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bmmb1 on 22 December 2009
Kenology said:
The fact that the link in the OP doesn't work really bothers me.

http://www.value-press.com/pressrelease.php?article_id=50496



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Bruno Muñoz on 22 December 2009

Link fixed.



Kenology on 22 December 2009

Thanks, guys. :)



kopstudent89 on 22 December 2009

WOW!!! i was thinking 2.5 million by the end of the year, it looks like 3 million is more like it! Truly monstrous



JHawkNH on 22 December 2009
Kasz216 said:
Raze said:
It increased from 2nd week? That's pretty unusual. I wonder how well NSMB is pushing HW this week

I mean, I know Christmas isn't huge in japan... but isn't there some Japanese holiday around now that's huge?

Another funny possibility.  Maybe FF13 boosted it's sales, and people bought both games while they were out.


Actually Christmas is pretty big in Japan, not as big as in the western world, but still pretty big.  Although their culture handles it a little differently. 

In western culture Christmas is spent with family.  In Japan it is spent with a significant other if you have one.  It is kind of part Christmas, part Valentines day.

They also give gifts on Christmas, although not to the same extent as we do in the western world.



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Moren on 22 December 2009

OMG, I can't believe I was thinking FF13 will cut this game's sales, and FF13 never outsold New Super Mario Bros Wii Lifetime in Japan



jarrod on 22 December 2009

Woah. I wonder if it'll actually increase sales next week too?

I'm also really curious to see if it's helping lift other Wii games? Specifically Musou 3, Taiko 2, Graces, PokePark and Momotaru? Also curious to get a ltd update on MH3, it's been selling a good 2-4 weekly off the charts for awhile now...



smbu2000 on 22 December 2009
JHawkNH said:
Kasz216 said:
Raze said:
It increased from 2nd week? That's pretty unusual. I wonder how well NSMB is pushing HW this week

I mean, I know Christmas isn't huge in japan... but isn't there some Japanese holiday around now that's huge?

Another funny possibility.  Maybe FF13 boosted it's sales, and people bought both games while they were out.


Actually Christmas is pretty big in Japan, not as big as in the western world, but still pretty big.  Although their culture handles it a little differently. 

In western culture Christmas is spent with family.  In Japan it is spent with a significant other if you have one.  It is kind of part Christmas, part Valentines day.

They also give gifts on Christmas, although not to the same extent as we do in the western world.

Well actually New Year's is the really big holiday in Japan. Christmas isn't really that big...

The game might increase(or stay roughly the same) in the numbers for the following week as well since leading up to New Year's time is the holiday season.




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ClaudeLv250 on 22 December 2009

I would like to take this time to have a haughty laugh at all the people that said NSMB Wii wouldn't sell this well because the DS "sold" NSMB and that this would be the equivalent of Animal Crossing: City Folk.

aHAhahahahahahaha!!! Silly kids, it is not the platform that sells Mario, it's MARIO that sells the platform!

Not that I would expect many of them to show their faces after being so balatantly wrong - as usual...



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Arius Dion on 22 December 2009

I guess we know which game rules this holiday season in Japan.



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