Every New Super Mario Bros. has sold very well. Some better than others for obvious reasons.
| New Super Mario Bros. | 29.61M |
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii | 27.82M |
| New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 8.37M |
| New Super Mario Bros. U | 4.54M |
| New Super Luigi U | 1.97M |
However, Nintendo seems to develop only one game of the franchise for each console (with the exception of the NSLU DLC).
The development costs shouldn't be too high either. People obviously want more Mario games, so this might help to shut those people up (probably not though).
The quality might be lacking over the years, but just from a sales perspective, NSMB should be an annual franchise.
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