Last week, Nintendo held an event for Japanese retailers. New Super Mario Bros. Wii was dated and priced for Japan, apparently. Nintendo's resident game wizard Shigeru Miyamoto talked and demoed the game as well. But what did he say?

We don't know. All we know is that the manager of Japanese shop Games Maya quotes Miyamoto as pointing out, "Even if a year passes, Mario is still sells."

If past Mario titles are anything to go by, Miyamoto isn't probably right — he is right.

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