January 11 - Nintendo claims eight of the top ten selling games of 2007 in Japan, looking at the latest figures from Enterbrain, publisher of the Famitsu magazine.
Only Capcom's PSP title Monster Hunter Portable 2 and Square Enix's Dragon Quest IV manage to break Nintendo's hold on the top ten.
The list of Japan's Top 10 software of 2007, with their units sold, is posted at MCV.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder delivers record-breaking sales after over 10 million players ride the inchworm. The plumber and the pipe make history.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the first Mario 2D game in almost two decades without the New Super Mario art style, and it looks all the better for it
Am I missing something? It looks exactly the same, just higher resolution… Is this sarcasm?
Yes, you're not observant if you think it looks exactly the same. It immediately appeared different to me from the start. Mario's 3D model will always be the same, so not much difference there. However, the animation they've given the Super Mario Wonder makes it look more like a CGI Mario animation where as the New Mario Bros game looks more like typical video game animation movements
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You really didn't notice the difference? It's really obvious, I was surprised when I first saw the trailer.
This Mario game looks great, getting a switch for this and Mario RPG. CANT WAIT, TITS JACKED.
Yeah I liked how much more emotion could be conveyed through the new style at first glance I didn't see much difference but then rewatching the trailer I'm seeing more and more animations that remind me of the Mario artwork from the manual of smb3
I hated the new super Mario bros Style. This new one seems a lot more expressive and less generic. I hope it's a good game
I prefer the 2d Mario's. Me and my girl have played them all together and mario galaxy , Mario odyssey. The 2nd player option is extremely eh
Nintendo hasn't given attention to the New Super Mario Bros. series in years, and it may be time to give the 2D platformer something 'new' to do.
Mario as a 2D platformer has been around for nearly 40 years. What else is there that a 2D Mario platformer can do besides throw in a random gimmick like Cat-suit Mario (yes I know that was a 3D Mario, but I'm just making a point - gimmicks are not innovations)? The entire premise is go from point A to point B, collect a couple things on the way, jump over obstacles, and reach and exit. I hoped at one point that Mario Maker would be the next big 2D Mario thing, but that just quickly became a series of stupid-complicated autorun levels. I say just build off of Odyssey for a few games and innovate in that direction.
And for the record I love 2D Mario games, and if anyone can find a way to innovate something it's Nintendo - BUT the New SMB series of games wasn't all that great and to me it's just the limitations of the genre at this point.
It’s crazy to me that nothing has come close to Mario 3 and Mario World. Those are the apex of Mario games for me. Yea 64 was revolutionary and I even like Odyssey, but I would choose 3 over any Mario game.
This year will change this nintendo domination in japan. MGS4 is automatically guaranteed to sell a bunch in Japan and GT5 will also be godly.
sony fanboys pin their hopes on any silly thoughts.. gt5 is already out in japan and is a flop..just check the charts and mgs4 will not save you either.. cause it will have to compete with top titles from nintendo, square and capcom on the wii.. so get real
im going to see how long dmc4 ps3 stays on the charts to gauge what kinda of impact sony can make against the nintendo behemoth.
sony has a lot of big hitters 2008, but it wont mean jack if they have 1 game in the charts and 40 nintendo ones nipping at its heels every week.
also, CASUAAAAAAAAAAAAALS!
when is DMC4 coming out?
that's pretty depressing. I own both a Wii and a DS, but most of those Nintendo titles don't deserve to be in the top ten by a long shot. That doesn't mean there aren't other Nintendo titles that do. like Metroid Prime 3, Galaxy, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, etc. but WII PLAY!? That game is horrible. I hope Japaneese gamers start buying actual games again.
Allthough some of the games on that list are good. Monster Hunter Portable 2, Dragon Quest IV, Pokemon D/P, and New Super Mario Bros are all pretty good games.