Wired’s Chris Kohler is right. These monthly NPD reports are getting kind of boring. Nintendo dominates, Nintendo games dominate, and Xbox 360 continues to outpace the fledgling PlayStation 3.
But, as my tired eyes looked over the software sales list for January tonight, they stopped abruptly on the game in slot number eight. New Super Mario Bros. for the DS? Really?
Truly, this plucky title, which I enjoyed but actually wished was more like Super Mario World than the enhanced Super Mario Bros it was purposefully designed to be, has managed to break into the post-holiday sales list with an impressive 135,000 units sold.
To think, there are people out there who seriously believe Nintendo should retire the plucky plumber.
I'm just glad it's this and not some cheesy causal game like Cooking Navi, or a game where you take care of some kind of pet.
"Truly, this plucky title, which I enjoyed but actually wished was more like Super Mario World than the enhanced Super Mario Bros it was purposefully designed to be . . . ."
Amen.
Heheh, you said wtf. *Slapped.*
Wow, I'm surprised by these sales in some ways, not so much in others. People are still going to gobble this game up for obvious reasons, but it's still an impressive figure given how non-recent the game is.
"To think, there are people out there who seriously believe Nintendo should retire the plucky plumber"
Same goes for the blue bur, only they have a bit more reason to (sth 2006). Both of these mascots rake in the dough like nobody's business.
The people who want the plumber to retire seriously have no soul.
I loved New Super Mario Bros. It's one of the DS games (including Starfox Command and Kirby Power Paintbrush) that I go back to on a regular basis to play even if only for like 10-20 minutes. Excellent game, do what they did with this game, on a Metroid game and it's a preorder for me. (Yes, I know I keep going on about it, but I really want Metroid Dread)
New Super Mario Bros is to the DS what Wii Sports is to the Wii…
Wii Sports is a bundle, I-Man. That analogy makes no sense.
A "New Super Mario Bros 3" or even a "New Super Mario World", would be a must buy for me.
A "New Super Mario Bros 3" would make my head explode. Just thinking about it has my heart rate up.