Mario Galaxy Sells 500,000 at Record Speed

November 21, 2007 10:52 AM

The "Mario Mania" of previous console generations has seemingly returned in full force, as Nintendo's Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) became the fastest-selling Mario game to date in its first week at retail.

The title shipped 500,000 copies in the seven days following its launch, Nintendo announced today, also making it the fastest-selling Wii game since the system's launch last year. The data comes from Nintendo's internal sales figures.

Games in the Mario series have sold a total of more than 198 million copies since the plumber's NES debut. For more on the title, check out Shacknews editor-in-chief Chris Remo's review, where he says Galaxy "taught me to love again."

Carlos Bergfeld

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Jackass1233

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November 21, 2007 10:54 AM

which mario game has sold the most? Id think it was SMB, or Mario 3, but i can't really say. Can we find numbers on this anywhere?
- sketchuout
  
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  November 21, 2007 11:00 AM
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_selling_video_games#Top_20_console_games_of_all_time
  - AroundTheFur1380
    
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    November 21, 2007 11:21 AM
    
    wow, this list truly highlights what a loss it was to sony to lose any sort of exclusivity to Grand Theft Auto. It is the only major series that hangs in with the various nintendo franchises
    - deathofrats
      
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      November 21, 2007 11:59 AM
      
      if my calculations are correct, the GTA series, having sold 65 million throughout the three series, made sony over 3 BILLION dollars. And they couldn't pony up cash to either buy Rockstar or make GTA exclusive?
      - sonnybonds
        
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        November 21, 2007 1:26 PM
        
        I assume your calculations are MSRB times units sold, which reminds me Ali G's ice cream glove pitch.
        
        sonnybonds
        
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        November 21, 2007 1:27 PM
        
        *MSRP
  - pbmader
    
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    November 21, 2007 11:26 AM
    
    those numbers are not very accurate by the way
- pyide
  
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  November 21, 2007 11:04 AM
  
  http://www.gamecubicle.com/features-mario-units_sold_sales.htm
  
  dunno how accurate this is, but like they say, SMB3 was the best selling game never bundled with hardware, until one of the pokemons iirc.
- avatar_58
  
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  November 21, 2007 11:12 AM
  
  Mario (200 million)[153]
  PokÃƒÂ©mon (164 million)[154]
  The Sims (90 million)[105]
  Final Fantasy (75 million)[155]
  
  Get the fuck out of here, Pokemon has outsold the Sims, Final Fantasy and is gaining ground on the ENTIRE mario series? Jesus christ, it's like printing money when one of those is released. O_O
  
  Well deserved though in my eyes, these games are excellent despite their kiddy stereotype that people tack on.
  - bozer
    
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    November 21, 2007 11:19 AM
    
    Who the fuck plays Pokemon? I have never met anyone who owns a copy of any Pokemon game.
    - Schnapple
      
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      November 21, 2007 11:27 AM
      
      Japan.
      
      And children.
      
      And... wait, a ton of Shackers were playing Pokemon Crustacean or whatever the latest one on the DS was
      - kinnoch
        
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        November 21, 2007 5:41 PM
        
        I have a 23 year old friend who generally hates kiddy games (he complains about TF2 b/c of the cartoony look), but he got hooked on all the nintendo DS pokemon games.
        
        Plinth Inc.
        
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        November 23, 2007 1:45 AM
        
        Pokemon games are handheld videogame crack... but they are pretty much (at least the last three rounds of releases) the same game with new Pokemon. It's pretty obvious they are running out of ideas for them too, though.