Though sales-tracking firm NPD Group will not release April's data for another hour, Nintendo has already chimed in with some results.

According to the company, the Wii ranked as the month's top-selling hardware with 714,000 units sold in the United States across April and Mario Kart Wii placed as the month's second best-selling game.

Following Microsoft's declaration that the Xbox 360 has sold 10 million in the United States, Nintendo noted that the Wii has now sold over 9.5 million units in the territory. Read more »

Nintendo's highly-anticipated mascot fighter Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) has sold over 1.4 million copies in the week and the day since its North American on March 9, the company announced today.

According to Nintendo of America, the title has become the fastest-selling video game in the company's history, moving at a brisk 120 units per minute. Of the over 1.4 million figure units sold, more than 874,000 copies were sold on the first day of availability. Read more »

The dual-layer DVD used in the production of Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) may cause the game to be unreadable in "a very small percentage of Wii consoles," Nintendo has revealed.

Released yesterday in North America, the highly-anticipated mascot brawler has a roster filled with characters from the company's past efforts, along with Metal Gear protagonist Solid Snake and iconic blue speedster Sonic the Hedgehog. Read more »

To put it simply, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is more of the same. But as we've observed with several franchises, more of the same isn't always a bad thing—especially when it's a lot more. In fact, there's so much friggin' content in Super Smash Bros. Brawl that it's awfully difficult to see the bottom, and after a solid nine hours with the game, I've only barely touched on all that the game has to offer.

Hardcore Melee fans will be pleased that the core gameplay hasn't changed much. Tweaks in physics and reworkings of characters seen in previous installments of the series make returning to the franchise a little jarring, but those who've banked countless hours in Melee will fall into old routines with gusto after an hour or so. Read more »

Maybe it's no surprise that the creator of one of the more basically joyous fighters in gaming history is a fan of action figures.

"This is a Micro-man poseable action figure. It's about four inches tall and sold all over Japan," said Super Smash Bros. Brawl director Masahiro Sakurai in his morning Game Developers Conference lecture. The veteran designer then explained the figures were used to illustrate combat animations for the benefit of his design team. Read more »

Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl has sold 1.08 million copies in Japan through the eleven days since its January 31 launch, Reuters reports.

Brawl reached the one million milestone faster than any other Wii game to date, including Nintendo's bestselling Wii Fit and Wii Sports, which broke a million units sold in seven weeks and eleven weeks, respectively. Read more »

Already available on FileShack, we bring you a little late-night streaming entertainment: the introductory cinematic from the the Japanese version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii).

Alongside its epic portrayal of the game's mascot brawling antics, the trailer also packs a small surprise; the previously unconfirmed return of a beloved Super Smash Bros. Melee (GCN) combatant. Read more »

Smash Bros. Brawl Campaign Penned by FF7 Writer

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) lead designer Masahiro Sakurai has revealed that the game's Subspace Emissary single-player component was written by Kazushige Nojima, scenario developer for Square's Final Fantasy VII (PC, PSX).

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The latest round of Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) revelations by game director Masahiro Sakurai, as delivered via the game's official site, include a level based off the classic Super Mario Bros. Stage 1-1 and the inclusion of timed demos of classic titles on the disc.

In recent days, Sakurai has also issued pictures of Captain Olimar's rocket ship-tastic Final Smash and Zelda's giant arrow of a Final Smash. Read more »

In a surprising bit of information in an extensive interview between Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and Super Smash Bros. series creator and designer Masahiro Sakurai, it was revealed that Tokyo-based Game Arts, developer of the Lunar and Grandia RPG series, handled a bulk of the development of Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii).

Sakurai retained complete control over the game, apparently even more than he had in the previous two HAL Laboratory-developed entries, and the staffers who worked on Brawl were specially hired for the project. Read more »

While fans may be miffed at the recent delay, they now have little reason to cancel their orders: Nintendo's anticipated party fighter Super Smash Bros. Brawl has earned a perfect 40/40 score from the popular--though often controversial--Japanese magazine Famitsu.

The news also comes with plenty of new images from the Smash Bros. website, courtesy of the game's director Masahiro Sakurai--who, coincidentally, writes a weekly column for Famitsu. Read more »

Nintendo has once again delayed Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii), this time pushing the North American release of the game back until Sunday, March 9.

The company had previously specified a February 10 release (also a Sunday) for the highly-anticipated mascot fighter, itself a delay from the initial December 3 date, which fell on a Monday. Read more »

Captain Olimar, protagonist of Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto-designed Pikmin series, is the latest character to be revealed as a playable character in the upcoming Wii fighter Super Smash Bros. Brawl. As usual, the announcement was made by series designer Masahiro Sakurai on the game's official site. Olimar fights with the aid of his small, plantlike Pikmin companions, which he picks from the ground. A snippet of newly-arranged Pikmin music from Brawl is available on the site.

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New details and screenshots of Nintendo's Wii mascot fighter Super Smash Bros. Brawl have appeared on the game's official site, showcasing even more of the title that hits North America on February 10.

Included in the barrage are depictions of Sonic's golden Final Smash (official post), the various looks of Kirby (official post), and Wario's alternate costume, which highlights his muffin tops (official post). Read more »

New Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) stages, options, assist trophies, and summonable Pokemon have been revealed, courtesy of the game's official site.

Inspired by past Nintendo classics are stages based on Mario Kart's Mario Circuit (official post) and Metroid Prime's Frigate Orpheon (official post). Read more »