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[BowieZ]

NSMB Wii will probably reach 3 million soon and that's when Nintendo will have thoughts of New Super Mario World and New Yoshi's Island.

Have these thoughts, please, Nintendo.

 

[Aspiring]

Really, I thought it was in line with previous games in the series when install bases were taken into account.

Proabably i am sure i have read that somewhere, but still, if the PS3 has a 4 million something install base, and 2 million are sold, and your looking at just under half or so that is incredible.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Have these thoughts, please, Nintendo.

It took Nintendo three years to do a sequel to New Super Mario Bros..

I expect New Super Mario World on 2012 at the earliest.

 

[Craig Majaski]

Yeah, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is heavily supply-constrained world-wide. You'd think Nintendo, in this day and age, could react quicker to the high demand. Especially in the US where the game is sold out nationwide (along with Mario Kart Wii...again!).

 

[nextgeneration]

Yeah, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is heavily supply-constrained world-wide. You'd think Nintendo, in this day and age, could react quicker to the high demand. Especially in the US where the game is sold out nationwide (along with Mario Kart Wii...again!).

Is nsmb wii still sold out nationwide in US? Here in Bay Area in California, there are plenty of nsmb wii's. I know that December was bad, but I would think the supply issues is mostly solved by now in the US?

 

[mujun]

Proabably i am sure i have read that somewhere, but still, if the PS3 has a 4 million something install base, and 2 million are sold, and your looking at just under half or so that is incredible.

Not if the previous games did the same and from my admittedly vague memory they did. Someone had a list of install bases and sales of previous FFs in another thread...

 

[Grampa Simpson]

It took Nintendo three years to do a sequel to New Super Mario Bros..

I expect New Super Mario World on 2012 at the earliest.

I'm rather of the opinion that Nintendo should be positioning 2d Mario games as launch titles for every system they release.

 

[nextgeneration]

I'm rather of the opinion that Nintendo should be positioning 2d Mario games as launch titles for every system they release.

Completely agree, and follow that up with Mario Kart later.

 

[pickwick]

Inazuma 2 will be 30rd million seller on DS next week !!

 

[Dalthien]

I'm rather of the opinion that Nintendo should be positioning 2d Mario games as launch titles for every system they release.

I certainly wouldn't have any problem launching with a 2D Mario. Wonderfully nostalgic.

But launching with 3D Mario and 3D Zelda, and then bringing in 2D Mario mid-stream has worked out fantastically for both the DS and Wii.

 

[Onesimos]

01./01. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 268,000 / 2,708,000 (-47%)

New Super Mario Bros. Wii has passed the lifetime totals for both Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Land 2. Super Mario World will be next to fall.

 

[TheRagnCajun]

2mill for FFXIII is looking more and more likely.

 

[Busaiku]

Looking at the Wii games list, Momotaro Railway and Taiko Drum Master have actually been holding up pretty well.
I imagine Taiko would've gotten discounted by now though, but I'm not too sure on Momotaro Railway.
Momotaro also seems to have climbed up quite a bit from the past few weeks.

Samurai Warriors also hasn't been doing too horribly.
It's still a decline in the franchise, but still a decent showing, I guess.

 

[Chris1964]

Unfortunately I don't think there is any leak left for us:

Enterbrain
Hardware and full top 30 with new releases - clear
Hardware and some numbers from sinobi - clear
First day sales with sellthrough - clear

Media Create
thedrill blog with slightly altered numbers - clear? (site has to be updated since Christmas)

Good job from both trackers. They disappeared everything in a matter of weeks.

 

[Regulus Tera]

I'm rather of the opinion that Nintendo should be positioning 2d Mario games as launch titles for every system they release.

With how Wii sold last month, I foresee another two years without a new console.

So still 2012.

 

[C.T.]

By the looks of its lifetime total, New Super Mario Bros. Wii has passed the lifetime totals for both Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Land 2. Super Mario World will be next to fall.

While the Wii version has sold 47% less copies from last week, it will have the "legs" to sell at least a million copies and stay in the software charts for months to come.



It will be a matter of time before Inazuma Eleven 2 will sell one million copies.

Are you making fun of yourself know? It's okay already.

 

[Grampa Simpson]

With how Wii sold last month, I foresee another two years without a new console.

So still 2012.

Could be a fully fledged new DS this year. I wouldn't think they'd release a handheld and a console in adjacent years.

New Super Mario DS2 in 2010 and New Super Mario Wii+ in 2012? I could live with that.

 

[Chris1964]

Media Create

After 5 weeks
[WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 268.000 / 2.708.000
[NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 170.168 / 1.848.813

After 29 weeks
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 186.000 / 2.502.000
[NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) - 25.355 / 2.800.004

After 2 weeks
[NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) - 126.000 / 418.000
[NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo) - 136.586 / 438.473

After 3 weeks
[PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) - 112.000 / 1.802.000
[PS2] Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix) - 85.909 / 2.087.853

After 14 weeks
[WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - 105.000 / 1.421.000
[WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 64.429 / 1.610.366

After 17 weeks
[NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.) - 75.000 / 3.539.000
No numbers for Diamond / Pearl - both were outside top 10

[NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire / Blizzard (Level 5) - 69.000 / 976.000
No competition from Inazuma Eleven

After 28 weeks
[WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) - 68.000 / 1.636.000
[WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 29.570 / 1.687.388

After 5 weeks
[PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega) - 44.000 / 506.000
[PSP] Phantasy Star Portable (Sega) - 23.106 / 618.489

After 6 weeks
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (Level 5) - 43.000 / 602.000
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5) - outside top 10
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (Level 5) - 76.263 / 682.941
[NDS] Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5) - 37.912 / 335.300

Next week there will be sharp drop for everything except for NSMBW (unless Nintendo doesn't restock) but more important next week is PS3 and Wii hardware.

Could be a fully fledged new DS this year.

2010 will see strong sales from NSMBW which came out the last month of 2009, the launch of Galaxy 2 and the launch of NSMB DS 2? I don't think Nintendo wants to become Electronic Arts.

 

[cvxfreak]

New Super Mario World would kick ass.

 

[Oblivion]

Those NSMBW sales are phenomenal. It's a shame that it'll probably still have ZERO effect on Nintendo's future policies on Mario games.

 

[Chris1964]

Those NSMBW sales are phenomenal. It's a shame that it'll probably still have ZERO effect on Nintendo's future policies on Mario games.

What exactly do you want Nintendo to change with Mario games? I don't see anything very wrong that has to be fixed.

 

[cvxfreak]

From yesterday:

NSMB Wii sold out

Wiimotes also sold out.

 

[Chris1964]

From yesterday:

NSMB Wii sold out

Wiimotes also sold out.

Isn't Saturday usually the day that Nintendo restocks? That's what I remember from older sold out Nintendo games and systems (like HG/SS).

And Wiimotes sold out is obviously the reason for the big bump of Wii Play.

 

[Dash Kappei]

thanks for posting the thread donny

 

[Pureauthor]

What exactly do you want Nintendo to change with Mario games? I don't see anything very wrong that has to be fixed.

More 2D Mario? That was a pretty big beef for the last 2 generations...

 

[Chris1964]

More 2D Mario? That was a pretty big beef for the last 2 generations...

With that I agree but there are already two new 2D Marios this generation.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

After 2 weeks
[NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) - 126.000 / 418.000
[NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo) - 136.586 / 438.473

Not such a great sign for Spirit Tracks, since Phantom Hourglass wasn't released even close to a holiday. It will probably fall much further behind next week. Still, it should do well enough, even if it doesn't reach the same level as Phantom Hourglass.

 

[cvxfreak]

Isn't Saturday usually the day that Nintendo restocks? That's what I remember from older sold out Nintendo games and systems (like HG/SS).

And Wiimotes sold out is obviously the reason for the big bump of Wii Play.

I think for the holiday, any day can mean restocks. Like the one day I wanted to buy NSMB for DS, but the store was out of stock until the next day.

I think Nintendo should come out with Wii Play Plus and package it with the Motion+ to encourage further adoption of the accessory.

 

[SovanJedi]

From yesterday:

NSMB Wii sold out.

OMG did you get that giant Bowser plush? I'd pay handsomely for it if I wasn't flat-out broke. ;_;

 

[cvxfreak]

OMG did you get that giant Bowser plush? I'd pay handsomely for it if I wasn't flat-out broke. ;_;

No, but I do own this one :lol:

I consider myself WAY past the plushie phase, but I seriously couldn't resist the awesomeness of this one.

 

[Allan Holdsworth]

No, but I do own this one :lol:

I consider myself WAY past the plushie phase, but I seriously couldn't resist the awesomeness of this one.

What size is it?
(I got the Small Koopa Troopa one recently, I think it's from the same series as that)

 

[Oblivion]

More 2D Mario? That was a pretty big beef for the last 2 generations...

This. Also, NSMB DS doesn't count as it is crap (by Mario standards, of course).

 

[onken]

NSMB must have suffered quite badly from shortages, criminal really, sales left on the table.

FF13 did indeed manage to get over 100k on week 3, was well positioned, release date-wise.

Lots of other oldies climbing back to the top 30, too.

e~ repost of FF Famitsu numbers:

Final Fantasy first 3 weeks

[PS1] Final Fantasy VII (Square) - 2.034.879 / 2.034.879
[PS1] Final Fantasy VII (Square) - 329.740 / 2.364.619
[PS1] Final Fantasy VII (Square) - 167.865 / 2.532.484

[PS1] Final Fantasy VIII (Square) - 2.504.044 / 2.504.044
[PS1] Final Fantasy VIII (Square) - 270.993 / 2.775.037
[PS1] Final Fantasy VIII (Square) - 205.779 / 2.980.816

[PS1] Final Fantasy IX (Square) - 1.954.421 / 1.954.421
[PS1] Final Fantasy IX (Square) - 328.404 / 2.282.826
[PS1] Final Fantasy IX (Square) - 123.827 / 2.406.653

[PS2] Final Fantasy X (Square) - 1.749.737 / 1.749.737
[PS2] Final Fantasy X (Square) - 233.429 / 1.983.166
[PS2] Final Fantasy X (Square) - 85.703 / 2.068.868

[PS2] Final Fantasy X-2 (Square Enix) - 1.472.914 / 1.472.914
[PS2] Final Fantasy X-2 (Square Enix) - 181.798 / 1.654.712
[PS2] Final Fantasy X-2 (Square Enix) - 80.295 / 1.735.007

[PS2] Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix) - 1.840.397 / 1.840.397
[PS2] Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix) - 217.438 / 2.057.835
[PS2] Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix) - 91.078 / 2.148.913

[PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) - 1.516.532 / 1.516.532
[PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) - 181.724 / 1.698.256

FFXIII has a chance to hold better at its third week than PS2 FFs but after this week it will fall very fast.

 

[gerg]

So, is this Week 53 of 2009 or Week 1 of 2010?

 

[Chris1964]

For Famitsu it's week 1, for Media Create we will know for sure when they give us 2009 top 500. But Media Create gave a yearly report ending at week 52, so maybe they also consider it week 1 too.

 

[Hammer24]

Is the final hardware comparison 2008-->2009 in already?

 

[Chris1964]

Famitsu has published hardware numbers for 2009 but Media Create hasn't.

Media Create 2009 (29/12/08-27/12/09: weeks 1-52)

       |   2009    |   2008
-----------------------------
DS+    |3.978.953  |3.946.585
-----------------------------
PSP+   |2.248.171  |3.693.026
-----------------------------
WII    |1.962.367  |2.862.818
-----------------------------
PS3    |1.764.531  |  980.797
-----------------------------
360    |  373.357  |  322.097
-----------------------------
PS2    |  206.625  |  472.489
-----------------------------

-----------------------------
DSi    |3.015.126  |1.231.359
DSL    |  527.563  |2.715.226
DSi LL |  436.264  |
-----------------------------
PSP    |2.176.319  |3.693.026
PSP Go |   71.852  |
-----------------------------

Famitsu

NDS - 4,025,313 (29,160,589)
PSP - 2,307,971 (13,386,455)
Wii - 1,975,178 (9,501,999)
PS3 - 1,727,041 (4,391,407)
360 - 331,706 (1,197,873)

 

[Grampasso]

It took Nintendo three years to do a sequel to New Super Mario Bros..

I expect New Super Mario World on 2012 at the earliest.

Actually, I think it took Nintendo 2 years to START THINKING about a sequel to NSMB, and a few months to develop it.
Unfortunately the development time for NSMW would require muuuuch muuuuuch longer, if they're gonna stay with at least the same depth as the original.

 

[HK-47]

Can I get a nice PL esque chart for Friends Collections to marvel at its long, sexy legs?

 

[Chris1964]

Media Create

[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 101.998 / 101.998
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 71.692 / 173.690
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 63.111 / 236.801
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 57.072 / 293.873
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 60.611 / 354.484
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 73.716 / 428.200
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 82.144 / 510.344
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 91.502 / 601.846
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 126.136 / 727.982
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 82.504 / 810.486
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 79.849 / 890.335
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 86.720 / 977.055
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 73.789 / 1.050.844
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 72.629 / 1.123.473
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 96.584 / 1.220.057
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 67.887 / 1.287.944
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 62.772 / 1.350.716
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 63.086 / 1.413.802
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 52.464 / 1.466.266
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 53.159 / 1.519.425
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 63.571 / 1.582.995
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 56.391 / 1.639.386
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 49.308 / 1.688.694
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 58.821 / 1.747.516
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 74.951 / 1.822.467
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 101.905 / 1.924.372
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 165.575 / 2.089.947
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 226.920 / 2.316.867
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 186.000 / 2.502.000

 

[frankie_baby]

Media Create

[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 101.998 / 101.998
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 71.692 / 173.690
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 63.111 / 236.801
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 57.072 / 293.873
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 60.611 / 354.484
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 73.716 / 428.200
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 82.144 / 510.344
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 91.502 / 601.846
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 126.136 / 727.982
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 82.504 / 810.486
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 79.849 / 890.335
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 86.720 / 977.055
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 73.789 / 1.050.844
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 72.629 / 1.123.473
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 96.584 / 1.220.057
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 67.887 / 1.287.944
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 62.772 / 1.350.716
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 63.086 / 1.413.802
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 52.464 / 1.466.266
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 53.159 / 1.519.425
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 63.571 / 1.582.995
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 56.391 / 1.639.386
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 49.308 / 1.688.694
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 58.821 / 1.747.516
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 74.951 / 1.822.467
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 101.905 / 1.924.372
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 165.575 / 2.089.947
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 226.920 / 2.316.867
[NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 186.000 / 2.502.000

if this finishes up with less than 4 million i will be shocked

 

[gerg]

Friend Collection is probably one of the best three years of development Nintendo has ever spent. I presume it's selling entirely on word of mouth now?

 

[mclem]

Media Create 2009 (29/12/08-27/12/09: weeks 1-52)

PSP    |2.176.319  |3.693.026
PSP Go |   71.852  |

I hadn't realised the PSP was so much down on last year. The no-new-Monster-Hunter effect?

 

[Chris1964]

Friend Collection is probably one of the best three years of development Nintendo has ever spent. I presume it's selling entirely on word of mouth now?

Nothing sells so well without advertisement. Nintendo supports it strongly.

 

[AniHawk]

Good drop for FFXIII this week. Looks like the dream is dead for Nintendo. Time to pack things up and go third party.

 

[gerg]

Nothing sells so well without advertisement. Nintendo supports it strongly.

I wasn't sure. We've all been focusing on NSMB and FF fliers so much that I didn't see anything for Friend Collection.

Actually, I'm a little surprised at how strong Layton's continued to be despite being a yearly affair. You think the novelty would have worn thin by now.

'Tis testament to the strength of the IP.

 

[AniHawk]

Actually, I'm a little surprised at how strong Layton's continued to be despite being a yearly affair. You think the novelty would have worn thin by now.

 

[obaidr]

5 out of 7 Wii titles in the Top20 are first party. Gonna be interessting to see who gonna drop the ball next. After sega and capcom some other major publishers will probably follow.

 

[AniHawk]

who gonna drop the ball next.

Probably not the saying you're going for.

 

[Parl]

Probably not the saying you're going for.

Maybe all of them will drop the ball again.