Wii exclusive Mario Power Tennis hits #1 on Amazon's pre-order list

[thekitchensink]

Wiintendo said:

thekitchensink said:
Like I've said many times on these forums, Amazon is not a reliable metric for the popularity of a game.

That said, this is completely unexpected--are there any special deals going on there with regard to MPT?

 

 

Mario Tennis Leads in Japan

Wiimake tops charts in first week; Animal Crossing DS tops five million.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/947/947705p1.html

January 23, 2009 - Nintendo Japan's huge television marketing push for the New Play Control version of Mario Power Tennis appears to have been effective. Just released in Japan, the title placed first on Media Create's Japanese sales charts for the week covering January 12 to January 18.

Play on Wii: Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo, Wii): 56,509

That's neat--I didn't know Nintendo was already pushing the game so much.

 

That said, it changes nothing--the game may or may not sell more than KZ2 (no comment), but Amazon isn't a reliable metric.