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[Fuzzy]

Maybe not huh! Longest legs ever.

Even still, according to the last monthly chart that was posted (for March) it was only at 1.1-1.2 million. NSMB will outsell that.

 

[Tadaima]

Nintendo ought to port the All-Stars version to the GBA as well and then release it. I'm sure it would sell very well. Likewise, Nintendo ought to do a reprint of Super Mario Bros. 2 (Lost Levels) as well.

Great idea, but with Virtual Console right around the corner, it might be a little late?

 

[jamesinclair]

Even still, according to the last monthly chart that was posted (for March) it was only at 1.1-1.2 million. NSMB will outsell that.

For the reprint, or both versions combined?

 

[Fuzzy]

For the reprint, or both versions combined?

I'm pretty sure it's everything combined since Famitsu combines games like Nintendogs.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

13. Namco Right Brain Training: Point Blank Training

LOLZ

Go Namco go!

 

[DCharlie]

Namco Right Brain Training: Point Blank Training

oh forgot about this, bought it last week - it's really fun! Works really well.

And Calciobit or whaterver it's called (the football game for GBA) also totally awesome - about as close to a lightweight fun/cute Football Mananger (C64 edition) as you can get.

 

[Danthrax]

27. Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros.

:lol OMG NSMB will be huge.

13. Namco Right Brain Training: Point Blank Training

Is that really its name?? Are they being satirical here or honestly trying to play off of BT's success?

 

[Mr. Pointy]

oh forgot about this, bought it last week - it's really fun! Works really well.

After playing those pseudo-shooting bits in Super Princess Peach (the ones that pop up before the bosses), I realised that Point Blank could be pretty amusing on the DS.

 

[cvxfreak]

:lol OMG NSMB will be huge.



Is that really its name?? Are they being satirical here or honestly trying to play off of BT's success?

I translated a little too quickly into English.

The Japanese name is Unou no Tatsujin: Gambare 'trainer.

A better translation is Right Brain Expert: Point Blank Trainer.

 

[Danthrax]

I translated a little too quickly into English.

The Japanese name is Unou no Tatsujin: Gambare 'trainer.

A better translation is Right Brain Expert: Point Blank Trainer.

I gotcha, thanks for clearing that up. Still feels like they're trying to capitalize on the BT craze with the word "trainer" in there -- which is a smart idea, I suppose.

 

[the androgyne]

Even still, according to the last monthly chart that was posted (for March) it was only at 1.1-1.2 million. NSMB will outsell that.

Yeah you're right about that. I meant legs though as in 20 years, as it's the same game and still popular

 

[Galactic Fork]

27. Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros.

It'd be really funny if this was just people thinking they were getting New Super Mario Bros and just weren't paying attention.

 

[underfooter]

Nintendo owns the charts. They must be making so much money its not even funny.

 

[cvxfreak]

Looks like Pokemon Ranger may stick around the charts until July -- that's when the Ranger movie comes out. It's connectivity with Diamond and Pearl has also been promoted lately.

 

[Tadaima]

Looks like Pokemon Ranger may stick around the charts until July -- that's when the Ranger movie comes out. It's connectivity with Diamond and Pearl has also been promoted lately.

I think it'll stick around (Mario Kart DS style) until D&P are released. Then who knows - it may float around in the top ten with D&P, or slowly fall out of the top 30.

 

[meltpotato]

24. Seiken Densetsu DS CHILDREN of MANA

LEEEEEEGS!!! I wonder what its up to... real games are still alive. sorta.

 

[Galactic Fork]

Looks like Pokemon Ranger may stick around the charts until July -- that's when the Ranger movie comes out. It's connectivity with Diamond and Pearl has also been promoted lately.

It's connectivity is promoted in its title. The game bugs me, its whole purpose is to just get people ready for Diamon and Pearl. I might like it if I cared about pokemon.

 

[Rlan]

I gotcha, thanks for clearing that up. Still feels like they're trying to capitalize on the BT craze with the word "trainer" in there -- which is a smart idea, I suppose.

Considering their last two "cheaply made but great" games, ie; Pac 'N Roll, and Dig Dug: Digging Strike bombed tremendously, It's no wonder.

Pac 'N Roll did pretty bad in America, like 30,000 last time I saw Dig Dug was dead on arrival: Elf Bowling sold better than it.

 

[ethelred]

24. Seiken Densetsu DS CHILDREN of MANA

Sweet, it's still hanging in there. Way to go, Children of Mana.

 

[Frankfurter]

CoM has really, really good legs.

 

[Ganondorf>Link]

CoM has really, really good legs.

Her legs are better.

 

[Sho Nuff]

Lack of 3rd party games is terrifying

 

[AniHawk]

Lack of 3rd party games is terrifying

Maybe you should get a DS then.

 

[ioi]

New Mario Bros could do anything from 500k-1m in its first week I reckon.

COM is at about 250k now, which isn't bad really, and Famicom Mini: SMB has done around 1.3m, which for a straight port of a 20 year old game really is amazing.

 

[Doogdogg]

New Mario Bros could do anything from 500k-1m in its first week I reckon.

COM is at about 250k now, which isn't bad really, and Famicom Mini: SMB has done around 1.3m, which for a straight port of a 20 year old game really is amazing.

if that isn't amazing, i don't know what is.

How many times has Nintendo re-package SMB? :O SMB DX (GBC) did like 3 million in the US.

 

[Rocked]

I still can't believe Nintendo's software sales. I never would've imagined this back in the GameCube/GBA era.

 

[IPGlider]

:lol :lol :lol
Loco Roco am sell 3 million, you heard it first.

I don't think so.

When does Loco Roco come out in Japan btw?

13/07

 

[GaimeGuy]

Her legs are better.

Not really a fair comparison, since even Aphrodite herself could only dream of having such legs.

 

[MrSardonic]

damn, I can't believe there are five 1m+ sellers on the DS still in the top10, and three of them are 2m+. Nintendo's games are selling amazingly well, and we haven't even seen NSMB and Pokemon

 

[ioi]

damn, I can't believe there are five 1m+ sellers on the DS still in the top10, and three of them are 2m+. Nintendo's games are selling amazingly well, and we haven't even seen NSMB and Pokemon

Well the other impressive thing is that the other two DS games have a decent shot at doing 1m as well (assuming Pokemon Rangers gets a bump with the movie)...

 

[Earthstrike]

Prediction.
NSMB will appeal to all the non-gamers who buy Brain Training games and will exceed 4 million sales.

BTW: I'm serious

 

[the-iek]

nsmb prediction: 500 k

 

[Magicpaint]

nsmb prediction: 500 k

1st week or total?

 

[the-iek]

sry, first week of course. after golden week, the japanese people don't have money anymore

 

[Magicpaint]

I see, yeah seems reasonable for first week. I'm thinking 350K -400K myself for opening week.

 

[PhoenixDark]

50k first week

 

[Archie]

won't even make the top 30

 

[Rlan]

The console sales figures are taking their time to show up anywere. Don't they usually pop up straight after the top 30?

 

[PhoenixDark]

won't even make the top 30

Don't be crazy. It'll be in the top ten, but I expect it to be outsold by the combined PSP third party titles in the top 20-30.

Predictions:

NSMB: 50k

21. Monster Hunter Portable: 20k
25. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable: 16k
26. Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai: 12k
28. Animal Yokochou: Doki*Doki Shinkyuu Shiken! no Kan: 10k

Combined sales=58k

Therefore...
PSP third party>NSMB

A pretty telling stat. Clearly Mario has lost his credibility in Japan. Looking at this trend, the future looks quite bleak for Mario in Space on the Wii.

 

[Magicpaint]

btw, about that PSP Animal Crossing style game... is it out yet?

 

[Jokeropia]

Sales are up from last week but still pretty low compared to the rest of the year. Spring/Summer is a slow period for video games, I suppose. In either case, very strong performance by the DS as usual.

Also, kudos to PhoenixDark for being the best Monorojo impersonator ever. :lol

 

[Shalomi]

Sooo...HW numbers yet?

 

[PhoenixDark]

Sooo...HW numbers yet?

I can't wait to see them either. During Golden Weeks, many older Japanese people buy gifts for people, and give them money. Now that the older people have used up their money, I'm confident that DSL sales will decrease. A non gamer can't buy non games if he/she doesn't have any money, right?

The younger people and hardcore gamers prefer the PSP, and it will show in the HW sales.

 

[lordmrw]

you're a little too frigging good at impersonating at monorojo. I'm laughing my ass off.:lol

 

[Archie]

Scary thing is, PD is nearly spot on with his impersonation. :lol

 

[Yoshi]

Is PhoenixDark/Monorojo the same deal as JackFrost/Drinky Crow?

 

[Logan Cano]

Wow, the japanese game market is going to hell. Hopefully PS3 manages to reignite the console market over there, it´s very depressing to see DS games dominating the chart.

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

Wow, the japanese game market is going to hell. Hopefully PS3 manages to reignite the console market over there, it´s very depressing to see DS games dominating the chart.

The dominating games are really fun to play..! It's all about the fun, not the standard games..

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Sooo...HW numbers yet?

Usually as soon as they become available, several people rush to try and be the first to post them. If we had to wait more than a few minutes for them after they'd become available, I'd suspect a global conspiracy to silence them.

 

[Jokeropia]

Wow, the japanese game market is going to hell. Hopefully PS3 manages to reignite the console market over there, it´s very depressing to see DS games dominating the chart.