a game but an exercise program that appeals to many non-gamers (much more so than the so-called casual Mario games).

The recession didn't start until late 2008 and the first Galaxy was released a full year before in 2007. Oh, and the economy is still in the dumps so we're hardly out of the recession.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="wiifan001"] Watch Mario Sports Mix get over 10 million in sales, easily.wiifan001

And watch Wii Party step on it

Yes but people still argue that he's number one

The recession didn't start until late 2008 and the first Galaxy was released a full year before in 2007. Oh, and the economy is still in the dumps so we're hardly out of the recession.-wildflower-

The unemployment rate in November 2007, when Galaxy was released, was 4.7% in the US. It was 9.5% in June 2010. So twice the number of people were out of work when Galaxy 2 came out, yet somehow you give that as evidence that more people should've bought it?

Well, I also like learning from Jason how to spin facts, so...

*sits in the front row*

All of my facts come from "standard" Mario gamesJaysonguy

Wrong, there's not such a thing.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="-wildflower-"]

Yeah, facts. :roll:

Here's an actual fact, Galaxy 1 came out during the Christmas rush and Galaxy 2 came out in May. Is it really surprising that a game released during the biggest shopping time of the year would sell better? Yeah, shocker I know.

And since when is the Galaxy formula the gold standard for Mario games?

-wildflower-

Again let's talk facts

Mario Galaxy came out at the worst part of the recession

Mario Galaxy 2 came out after the recession and more importantly there's more then double the number of Wii's now

Also the whole "spring release" doesn't hurt games, just take a look at how Wii Fit did

Strange then that most big games come out during the Christmas rush, eh? Also, Wii Fit is a completely different beast -- it's not a game but an exercise program that appeals to many non-gamers (much more so than the so-called casual Mario games).

The recession didn't start until late 2008 and the first Galaxy was released a full year before in 2007. Oh, and the economy is still in the dumps so we're hardly out of the recession.

Again here's the facts

THE RECESSION STARTED IN 2007

Everything came to a halt in holiday 2007 and everyone stopped spending in 2007 because they had no idea how far things were going to go

Mario Galaxy was out in that time with less then one half the consoles that are in the world today and did better then Mario Galaxy 2

[QUOTE="-wildflower-"]The recession didn't start until late 2008 and the first Galaxy was released a full year before in 2007. Oh, and the economy is still in the dumps so we're hardly out of the recession.JordanElek

The unemployment rate in November 2007, when Galaxy was released, was 4.7% in the US. It was 9.5% in June 2010. So twice the number of people were out of work when Galaxy 2 came out, yet somehow you give that as evidence that more people should've bought it?

Well, I also like learning from Jason how to spin facts, so...

*sits in the front row*

Or we could see that double the people out of work need things to do and with gaming being a very cheap form of entertainment and the numerous money back offers from Mario Galaxy 2's launch the numbers should have gone up even more. I mean at launch Amazon/Walmart/Dell had 20 bucks back.

I didn't even think of that until you brought it up

More people at home who are able to play games and since they're passing on other kinds of entertainment "luxuries" Mario Galaxy 2 and it's 240+ stars to collect would seem like a good value.

And Super Mario Galaxy 2 is in fact easier than the first, just thought I'd throw that in there.wiifan001

No he's not selling really well, I already went over this

What is now the norm for Mario games (3D platformer) the sales are not great when you see what it's up against

Also Nintendo stripped him of one of his best selling titles

New Super Mario hit a spot with the casuals who outgrew Nintendo software and it sold well and if Nintendo wants to downgrade Mario to only do 2D maybe they could have a constant seller to that demographic. I doubt it though.

Mario doesn't sell, he doesn't have the drawing power because if he did Mario Galaxy 2 would be near the sales of this one and they're not, they're not even near the first one's sales.

Mario's done on the Wii, he doesn't have drawing power for the core.

Jaysonguy

And yet Mario Kart Wii and New Super Mario Bros. Wii are among the top-selling games on the whole console.

And no, you don't get to say "those don't count" because they're Mario. He's in the title and on the cover and is in the game. A consumer that walks into a store does not look at New Super Mario Bros. Wii and say "DAH, THAT HAVE GIMMICKS SO I BUY".

[QUOTE="JordanElek"]

[QUOTE="-wildflower-"]The recession didn't start until late 2008 and the first Galaxy was released a full year before in 2007. Oh, and the economy is still in the dumps so we're hardly out of the recession.Jaysonguy

The unemployment rate in November 2007, when Galaxy was released, was 4.7% in the US. It was 9.5% in June 2010. So twice the number of people were out of work when Galaxy 2 came out, yet somehow you give that as evidence that more people should've bought it?

Well, I also like learning from Jason how to spin facts, so...

*sits in the front row*

Or we could see that double the people out of work need things to do and with gaming being a very cheap form of entertainment and the numerous money back offers from Mario Galaxy 2's launch the numbers should have gone up even more. I mean at launch Amazon/Walmart/Dell had 20 bucks back.

I didn't even think of that until you brought it up

More people at home who are able to play games and since they're passing on other kinds of entertainment "luxuries" Mario Galaxy 2 and it's 240+ stars to collect would seem like a good value.

I'm one step closer to knowing how to convince people that my invention of edible wallpaper is a household product that you can't do without....

Excellent.....

Yeah, unemployed people have so much disposable income to spend on things like games. :roll:

At any rate, I'm finished here because this is going nowhere. You're right Jason, you're always right. I'm really surprised Gamespot continues to let you troll this forum but I guess it is amusing in some weird way. Nice hijacking of a thread too.

*Gamespot Quote*

most importantly, why did he say the exact opposite of the general opinion (NSMBWii is challenging) and why is it not considered a standard mario game?

i mean, it's a 2D sidescrolling platformer set at the mushroom kingdom, with yoshi and mushrooms and fire flowers and floating bricks and even the koopa kids. you can't go more standard mario than this.BrunoBRS

*Gamespot Post*

Its called grasping at straws, its common internet practice to prove a point lol.

*Gamespot Submit*

Greatest thing ever.

uhhh....New Super Mario Bros Wii is not challenging. Maybe compared to nsmb on the DS...but not a challenging game in general. And Super Mario Galaxy 2 is in fact easier than the first, just thought I'd throw that in there.wiifan001

I have not played NSMB Wii, but just how challenging is it when compared to other side scrolling mario games? If it is more challenging then the DS one, I don't see what is wrong with it? I mean that seems to be about the challenge older mario games have always given does it not?

Agreed Jason. Casuals eat up those lack of depth Mario games.

I have not played NSMB Wii, but just how challenging is it when compared to other side scrolling mario games?NaveedLife

It's Super Mario Bros. 3 hard.

If it is more challenging then the DS oneNaveedLife

It most certainly is.

I don't see what is wrong with it?

NaveedLife

You may not like the new physics, you may not like the very subtle use of motion controls, but in terms of difficulty, it's just as great as the old school Mario games. You should never listen to Jayson.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]All of my facts come from "standard" Mario games like Galaxy 2 that is selling slower then Galaxy 1-wildflower-

Yeah, facts. :roll:

Here's an actual fact, Galaxy 1 came out during the Christmas rush and Galaxy 2 came out in May. Is it really surprising that a game released during the biggest shopping time of the year would sell better? Yeah, shocker I know.

And since when is the Galaxy formula the gold standard for Mario games?

[QUOTE="wiifan001"]uhhh....New Super Mario Bros Wii is not challenging. Maybe compared to nsmb on the DS...but not a challenging game in general. And Super Mario Galaxy 2 is in fact easier than the first, just thought I'd throw that in there.NaveedLife

I have not played NSMB Wii, but just how challenging is it when compared to other side scrolling mario games? If it is more challenging then the DS one, I don't see what is wrong with it? I mean that seems to be about the challenge older mario games have always given does it not?

[QUOTE="NaveedLife"]

[QUOTE="wiifan001"]uhhh....New Super Mario Bros Wii is not challenging. Maybe compared to nsmb on the DS...but not a challenging game in general. And Super Mario Galaxy 2 is in fact easier than the first, just thought I'd throw that in there.wiifan001

I have not played NSMB Wii, but just how challenging is it when compared to other side scrolling mario games? If it is more challenging then the DS one, I don't see what is wrong with it? I mean that seems to be about the challenge older mario games have always given does it not?

I thought Galaxy 2 was supposed to be harder then Galaxy 1?

[QUOTE="wiifan001"][QUOTE="NaveedLife"]

I have not played NSMB Wii, but just how challenging is it when compared to other side scrolling mario games? If it is more challenging then the DS one, I don't see what is wrong with it? I mean that seems to be about the challenge older mario games have always given does it not?

NaveedLife

I thought Galaxy 2 was supposed to be harder then Galaxy 1?

The purple comets sometimes took me over a half hour to complete and I'd go around the entire galaxy 3-4 times and still be one or two short. Many times I'd have 90+ coins and I'd die from accidentally fall off the edge trying to get a blasted coin that happened to be intentionally put on the edge of galaxies, and they were overall much harder to simply just find. In Galaxy 2 no one Galaxy took me longer than 15 minutes, deaths included. The purple comet challenges were much less complicated than the first. The green stars are suprisingly much easier than I had first thought and I never had to use a guide for any of them. A few times I'd get 12-15 green stars in 60 minutes or less. SMG2 I think is better, but sure is easier.