After barely two weeks on digital and physical store shelves,Super Mario Bros. Wonder has already become the âbiggest release for a Super Mario title,â selling 4.3 million copies globally, according to Nintendoâs latest earnings report.
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On November 7, Nintendo revealed some sales figures for recent game releases ina consolidated financial highlights document. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomsold nearly 20 million copies in just four months, while Pikmin 4 has already shipped 2.61 million units since its July 21 launch. Now, ina more detailed PDF, company president Shuntaro Furukawa broke down some other sales data, calling attention to side-scrolling platformer Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which he says is the âfastest-selling Super Mario related title.â
âSuper Mario related titles also tend to sell consistently over a long period of time,â Furukawa said. âWe anticipate this title will be an appealing choice for consumers during the upcoming holiday season and will continue to sell next year onwards as well. [âŠ] This title provides surprising new 2D Mario experiences, and we believe that this, in conjunction with [the] global excitement fromThe Super Mario Bros. Movie, resulted in the large sales volume.â
The PDF does quantify Super Mario Bros. Wonderâs sales data, specifying that the numbers donât include any Mario games sold before the Nintendo DS or Wii âwhen software sell-through data collection began.â That said, 4.3 million units in just two weeks is really nothing to sneeze at, especially considering Wonder marks the first âentirely newâ side-scrolling Mario game in 11 years. The last release Nintendo gave the âfastest-selling Mario gameâ title to was 2017’sSuper Mario Odyssey, which pushed out two million copies in its first three days.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder introduces plenty of new stuff to the series, including new power-ups,new transformations, and a new voice actor for the overall-clad plumber. While it isnât all that difficult, the game seems to live up to its namesake, sparking wonder in Kotakuâs Zack Zwiezen, who said heâd played it again âthe next time I need a pick-me-upâ in hisSuper Mario Bros. Wonder review
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Nintendo appears to be on a roll right now, with sales of its latest games hitting some impressive milestones. While the companyâs riding high, itâs also contending with tons of rumors tied tothe Nintendo Switch 2, which Furukawa rejected as âinaccurateâ despite lots ofcredible evidence suggestingotherwise
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