sp0rsk said:SNES Mario doesn't seem too happy to see NDS Mario.
That's cause NDS Mario looks like he's about to pop him in the jaw.
sp0rsk said:SNES Mario doesn't seem too happy to see NDS Mario.
sp0rsk said:SNES Mario doesn't seem too happy to see NDS Mario.
You're missing Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros 2 (GBA) and Super Mario USA (FC). Also, do we have figures for the FC and FDS versions of Super Mario Bros. seperated (it's actually 6.81m combined, right)?ioi said:NES Figures are accurate, the sales are:
NES Super Mario Bros- 6.81m
GB Super Mario Land- 4.19m
NES Super Mario Bros 3- 3.84m
SNES Super Mario World- 3.55m
DS New Super Mario Bros- 3.00m
GB Super Mario Land 2- 2.70m
NES Super Mario Bros 2- 2.65m
SNES Super Mario Allstars- 2.12m
N64 Super Mario 64- 1.92m
SNES Yoshi's Island- 1.77m
GB Super Mario Land 3- 1.59m
GBA Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros- 1.33m
DS Super Mario 64 DS- 0.99m
GBA Super Mario Advance 2- 0.92m
GBA Super Mario Advance- 0.90m
GC Super Mario Sunshine- 0.87m
GBA Super Mario Advance 4- 0.79m
GBA Super Mario Advance 3- 0.57m
GB Super Mario Bros DX- 0.20m
Already the 5th most popular Mario game ever in Japan!
jarrod said:You're missing Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros 2 (GBA) and Super Mario USA (FC). Also, do we have figures for the FC and FDS versions of Super Mario Bros. seperated (it's actually 6.81m combined, right)?
AniHawk said:I think SNES Mario should increase its sales by around 5-8% just to spite NDS Mario.
How about telling us what the **** it is?Moor-Angol said:Probably this game could be another million seller on DS:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/list/B000ESH6DM/ref=pd_ts_vg_21/250-1581520-2111419?ie=UTF8&n=202763011&s=videogames
Maybe most of people never heard about this game, but japanese gaffers can confirm it's very popular there
elostyle said:How about telling us what the **** it is?
Anything? C'mon, it must've moved at least like 50k or something?ioi said:Super Mario Bros USA didn't sell anything in Japan
cvxfreak said:Looks like Utada's Tetris DS viral marketing is working!
DefectiveReject said:i think its that Girls wardrobe game, where they can dress dolls and swap clothes and stuff?
Correct me if i'm wrong.
jarrod said:Anything? C'mon, it must've moved at least like 50k or something?
Also, how well did Doki Doki Panic sell of FDS? Anmd also again (sorry I'm moving so OT) but do you happen to know how much of Zelda 1's sales are attributable to the 1994 Famicom rerelease?
Earthstrike said:If this is the kth week of sales for NSMB, then does NSMB hold the record for most units sold in its kth week?
GDJustin said:Not EVERYTHING is "viral" marketing, you know. Sometime it's just... marketing.
Last Hope said:I have to ask the question, why is hardware sales never posted in these threads?
Is it only reported monthly rather than weekly?
I always come to these threads in hopes of seeing hardware sales. I don't have any handhelds or a PS2 so I don't find Japanese software sales interesting at all.
snatches said:By the end of next year, NSMB could become the greatest selling mario game ever.
Man, I hope that comes here.DefectiveReject said:i think its that Girls wardrobe game, where they can dress dolls and swap clothes and stuff?
Correct me if i'm wrong.
Don't worry, not only you can buy the actual cloths you can also buy cards and scan 'em to your DS for a small fee! not only that you can get stickers! pink stickers!Jiggy37 said:Man, I hope that comes here.
Not lying, either. I love those "doll creator" Japanese websites when I'm trying to create characters (I'm a writer) and imagine what they'd wear and what that would say about them, but it'd be nice to have an offline version.
what do all these games have in common?ioi said:Top franchises have to be:
Pokemon
Mario
Dragon Quest
Brain Training
Animal Crossing
Final Fantasy
LanceStern said:It boggles my mind that in a little over 3 months, MARIO, the franchise everyone was proclaiming everyone was getting tired of and will never sell well again/will bomb in Japan and everywhere else/won't break 1.5 million...
MARIO, the Phoenix Down of gaming, has once again climbed back to the top of the world and has hit just about 3 million sells in 13 weeks. I myself thought that it would only reach about 1.5 million and be through, getting de-throned by Braint Training and Animal Crossing... but he like many other DS games before has shattered just about all sales expectations...
The game is the EPITOME of handheld 2d gaming goodness. You pick it up, it's nice on the eyes, nice on the ears, easy to play, and portable You just put it on sleep mode wheenever you want, and just pick it back up when you feel like a refreshing run and jump gameplay experience. There's no over-violence, no questionable material, no crazy, out-of-place gameplay, just genuine fun, easy to pick up and play gaming. That is Mario
That is why he's selling like he deserves. It almost brings a tear to my eye. Mario is back baby.
And once again beautiful sales for Animal Crossing and I'm surprised Tetris is back on there, nice to see it too. And WHERE THE HECK DID MARIO KART DS COME FROM? Guess people needed more snakers to challenge...
If you told me a month before NSMB was releasing that it would reach 3 million in Japan alone and sell like hotcakes in every region, I would have laughed at your face and said you knew nothing about sales trends. But in DS's case... no-one knows nothing about sales trends @_@
Oh please no.. Iwata is the best thing that happened to Nintendo in yearsimastalker co. said:what do all these games have in common?
if Wii manages to literally lock up japan, Yamauchi will rise from the dead and demote Iwata.
Super Mario Bros USA didn't sell anything in Japan
Stumpokapow said:And? Utada's tetris stuff is viral marketing. She talks about how SHE enjoys the game, she plays it, she refers it to you. This is viral marketing. It's marketing set up to look live and not coerced.
The only borderline is with pre-recorded celebrity endorsements. These are a middle ground between normal marketing and viral marketing.
GDJustin said:That isn't what viral marketing is! VIRAL marketing is creating a marketing message that the enthusiasts and fans THEMSELVES carry and spread. Hence it being... wait for it... viral. OurColony.net from MS is a good recent example. http://www.slimeknights.com/ for DQ VIII is another perfect example.
Hiring a group of message board posters to talk up your game falls into this category, because the assumption is that the message won't just stop there... other (unpaid) forum members will presumably pick up those "sweet new screenshots" or whatever is it and spread it on their own.
People toss around buzzwords like "viral marketing" without even thinking about what they mean. Sometimes non-viral campaigns can BECOME viral, if they're especially entertaining or funny. Think about any sweet TV commercial you've seen that later ended up on YouTube, and people are linking their friends to it not because they give a shit about the toothpaste being sold, but because it's hilarious. The ad is now viral. Before, it wasn't.
Sega's My Big Ball ads for Monkey Ball were created to be viral - www.mybigball.com/.
I wrote a LOT about this subject when I was at GDBIZ. The gist of it is that gamers are an incredibly savvy and jaded bunch - a hard group of people to market to. You can't "fool" them - they know when they're being marketed to. So the solution is to produce things that are BLATENTLY marketing (our colony, slimeknights, my big ball), but provide their audience with GENUINE value (early info, free shit, laughs), so that they're still willing to link up their friends.
jarrod said:Anything? C'mon, it must've moved at least like 50k or something?
Also, how well did Doki Doki Panic sell of FDS? Anmd also again (sorry I'm moving so OT) but do you happen to know how much of Zelda 1's sales are attributable to the 1994 Famicom rerelease?
A Link to the Past said:Didn't you hear, Lance? Tetris DS, Mario Kart DS and New Super Mario Bros. are all non-games.
ioi said:Also, I am soon going to have charts from 1990 +
imastalker co. said:Yamauchi will rise from the dead and demote Iwata.
A Link to the Past said:Didn't you hear, Lance? Tetris DS, Mario Kart DS and New Super Mario Bros. are all non-games.
Logan Cano said:I came in, waiting to see if the DS wank-a-thon in Japan had finished now...sadly it hasn´t. What a pity, the home console market there is going to be decimated the DS.
citrus lump said:Did Yamauchi pass away? Why haven't I seen anything on this?
Eddz said:
Mario platformers
NES titles not included due to non-accurate sales figures.
ioi said:No, second to Dragon Quest Monsters for week 13.
moku said:Here we go, the quick reference Mario chart;
If there are any errors, please, dont tell me.
I can only hope so. I want as many steps as possible as soon as possible toward the convergence of portable and home entertainment in all electronics.Logan Cano said:I came in, waiting to see if the DS wank-a-thon in Japan had finished now...sadly it hasn´t. What a pity, the home console market there is going to be decimated by portables.
Jetku said:DSL 74,495
PSP 41,535
PS2 26,833
GBASP 3,823
GBM 2,266
Xbox360 1,493
GC 922
DS 712
GBA 20
Xbox 7
http://www.m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html
They forgot the 1 on the DSL too, imo