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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Sells 10 Million Copies in U.S

New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold ten million copies in the U.S. since its release in 2009, Nintendo revealed today.

Nintendo of America made the announcement on Twitter, saying, "Wahoo! New Super Mario Bros. Wii just hit 10 million copies sold. That’s a lot of penguin suits!" The Tweet also included a celebratory image of Mario, which can be seen below.

IGN named New Super Mario Bros. Wii one of the top ten Wii games of all time, and one of the 125 best Nintendo games of all time.

DryBoneKoopa853463d ago

Congranulations Nintendo! Great game!

3-4-53462d ago

Still actually never played this version as I've never owned a Wii.

* I do have a Wii U & NSMBU & that game is amazing, so I'm assuming the wii version is almost as good.

Not as many games as I'd like on the Wii U, but the ones that are good.....are actually great.

DoctorJones3462d ago

If you've got a Wii U you can play any Wii game on it. Pick it up cheap if you can and give it a try, it's a great game.

There's a lot of other great Wii games you could pick up fairly inexpensively now, so give them a try too - Skyward Sword, The Galaxy games, Xenoblade, Metroid Prime 3, etc....

Moonman3463d ago (Edited 3463d ago )

Well deserved! Trust me, it's top notch 2.5D platforming levels folks!

shaw983462d ago

People say how impressive GTA 5 has sold upon multiple consoles with over 30 million copies. But this game did over 25 million on one console. Mighty impressive.

PS4isKing_823462d ago

I never played this but I do have new super Mario bros. U. How does this compare to nsmbU? Should I buy it or am I not missing that much by not having it?

Moonman3462d ago (Edited 3462d ago )

The games are obviously not far different in design. But NSMBW is a tougher challenge to get 100% with all the levels being top notch IMO. Famitsu called it a masterpiece of 2D action and gave it 40/40. And I totally agree!

I enjoyed NSMBU but some of the levels lacked to me (kind of felt like the leftovers from NSMBW they didn't use even though I understand they didn't do that) and the challenge while moderate at times was not hard enough (I was a NES gamer so mind that... ;p). The HD makes NSMBU more pretty obviously.

If you are a completionist for the Mario Canon games, you will love NSMBW. Find it on sale and enjoy! I personally would rate NSMBW as a 95. NSMBU as a 85. Metacritic has NSMBW much higher than NSMBU as well.

jcnba283462d ago

I found NSMBU to be way better than NSMB Wii. But if you're going to be playing co-op both are the same a mount of fun.

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine10d ago (Edited 10d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno9d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.

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Nintendo's Massacre Of The 3DS And Wii U Is Finally Complete, Regrettably

Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."