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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Mario games are 12 for 12 this gen -- All million-sellers

Erik Aston on 20 December 2007

Wondering why Nintendo pumps out so many Mario games? After checking the database, I've found that every single Mario game released so far this gen has sold at least 1 million copies. 7 on DS, 5 on Wii -- 12 for 12 in the current gen.

New Super Mario Bros. - 12.05m
Mario Kart DS - 8.40m
Super Mario 64 DS - 5.11m
Mario Party 8 - 3.46m
Super Mario Galaxy - 3.01m
Super Paper Mario - 1.83m
Mario Hoops 3 on 3 - 1.62m
Mario and Luigi 2: Partners in Time - 1.47m
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games - 1.42m
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis - 1.39m
Mario Party DS - 1.10m
Mario Strikers Charged - 1.04m

Total sales - 42 million

How long can Nintendo keep this up? I know of 4 more announced Mario games.

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games DS
Mario Baseball Wii
Mario Kart Wii
Dr. Mario WiiWare

Dr. Mario on WiiWare might miss the mark, but then we might never get numbers for it.

For comparison, it appears there were 18 Mario million-sellers last gen, and another 6 or 7 which missed the mark (or else there isn't complete data for), which totalled over 57 million in sales.

Can we blame Nintendo for putting Mario in everything?



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Famine on 20 December 2007

Talk about milking Mario.



TWRoO on 20 December 2007

Mario = win because he is in some incredible games.

And i find it funny when people keep complaining about Nintendo re-hashing characters when other developers seem to re-hash whole games (but with new characters)

I do think Mario has seen too much though. (Mario baseball?)



Famine on 20 December 2007
TWRoO said:
Mario = win because he is in some incredible games.

And i find it funny when people keep complaining about Nintendo re-hashing characters when other developers seem to re-hash whole games (but with new characters)

I do think Mario has seen too much though. (Mario baseball?)

In one year, the Wii has saw 5 games with Mario in it, and there still will be more (Although SSB should get the freebie as it includes other Nintendo greats and is just an awesome franchise).

Can you tell me what characters have been almost overused to such a capacity from Sony and Microsoft?



tokilamockingbrd on 20 December 2007

mario has boobs?



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Famine on 20 December 2007
tokilamockingbrd said:
mario has boobs?

Taking shrooms for so many years, and you thought there wouldn't be any side effects?



Thatmax on 20 December 2007

Mario circumcision =P



stof on 20 December 2007

And yet, despite being in so many games, can anyone think of an overused franchise aside from Mario Party? I mean we've just got the third 3d mario platformer in 3 generations! Not many major successful franchises can boast so few iterations.



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Famine on 20 December 2007
stof said:
And yet, despite being in so many games, can anyone think of an overused franchise aside from Mario Party? I mean we've just got the third 3d mario platformer in 3 generations! Not many major successful franchises can boast so few iterations.

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Imalwayswrong_Tyagi on 20 December 2007

The entire Mario franchise will outsell every other game franchise ever made combined to the power of 10. FACT.