Malstrom: "My purpose is to reveal and inform people about Nintendo."

[noname2200]

happydolphin said:

noname2200 said:

You know I didn't mean that literally. =^/

I didn't So, what did you think of the Europe argument? Did you see how much better NSMB did in Europe compared to SMB?

That's a good argument for your side of the debate:

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1	Super Mario Bros.	NES	1985	Platform	Nintendo	29.08	3.58	6.81	0.77	40.24
2	New Super Mario Bros.	DS	2006	Platform	Nintendo	10.39	8.59	6.44	2.80	28.23

It's a data point against nostalgia, but I have a hard time believing that mere nostalgia played a role in such sustained sales in any region, not just in Europe where the NES and SNES were both anemic. Nostalgia might explain the initial sales, but after a few weeks, let alone over half a decade later, I can not give that explanation any credence. This is especially true when a second 2D Mario came out a few years later and itself sold over 25 million (and counting). One would think that the nostalgia itch would have been scratched years ago.